Zingiber.] OXLIX. SCITAMINE&. (J. G. Baker.) 249 
liuear ascending, bracts ovate. Rosc. Scit. PL t. 90; Wall. Cat. 6560. 
ymezewiezia capitata, Horan. Prodr. 26. 
CENTRAL and EASTERN HiMALAYAS, from Kumaon to SIKKIM the KHASIA 
Hints & Sinner. . 
Leafy stem 3-4 ft. Leaves 12-18 by 1-1} in., tapering gradually to the point, 
erecto-portent, usually pubescent beneath. Spike sessile at the end of the leafy 
stem, dense-fld., erect, oblong or oblong-cylindrical, 3-6 in., 14-2 in. diam. ; bracts 
closely imbricate, subcoriaceous, Lt in., green with a narrow brown edge. Corolla- 
tube as long as the bract ; segments 1 in., pale yellow. Lip pale yellow, unspotted, 
midlobe orbicular ewarginate $ in, broad, basal auricles large, oblong, obtuse. 
bright red, Capsule bright red, the size of a small olive; valves ovate, Seeds 
black, shining, aril large lacerated white. 
Var. Z. zLATUM, Rowb, Fl. Ind. i. 57 (sp.). A more tropical form, with taller 
stems, stouter spikes and larger flowers. Rosc. Scit. Pl. t. 91. Dymezewiezia 
ta, Horan, Prodr. 26. 
24. Z. marginatum, Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 949; Fl. Ind. i. 57? 
eaves oblong-lanceolate spreading, bracts oblong obtuse. Dymoezewiezia 
marginata, Horan. Prodr. 26 p 
Kuasa Hirrs; Umwai, alt. 3000 ft., Clarke. 
." Jy stem 3-4 ft. Leares 4-6 by 1 in.; ligule, very large, lanceolate, brown. 
pike terminal, sessile, 1-2 in., under 4 in. diam. ; rachis very hairy ; bracts iin, 
closely imbricate, hairy, brown when dried, obtuse, 1-fld. Corolla and lip not seen, 
—- hOtburgh's description is very brief, and he gives no locality. Blume and Miquel 
v. 48 ea Pecie í i i i inus, Rumph. Hort. Amboin. 
v. 148 tab. 64, fg. Javan, and cite for it Lampuzium minus, p 
IMPERFECTLY KNOWN SPECIES. . 
5. Z. (Lampuzium) near oponrrERUM, Blume Enum. i. 14. Leafy stem stout 
rel feet long, leaves 6-8 in. oblong-lanceolate, peduncle 6-8 in. erect, spike 5- 
n one 2 in. diam, dense-fld., bracts closely imbricate ovate subacute glabrous lower 
» Oracteole lin, c i .—Andamans, on Mount Haniot, 
Prain 59. e lin. complicate, flower not seen.—A , 
“i Z (Lampuzi ‘n Journ. Bot. 1880, 301. Leafy 
. puzium) near COROLLINUM, Hance in Journ. , 
s long, leaves 10-12 d 13-2 in. lanceolate glabrous, spike dense-fld. a foot long 
M "qam. bracts 14-2 in. subcoriaceous oblong obtuse glabrous, bracteoles 1 in., 
mpieate ; flower not seen. Great; Cocos island, Andaman group, Prain 713. , 
13. COSTUS, Linn. 
Rootstock tuberous, horizontal. Leafy stem long. Leaves oblong; 
rats broad. Spike derse-fld., Bech or ovoid, usually terminal, 
‘rely produced direct from the rootstock on a short peduncle. Calyx- 
cal “ort, infundibular; teeth ovate. Corolla-tube not longer than the 
Li ya; Segments large, oblong, subequal. Lateral staminodes 0 or minute. 
nege obovate, margins incurved. Filament forming with the con- 
is an oblong petaloid process, in the middle of which are placed the 
isl Enone linear anther-cells. Ovary 3-celled; ovules many, superposed ; 
4 ° Aliform ; stigma with a semilunar foveole, ciliated round the margin. 
Se, globose or ovoid, finally dehiscing on one side between the ribs. 
kent "oid or subglobose, aril short.—Species 25; tropics of both 
1 c Specios . D . 1 : ik oid or 
* Spe us, Smith in Trans. Linn. Soc. i. 249; spike ov 
"Ie? terminal on the leafy stem. Roe. in Asiat. Res. xi 349; Hort. 
