C 1546 ] 



Curcuma Zedoaria. Aromatic 

 Turmeric. 



Clqfs and Order. 



MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Generic Charatler. 



Corolla limbus internus 3,partitus, bilabiatas. Anthcra bical- 

 earata. Semina plurima arillata. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



CURCUMA Zedoaria : folirs lato-lanceolatis fubtus pubefcenti- 



bus, antherae calcaribus incurvis. 

 CURCUMA Zedoaria. Roxburgh Scitam. in Afiat.Refearch.i'ol.xi. 



^ p. 332. ed. Svo. 

 CURCUMA aromatica. Salijb. in Parad. Land. 96 ? 



The root-ftocks of this plant are aromatic and yellow within, 

 but do not appear to be the fame as the Zedoary of the fhops, 

 which is moft probably the product of Curcuma zerumbet. 



We are not certain that our plant is the fame fpecies as that 

 defcribed by Mr. Salisbury in the Paradifus Londinenfis; as 

 the leaves, independently of the white variegation, which is 

 probably accidental, are not without fome purplifh tinge, and 

 j e / er tUe braftes were green, not white as in his figure and 

 ascription. 



It flowered in the Move of the late Right Hon. Charles 

 ^Reville, in May, before the appearance of the leaves. 



The cultivation of thefe plants in this climate is attended with 

 Particular difficulty j and unlefs they are ftrong and healthy they 

 e| dom or never produce flowers ; hence thefe can hardly be 

 f^pectcd, except from newly imported roots. They require to 

 e kc pt conftantly in a high temperature, mould have plenty of 

 Water w hile flowering, and very little after the leaves die. The 

 8 re at diffi cu i t y feems to be to keep up a fufficient heat and a due 

 lu PPly of frefh air at the fame time. 



