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K^MPFERIA CANDIDA lab 50 



Spica radicali ; lacinia superiore llmbi exterioris infra apicem fornicatam huge calcarata ; laciniis interioribus obo- 

 vatis ; tuberibus longe pendulls, cavis j foliis .... 



Habitat in ruderatis et arboretis Martabanise, prope Amherst et Moalmpe, florens Martio. . 



Radix crassa, carnosa, fibras emittens copiosas, cylindricas; harum aliquot longissiiiiffi tuhera suspendunt oblonga, 2— 3-pollicaria 

 ob'tusa vel acuta, fusca, fibriUosa, intiis lacteo-alba, cava, gelatina repleta hyalina, came molli, iuodora et insipida. Folia baud obser- 

 vata. Spica radicalis, terrse semi-immersa, magna, palmaris, erecta, ovata. Bracte^ magnae, undiqufe sparsie, ovatae, acuta?, erecta?,-lax^ 

 imbricantes, pubescentes, striatse, membranacese, pallida?, sursim rubescentes, 2— 3-pollicares. Flores magni, fragrantes, albi, litnbo 

 medi6 lutescente. Calvx cylindrico-clavatus, membranaceus, puberulus, tubo corolla? diinidi5 brevior; ore laxo, ciliato, profundi 

 3-dentato. Corolla tubus cylindricus, puberulus, sursiW lutescens, extCis minutim puberulus, apice dilatata trisulcatus. Limbus patens 

 bilabiatus, bipollicaris, labio superiore erecto, inferiore patente ; lacinice exterlores oblonga?, concavw, inembranacea?, li-pollicares, 

 rfor*a& pariimlongior, infra apicem subcucuUatam abiens in processum sive cornu lineas 4 longum, teres, rectum, attenuatuui (undfe 

 eestivatio limbi clavato-cornuta) ; interiares istis parum longiores mult5que latiores, obovatse, obtuse, basi contractiE ; hitermcdia sive 

 lahellum apice bilobum, sinu profundo angusto, lobis obtusis, lateribus insequaliter subincisis, deors^m pari\m attenuatum et subcon- 

 volutum, disco lineis duabus flavis, contiguis, parallelis, ad basin usque decurrentibus. Filamentum breve, latum, villosum, anticJ; conca- 

 vum. Anthera oblonga, carnosa, crista coronata brevi, 2-denticulata. Ovarium sericeo-villosum. Stylus filiformis, gracillimus, basi 

 corpusculis solitis, cylindraceis, valdfe longis munitus. Stigma turbinatum, subtruncatum, ciliatum, infra cristam antherae porrectuin. 



Although I have not seen the leaves of this plant, there are sufficient characters in the other parts to distinguisix 

 it from all the knovj^n species. The flowers are the largest of the genus, milk-white with a yellow tint in the centre, 

 and delightfully fragrant. The horn of the upper and outer lobe of the limb is curious, and may be seen lon'r 

 before expansion takes place. No part of the root possesses any aromatic taste or smell. 



Plate LVI. Fig. 1." Flower dissected. 2. Calyx and pistil. 



CURCUMA PARVIFLORA. Tab. 5?. 



Tuberibus subnuUis ; foliis oblongo.ovatis, longe petiolatis ; spica centrali, pedunculata, quadrifariam imbricata ; 

 coma nivea ; labello obovato ; anthera basi mutica. 



Habitat in sylvis riparum Irawaddi, ad Prome, alibique versus Avam. In horto Calcuttensi floret Februario. 



Radix carnosa, horizontalis, fibris pluribus crassis, carnosis, una alterave clavato-subtuberosa, prseter quas nulla tubera observata. 

 Folia erecto-patentia, ovato-oblonga, acuminata, basi subrotundata obliqua, undulata, 6 — 8-pollicaria, glaberrima, subtils glau- 

 cescentia, sufFulta petiolis gracilibus, canaliculatis, a?quantibus vel dimidiJ* brevioribus, basi dilatata in caulem brevem, compreSsum 

 bifariam imbricantibus. Spica ex centro vaginarum petiolorum erecta, peduncuh cylindrico brevi sufFulta, oblonga, 3-pollicaris, vix ultra 

 medium petiolorum interiorum elevata. BRACTEiE ovatse, obtusae, quadrifaric\m imbricatae, 2 — 3-florae, basi connatae intiisque concavae. 

 Flores valdfe parvi, vix supra bracteas porrecti, albi, labello violaceo. Calyx infundibuliformis, brevis, fauce obtus^ 3-dentata, dente 

 inferiore profundiils separato et majore. Lacinia limbi lanceolatae, obtusae, super antheram subconvergentes, subaequales, superiore apice 

 subfornicato ; labellum oblongo-obovatum, obtusum, retusum, recurvato-patentum, supra violaceum, lineolis albis ad margines radiatum, 

 deorsdm parum attenuatum, laciniis exterioribus dupl6 majus. Anthera brevis, nutans, subdiaphana, puberula, basi subarticulata, obtusa 

 et nuda, antic^ biloba, lobis tanttim fundo polliniferis ; terminata crista brevi, lanceolata, acuta, recurvata. Stigma infra cristam 

 antherae, infundibuliforme, ostio transverse. 



This is the smallest species of the genus to which it seems to belong ; for it wants the calcarate base of the anther 

 of a true Curcuma. It is a neat little plant. 



Plate LVII. Fig. 1. Flower dissected. 2. Stamen. 3. Pistil. 4. Fascicle of flowers. 



