246 CXLIX. SCITAMINEH. (J. G. Baker.) [Zingiber. 
long and broad, very dense, globose, subsessile; bracts much imbricate, outer 1 in. 
Corolla-tube as long as the bract; segments ovate-lanceolate, a little shorter than 
the tube. Lip a little shorter than the corolla-segments ; midlobe obovate-cuneate, 
lateral orbicular. Stamen as long as the lip. 
Secr. II. Lampuzium, Horan. Spikes produced from the root- 
stock on more or less elongated peduncles with sheathing scariose bract- 
leaves.—Species 12-21. 
* Leaves glabrous beneath. 
12. Z. intermedium, Baker; spikes globose, bracts lanceolate, 
ccrolla-segments pale red, lip orbicular reddish-black finely spotted, basal 
auricles oblong. 
North Kuasia HILLS; at Bhorlasa, alt. 3500 ft., Clarke. 
Peduncle slender, 2-6 in. ; bract-leaves several, small, sheathing, obtuse. Spike 
very dense, globose, 14-2 in.; bracts membranous, convolute, lj in. Corolla-tube 
as long as the bract ; segments 1 in., lanceolate. Lip as long as the corolla-seg- 
ments, Anther with a dark red beak.—Spike and bracts as in sect. Cryptanthium, 
with a produced peduncle. A plant from Silhet in Herb. Wallich under Z. Cassu- 
munar may be this species. An allied plant collected by Prain in the Naga bills has 
oblanceolate-oblong leaves above a foot long, a slender erect peduncle as long, 20 
bracts rather longer than in Clarke's plant. 
13. Z. officinale, Hose. in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 348; Scit. Pl. t. 835 
leaves lanceolate glabrous beneath, spike oblong-cylindric, bracts greenish 
suborbicular cuspidate, corolla-segments greenish, lip small purplish-black, 
mid-lobe orbicular, lateral ovate. Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 345; Hort. 
Beng. 1; Fl. Ind. i. 47; Wall. Cat. 6564; Grah. Cat. Pl. Bomb. 207 5 
Horan. Prodr. 27; Bentl. & Trim. Med. Pl. t. 270. Z. Missionis, Wall 
Cat. 6565. Amomum Zingiber, Linn. Sp.1; Jacq. Hort. Vind. i. t. 75. 
Curcuma longifolia, Wall. Cat. 6612, in part.—Rheede Hort. Mal. Xv 21, 
1.12; Rumph. Amboin. v. t. 66, fig. 1. 
Widely cultivated in TROPICAL Asta; native locality unknown. 
Rootstock biennial, bearing many sessile tubers. Leafy stem 3-4 ft. Leaves 
6-13 by 1 in., tapering gradually to the point. Spike 2-3 by 1 in. diam. ; peduncle 
i-1 ft.; bracts about lin. Corolla-segments lanceolate, subequal, under an inch 
long. Lip shorter than the corolla-segments. Stamen dark purple, as long a$ the 
lip.—“ Very rarely flowers, and have never seen seeds," Roxburgh. 
14 Z. Griffithii, Baker; leaves oblong glabrous beneath, spikes 
cylindric shortly peduncled, bracts ovate obtuse bright red, lip yellowish- 
Maracca, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 5731), Main 
. gay. (K.d. 1564.) 
Leafy stem 2-3 ft. Leaves 6-8 by 2-3 in. Spike 4-6 in., 1 in. diam. ; peduncle 
very short; bracts 1 in., lower orbicular, lin. broad. Corolla-tube as long 8? the 
bract; segments obtuse, under 1 in. 
15. Z. gracile, Jack. in Malay Misc. i. 1; leaves oblong-lanceolate 
glabrous beneath, spike oblong-cylindric, bracts ovate acute red, flower’ 
yellowish-white, lip 3-lobed, midlobe bifid. Horan. Prodr. 27 ; Hook. Bo’ 
Misc. 1. 273. 
PENANG, Jack. 
_ Leaves 6-7 in., bright green. Scape a foot. Corolla-segments longer than the 
lip.—No authentic specimens of Jack’s plant exist, but King’s 7954 and 1027 S. from 
Perak, and Hullet's 854 from Mount Ophir are probably the same species. 
