Curcuma.] CXLIX. SCITAMINEX. (J. G. Baker.) 213 
13. €. ferruginea, Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 336; Hort. Beng.1; Fl. 
' Ind. i. 27; rootstock large, sessile tubers pale yellow and very fragrant 
inside, petiole long red-brown, leaves large oblong with a faint red-brown 
cloud down the centre, bracts of the coma bright red, lobes of the corolla 
red. Rose. Scit. t. 105; Horan. Prodr. 23. 
BENGAL, RozburgA. 
Rootstock ovoid 7 sessile tubers very stout. Tuft of leaves 4-5 ft. ; blade 1-14 by 
5-6 in. Spike vernal; flowers few, large ; fertile bracts tinged with red-brown, those 
of the coma few bright red; lip above 4 in. diam., obscurely emarginate. 
14. C. rubescens, Roxb. im Asiat. Res. xi. 336; Hort. Beng. 1; Fil. 
Ind. i. 28; rootstock large, sessile tubers white inside, petiole long red- 
wn, leaves large oblong green with a red-brown midrib, bracts of the 
toma few pale red, limb of the corolla reddish. Rosc. Scit. t. 107 ; Horan. 
Prodr, 23, O, erubescens, Wall. Cat. 6608. C.longiflora, Salisb. in Trans. 
Hort. Soc. i. 286, C. rubricaulis, Link. Enum. i. 3. 
Desen, Rosburgh. 
Rootstock ovoid-cylindrie ; tubers sessile and many on long fibres. Leafy tuft 
45 ft.; blade dark green, 1-2 ft. by 5-6 in. Spikes vernal, produced apart from 
the leaves, and sometimes also from the centre of the leaves in September, 5-6 in., 
‘da 2 in. diam; flower-bracts pale green, 1j in.; those of the coma few, ovate, 
* red. Flowers pale yellow, protruding beyond the bracts; lip 4 in. diam., 
‘Marginate, 
Sect. IT. Mesantha, Horan. Flower-spike autumnal, in the centre 
Of the tuft of leaves ; bracts not recurved at the tip. 
15. ©. attenuata, Wall. Cat. 6602; rootstock small, petiole long 
slender, leaves lanceolate, flower bracts small, those of the coma oblong 
With red, flowers ? 
Burma ; banks of th 7 
; e Irrawaddy, Wallich. . 
Rootstock globose ; sessile tubers oblong. Leafy tuft 24-3 ft.; petiole as long as 
riety b Which is firmer in texture than is usual in the genus, quite g » 1 Ka 
d if. bylin, tapering gradually to the base and a long point. Pedunc i D 
ender, erect; Spike dense, 3-4 in. by 1 in. diam.; flower-bracts under, m., 
Mithe aous, very obtuse ; bracts of the coma few, 1 in., bright coloured. owers, 
ithered only seen, 
a plic ll, petiole slender long 
. ata, Wall. Cat. 6611; rootstock small, peti 
Nee eaves firm oblong-lanceolate, flower-bracts green, those of the 
4 much tinged with red, flowers small pale yellow. 
EMA and Pzav, Wallich, J. Anderson . 
Img as (1 * Blobose ; fibres bearing small tubers. Leafy tuft 9-18 in. ; petiole as 
bright. the blade, which is 6-8 in. by 14-3 in., firm, tapering gradually to both end , 
Spike Breen, with a brown dorsal cloud the centre. Peduncle slender, " Mn 
the 34 in, by 11 in, diam.; flower-bracts 1 in., pale green, very obtuse; those o 
Corot whi: rather longer and more oblong. Flowers rather longer than i e bracts. 
Marginate, i in. diam. ; upper lobe ovate; lip obscurely , 
ig^ Amada, Zoo), in Asi i. 341 ; Beng.1; Fl. Ind. 
K wa oi, in Asiat. Res. xi. 341; Hort. Beng. L; 
hn > Tootstock large, sessile tubers pale yellow inside, petiole long, Jeaves 
M oblong-lanceo ate, flower-bracts pale green, those of the coma pin " 
Bomi pale yellow, Rosc. Scit. t. 99; Royle Ill. 359; Grah. Cat. Pl. 
D: Dalz. $- Gibs. Bomb, FU 275; Horan. Prodr. 23. 
