216 CXLIX. SCITAMINEA, (J. G. Baker.) [ Curcuma. 
; staminodia oblong, white, 
as long as the bracts, Corolla-segments small, ovate; staminodia o m 
as long as the corolla-segments ; lip longer, obovate-cuneate, obscurely emarginate. 
26. €. strobilifera, Wall. Cat. 6599; rootstock small, leaves Greg 
oblong, bracts all green, flowers pale yellow. C. strobilina, Wall. mss.; 
Grah. Cat. Pl. Bomb. 210. 
Droen: near Rangoon, Wallich. . . 
Rootstock bearing a few globose sessile tubers. Leaves about six toa taft; 
petiole green, deeply channelled, 6-8 in. ; leaves 6-8 by 23-3 in., briga Erter 
acute, base rather rounded, darker green along the veins. Peduncle much s reen 
than the petioles; spike oblong, 3-4 in. by 2 in. diam.; bracts all similar, Sila. 
very obtuse, spreading at the tip. Flowers about as long as the bracts. €? 
segments small, whitish ; lip short, deflexed, orbicular, distinctly emarginate. 
27. C. grandiflora, Wall. ex Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calc. 565 (name 
only); rootstock small, leaves small oblong acute, bracts all pale green, 
flowers pale yellow. 
MALAY PENINSULA, Wallich. . vetiole 
Rootstock oblong; fibres not bearing tubers. Leaves 6-8 to a toft; Perker 
deeply channelled, 6-10 in. : blade 6-8 by 3-4 in., cuspidate, base rounde , blong 
green along the veins. Peduncle much shorter than the petioles. Spike o n 
3-4 in.; bracts all similar, very obtuse, spreading at the tip. Flower? ia 
longer than the bracts. Corolla-segments ovate or oblong; staminode shor 
broad; lip 3 in., broad, obscurely emarginate, both primrose-yellow. 
28. C. petiolata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 37 ; rootstock small, leaves oblong 
base rounded, flower-bracts green, those of the coma purple or lilac, Cosi 
yellowish-white. Rose. Scit. t. 100; Horan. Prodr. 23; Hook. f. wi 08; 
Mag. t. 5821. C. cordata, Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar. i. 8, t. 10; Cat. Hort. 
Horan. Prodr. 23; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4435. C. cordifolia, Roch, 
Beng. l. . 
BURMA, PEGU, and TENASSERIM, Roxburgh, &c. à of 
Rootstock with a few sessile tubers, pale yellow inside, and many at the ee date 
fusiform fibres. Leaves 4—6 to a tuft; petiole 3-1 ft.; blade 6-9 in., thin, curr ots 
Peduncle much shorter than the petioles; spike } ft. by 2 in, diam. ; flower- We n 
lj in., very obtuse, spreading at the tip; those of the coma similar in mee? 
shape, but brightly coloured. Flowers nearly as long as the bracts. Corolla- 
nearly an inch long; upper segment convex, cuspidate; lip suborbicular, deflexec, 
emarginate. 
29. C. Roscoeana, Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar. i. 8, t. 9; Cat. 6597; 
rootstock small,leaves oblong rounded at the base, bracts of the flow t 
and coma both bright red, flowers yellowish white. Hook. in Bot. M St 
4667 ; Lem. Jard. Fleur. t. 827; Horan. Prodr. 24. ©. coccinea, Wall. mss 
Hitchenia Roscoeana, Benth. in Gen. Plant. iii. 643. 
)URMA and Prev, Wallich. fibres: 
Roostock without sessile tubers, but with many small ones at the end of the éi 
Leaves 6-8 to a tuft; petioles 3-13 ft.; blade 6-12 in., cuspidate, bright gr ike 
darker along the veins. Peduncle short, hidden by the sheathing petioles ; §P at 
6-8 in., by 2-3 in. diam. ; bracts very obtuse, adnate at the sides and spreading es. 
the tip; those of the coma similar.in size, shape and colour to the lower `, ` 
Flowers about as long as the bracts. Corolla j in. diam., segments oblong, s 
equal; limb 4 in. diam, ; staminodes oblong; lip orbicular, entire. 
IMPERFECTLY KNOWN SPECIES. ticles 
C. Kurzi, King mss.; nearly allied to C. petiolata, but leaves larger, Pe 
longer, scape longer, bracts more imbricating, and their tips less spreading — 
S. Andaman Islds. 
