Zingiber.] CXLIX. SCITAMINEX, (J. G. Baker.) 245 
over. Corolla-tube 3-1 in. ; upper segment larger than the two side ones, concave. 
Lipiin. Stamen as long as the lip. 
7. Z. Squarrosum, Zozrb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 948; Hort. Beng. 1; 
Fl. Ind. i. 54; leaves pubescent beneath, bracts green lanceolate, tips 
hooked, corolla-segments pink, lip ovate emarginate yellowish-white tipped 
with lilac, basal auricles small spreading rounded. Wall. Cat. 6568; 
Horan, Prodr, 28, 
Burma, Roxburgh ; Prome, Wallich. Prev, F. Carey. 
Leafy stem 2-3 ft. Leaves 12 by 3-4 in. Spike globose, very dense; peduncle 
Very short; outer bracts short, ovate; inner about 1 in., pale green, tip distinctly 
hooked. Corolla-tube 1 in. ; segments lanceolate, subequal, about as long as the 
tube, Lip shorter than the corolla-segments, distinctly emarginate, margins 
deflexed. Stamen nearly as long as the lip. 
** Leaves glabrous beneath. 
8. Z. ligulatum, Roab. in Asiat. Res. xi. 348; Hort. Beng. 1; Fl. 
Ind. i. 51; Coromand. Pl. t. 253; leaves glabrous beneath, bracts pink 
outer ovate inner lanceolate, corolla-segments pink, lip obovate-cuneate 
yellowish-white unspotted, basal auricles small ovate. Horan. Prodr. 28. 
CoROMANDEL, Roxburgh. . 
Leafy stem about 2 ft. Leaves 12 by 2-3 in., oblong-lanceolate. Spike dense, 
subglobose ; peduncle 2-3 in.; bracts about 1 in. Corolla-tube as long as the 
bract ; segments subequal, 2 in.; lip as long as the corolla-segments, margin crisped, 
mt distinctly emarginate ; basal auricles more or less acute. Stamen yellow, shorter 
than the lip. Capsule oblong, 1 in. and more, bright red inside. Seeds blackish- 
rown, with a nearly complete white aril.—Very near Z. roseum. 
9. Ze cernuum, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. (1852) 342 ; leaves 
glabrous beneath, bracts yellowish-green ovate or oblong obtuse, corolla- 
Segments buff-yellow, lip deeply bifid variegated pink and white, basal auri- 
cles small red and yellow. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 273; Horan. Prodr. 28. 
Concan ; at Ram Ghat, Dalzell. 
Heafy stem curved, bright light green, Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate. 
$ ovoid; peduncle very short. Lip beautifully coloured. Capsule smooth, 
Yelowish-white, Seeds red, striated, aril membranous. 
10. Z. Panduratum, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 2; Fl. Ind. i. 55; leaves 
glabrous beneath, bracts red outer ovate inner lanceolate, corolla-segments 
ngat red, lip obovate yellowish-white unspotted, basal auricles small 
oe - Wall. Cat. 6569 ; Horan. Prodr. 28. 
GU, F. Carey. Ta ez. l l 
a Leafy stem 3 ft. Leaves 6-19 be 3-4 in. ; ligule very. large. Spike 2 in., very 
tube 170g ; peduncle very short; inner bracts 14 in., tip not hooked. Corolla- 
"7 Segments 1 in., subequal. Zip shorter than the corolla-segments, 
in 
y Potted, not emarginate. Stamen as long as the lip.—Nearly allied to Z. roseum 
1gulatum, 
ll. Z. pardocheilum, Wall. ex Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calcut. 562 
(ame only); leaves glabrous beneath, bracts obovate-cuneate red-brown 
lile ete» corolla-segments reddish, lip deeply 3-lobed tesselated wi 
on a yellowish- white ground. 
Burma, Wallich. l , 
“fy stem stout. Leaves 12 by 3-4 in., oblong-lanceolate, acute. Spikes 2-3 in, 
