224 CXLIX. SCITAMINEZ. (J. G. Baker.) [ Kempferia. 
Habit of K. secunda. Leafy stem 3—tin., bearing 3-7 distinctly -petioled oblique 
oblong acute moderately firm glabrous leaves 1-2 in. long. Bract 1 in., terminal, 
solitary, shortly peduncled. Corolla-tube very slender, much shorter than the 
bract. 
Subgen. IV. Stachyanthesis, Benth. Leafy stem produced. 
Flowers many in a terminal spike. Jip bifid; anther-crest quadrate 
entire. 
22. KX. scaposa, Benth. in Gen. Plant. iii. 642. Hedychium scaposum 
Nimmo in Grah. Cat. Pl. Bomb. 205; Wall. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. (1853), 
375. Monolophus scaposus, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. ii. (1850), 143; Dalz. 
& Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 273; Wight Ic. t. 2080; Horan. Prodr. 22. 
CoNCAN ; on the banks of rivulets, Graham, &c. ! 
Rootstock tuberous, oblique; root-fibres long, slender. Leaves 12 by 2-3 in., 
oblong-lanceolate, acute, green above, paler and pubescent beneath, narrowed into a 
deeply channelled petiole. Spike 3-6 in., moderately dense; peduncle long, slender, 
naked ; bracts 1-1} in., oblong-lanceolate, persistent, green. — Calyz loosely sheathing 
the corolla-tube, above 1 in., minutely toothed. Corolla-tube slender, 2-3 n» 
segments short, lanceolate ; staminodes oblong, white, as long as the corolla segments, 
shorter than the broad bifid lip, which is above an inch long. Capsule obovoid, red, 
pubescent, the size of a sparrow’s egg. 
9. HITCHENTA, Wall. 
Habit and inflorescence of Curcuma, but bracts subcoriaceous. Calyz 
short, minutely toothed. Corol/a-tube slender, much longer than the calyx; 
segments oblong or lanceolate, subequal. Lateral staminodes petaloid, 
free from the filiform filament; lip orbicular or cuneate; filament narrow 
as long as the lip; anther-cells marginal on the broad connective, not 
crested. Ovary 3-celled; ovules many, superposed; style filiform, stigma 
turbinate. Capsule oblong-trigonous, finally dehiscing. Seeds ovoid, 
arillate.—All Indian. 
1, H. glauca, Wall. in Trans. Med. Phys. Soc. Calcutt. vii. 219; 
bracts all with flowers, corolla-tube twice the length of the bract, segments 
oblong, staminodes as long as the corolla-segments, lip ovate, filament 
short. Horan. Prodr. 24. Curcuma glaucophylla, Wall. Cat. 6594; 
Grah. Cat. Pl. Bomb. 210. 
Burma, Wallich. 
Rootstock bearing only small tubers at the end of long slender fibres. Stem 
3—4 ft. Leaves oblanceolate-oblong, 1 ft. or more by 4-5 in., narrowed gradually ' 
from the middle to the base. Spike 5-6 in. ; bracts crowded, orbicular-cuneate, 
1-1} in., upper third spreading. Flowers white; corolla-tube 2 in.; segments 
small, oblong, concave; expanded flower 1 in. diam.  S/íaminodes as long 3$ the 
corolla-segments ; lip ovate, not clawed, acute, obscurely emarginate ; stamen 2$ 
long as the corolla-segments. 
2. H. caulina, Baker; upper bracts empty and enlarged, corolla- 
tube half as long again as the bract, segments ovate, staminodes as long 
as the corolla-segments, lip orbicular, filament very short. Curcuma 
caulina, Grah. in Cat. Pl. Bomb. 210; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 975; 
Lisboa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. ii. 140, with fig. 
The Concan ; abundant on the table-land of Mahableshwur. 
Rootstock ovoid, white inside, bearing large oblong tubers at the end of long 
