248 CXLIX. SCITAMINEE. (J. Q. Baker.) ) [ Zingiber. 
other species, resembling those of Hitchenia glauca; peduncle sometimes 1 ft. 
Corolla-tube 13 in.; upper segment broader than the two others. Zip emarginate. 
Stamen nearly as long as the lip. Capsule oblong. Seeds shining, black, and 
9-5 partite, large, white. 
20. Z. Casumunar, Boch, in Asiat. Res. xi. 347, t. 5; Hort. Beng. 2; 
Fl. Ind. i. 49; leaves oblong-lanceolate pubescent beneath, spikes oblong, 
bracts ovate reddish, corolla-segments whitish, lip yellowish-white with a 
deeply bifid midlube, basal auricles large oblong obtuse. Rose. Scit. t.85; 
Bot. Mag. t. 1426; Grah. Cat. Pl. Bomb. 207; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 272; 
Horan. Prodr. 97. Z.purpureum, Rose. in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 348. Z. 
Cliffordiæ, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 555. Z. montanum, Link. in Dietr. Sp. V 
52. Amomum montanum, Kænig in Retz. Obs. iii. 51.  Casumunar 
Roxburghii, Colla Nov. Gen. Scit. in Comm. Taur. 1830,—Rumph. Hort. 
Amboin. v. 154, tab. 65, fig. 2. 
From the HrMALAYas to CEYLON and Maray PExiNsULA.—DisTRIB. Widely 
cultivated only in tropical Asia. 18 
Rootstock perennial, bright yellow inside, Leafy stem 4-6 ft. Leaves 12- 
by 2-3 in. Spike oblong, 4-6 in., 11-2 in. diam. ; peduncle 3-12 in.; bracts 
1-1} in. and nearly as broad, bright red or greenish-red. Corolla-tube as long 39. 
the bract ; segments 1 in., upper broader and more concave. Lip with an orbicalar 
unspotted midlobe $ in. long and broad. Stamen yellowish-white, shorter than the 
lip. Capsule small, globose.—Z. Casumunar, Wall. Cat. 6563, includes three 
species, none of them the true one and not in a state for description. 
21. Z. Parishii, Hook. f. in. Bot. Mag. +. 6019; leaves oblong- 
lanceolate pubescent beneath, spikes oblong, bracts orbicular usua y 
cuspidate pale green with a red edge, corolla-segments yellowish-white 
lip obovate sulphur-yellow marked with brown spots and lines, basa 
auricles short obtuse. 
TENASSERIM, Griffith, Parish. : 
Leafy stem 3 ft. Leaces 4-6 by 1-1} in., thin, bright green. Spike 2-4 n 
1} in. diam. ; peduncle 3-4 in., with obtuse oblong sheathing bract-leaves ; Wé 
densely imbricate, about 1 in. broad. Corolla-segments as long as the tube, av les 
lin. Lip shorter than the corolla-segments, faintly emarginate ; basal aurie 
broad, truncate. Stamen pale yellow, as long as the lip; beak as long 8$ the 
anther. ' 
__ Sect. III. Pleuranthesis, Benth. Spike peduncled arising from the 
side of the leafy stem. (Sp. 22.) 
22. Z. Clarkei, King, mss. ex. Benth. Gen. Plant. iii. 646. 
Sixxr« HIMALAYA; alt. 3000-5000 ft., Hook. f. Thome. (Herb. Ind. Or. 9) 
Clarke, King. «n. finely 
Leafy stem 5-6 ft. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 12-18 by 2-4 in., Wd 
pubescent beneath. Spike lateral, oblong-cylindric, 3—4 in., cernuous; pe 
3-6 in.; main bracts 1 in., oblong, obtuse, green, finally reddish, 2-4-fld. Coro as 
tube as long as the bract; segments 1 in., pale yellow, upper one broadest. Lip " 
long as the corolla-segments, oblong, yellow flushed with purplish -brown. Se 
pale yellow, nearly as long as the lip. Capsule subglobose, membranous, $00 
than the bract. Seeds as large as a pea, brown ; aril small, white. 
Sect. IV. Dymezewiezia, Horan. (gen). Spikes terminal on the 
leafy stem. (Sp. 23, 24.) 
23. Z. capitatum, Roch in Asiat. Res. xi. 348; FT. Ind. i. 593 leaves 
