212 CXLIX. SCITAMINE&. (J. G. Baker.) [Curcuma. 
Very near C. Zedoaria & aromatica, Leafy tuft 8-12 ft. ; blade 3-4 by 1 ft, ot 
more. Spike produced vernal, 6-8 in., 3 in. diam. ; flower-bracts green, ovate, 
li in., of the coma many, longer and more oblong. Flowers pale yellow, rather 
shorter than the bracts; lip obscurely emarginate.—Sent by Carey from Serampore 
to the Liverpool Botanical Garden; origin unknown. 
9. C. leucorhiza, Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 337; Hort. Beng. 1; Fl. 
Ind. i. 30; rootstock large, sessile tubers nearly white inside, petiole long 
green, leaves large oblong plain green glabrous beneath, bracts of the coma 
pink, lobes of the corolla nearly white. Rosc. Scit. t. 102; Wall. Cat. 
6607 ; Horan. Prodr. 22. 
BEHAR; jungles south of Bhagulpore, Glass. . la tubers 
Very near C. Zedoaria & aromatica. Rootstock large, ovoid ; sessile tu 
cylindric, sometimes nearly 1 ft. Leafy tuft 3-4 ft. ; blade 1-2 ft. by 5-6 in.,b 
at the middle, plain green and glabrous on both sides. Spike vernal ; n 
nearly as long as the fertile portion; flower-bracts green, obtuse, 1j in. ; brar 
the coma longer, more oblong. Flowers pale yellow, rather shorter than the bracts; 
central lobe of the lip distinctly emarginate. 
10. C. cæsia, Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 334; Hort. Beng. 1; Fl. Ind. 
i. 26; rootstock large, sessile tubers pale grey inside, petiole long Elle 
leaves large oblong with a broad purple-brown cloud down the mi Sg 
bracts of the coma and corolla-limb red. Wall. Cat. 6613; Horan. Prot". 
22, 
BENGAL, Roxburgh. , 
Rootstock ovoid ; sessile tubers longer and not so thick as in C. eng 
Leafy tuft about 3 ft.; blade 1-1} ft. by 5—6 in., glabrous beneath. Spike produ 
dense, 5-6 by 21—3 in. diam. ; flower-bracts green, ovate, very obtuse, 1} in. ; deng 
of the coma rather longer, many, bright red. Flowers pale yellow, rather ker us 
than the bracts; lip 4 in., broad, obscurely 3-lobed, midlobe emargina 
“ Resembles C. Zerumbet, Roxb. (Zedoaria supra p. 210), but differs widely in 
colour of the root," Roxb. 
ll. C. eeruginosa, Rozb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 335; Hort. Beng. 1; Ft 
Ind. i. 27 ; rootstock large, sessile tubers palmate verdigris-green inside 
etiole long green, leaves large oblong green faintly tinged with T e 
rown down the middle, bracts of the coma pink, lobes of the corolla pal 
red. Rosc. Scit. t. 106; Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 285; Wall. 
6606 ; Horan. Prodr. 22. 
BURMA, Carey. n. thick 
_ Very near C. Zedoaria. Rootstock ovoid; sessile tubers short, above 11D: ^. 
stipitate tubers purely white within. Leafy tuft 4-6 ft.; petiole andblade 
2-3 ft., the latter 6-9 in. broad. Spike vernal, 6-8 by 24-3 in. diam. ; flower’ allow 
green, ovate, obtuse, 2 in. ; many upper longer oblong, pink. Flowers pale ff ` 
shorter than the bracts; corolla-tube an inch long; lip deflexed, + in. broad. 
12. C. amarissima, Rosc. Scit. Pl. t. 101; rootstock large, sessl® 
tubers yellow and very bitter inside, petiole long red-brown, leaves 
oblong plain green, bracts of the coma whitish tipped with pink, lobe 
the corolla red. Horan. Prodr. 23. 
BENGAL ?, Carey. ide. 
Rootstock very large, yellow in the centre, zruginose towards the outs J 
Leafy tuft 3 ft.; blade 1-1} ft. by 5-6 in. Spike, bracts and flowers a8 în i 
Zedoaria.—Sent by Carey in 1824 from Serampore to the Liverpool Leg 
Garden, probably a native of Bengal. 
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