Wiese saintn  eeramcin 
Tas. 6019, 
ZINGIBER PARISHII. 
Native of Moulmein. 
Nat. Ord. Scrraminex.—Tribe ZINGIBERR. 
Genus Zincieer, Gertn. ; (Endlicher Gen. Plant., vol. i. p- 222.) 
Zincrwer Parishii ; fere glaberrima, caule foliato gracili 3-pedali, foliorum 
lamina 4-7-pollicari elliptico-lanceolata acuta in petiolum brevem 
angustata, subtus sparse appresse pilosa, scapo robusto vaginato, vaginis _ 
viridibus obtusis, spica 4-6-pollicari cylindraceo-subclavata, bracteis 
ad 20 erecto-patentibus imbricatis late obovatis cucullatis obtusis v. 
retusis vy. truneatis viridibus marginibus rubris incurvis, ovario brevi, 
perianthio externo tubuloso obtuse 3-lobo interiore dimidio breviore, 
interioris tubo 1j-pollicari gracili, segmentis albis dorsali oblongo 
obtuso fornicato, 2 lateralibus exterioribus longioribus dependentibus 
lineari-oblongis subacutis, 2 interioribus brevibus late oblongis obtusis. 
labello Segmentis exterioribus breviore obovato obtuso. venis pallide 
fusco-purpureis tessellatim reticulato, staminodiis linearibus, anthera 
lanceolata in rostrum acuminatum loculis equilongum producta. 
A very handsome species of a large and little known Indian 
genus, which can be satisfactorily illustrated by drawings 
only. It was discovered by our indefatigable correspondent, 
the Rev. C. Parish, in Moulmein, and roots were transmitted 
by him to Kew, which flowered for the first time upwards of 
ten years ago. ‘The specimen here figured, also received from 
Mr. Parish, flowered in July, 1872, in the same month as 
the previous specimen had. 
Descr. Roots fascicled on creeping rhizomes. Leajing 
stems three feet high, as thick as a swan’s quill, almost 
cylindric. Leaves with a glabrous terete sheath, short green 
obtuse auricles, and an elliptic-oblong or lanceolate-acute 
e, four to six inches long, which is dark green above, 
paler beneath, and there sparingly clothed with appressed 
FEBRUARY Isr, 1873. 
