Zingiber ace(B.^ cetlon plants. 315 



CXLV. APOSTASIACE^. 



1. APOST A.SIA, Blume. 



1. A. Wallichii, R. Br. in WaU. PL Asiat. Ear. i. p. 75, t. 84— c.p. 

 2744. 



Hab. Banks of streams, in the Saffragam District, at no great eleva- 



tioD. 



CLXVL ZINGIBEEACE^. 



1. GLOBBA, Schieb. 



1. G. bulbifera, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 78- — 6r, marantinoides, Wight, 

 Ic. t. 2001 (G. marantina, Wight, non Willd.).— c.p. 3563. 

 Hab, Near Batticaloa. 



My specimens agree extremely well with Dr. "Wight's figure, except that in mine 

 the superior wing-like appendages of the anther are twice as broad as the inferior 

 ones. The flowers are of an orange-yellow colour. 



2. ZING-IBEE, G^rtn. 



(Nom. vulg. " Wal-ingooroo.") 



1. Z. Zernmbet, Eosc. (Eoxb. FL Ind. i. p. 48, cum syn. ; Wight, 

 Ic. t, 2003.)— c.p. 3699. 



Hab. Not uncommon up to an elevation of 2000 feet. 



2. Z. Cassumunar, Eoxb. 1. c. p. 49. — Var. suhglahra. — C.P. 3727. 



Hab. Ilantani, in the Central Province, rare. 



This differs from the typical form of the species in being nearly smooth and in 

 having smaller spikes of flowers. 



3. Z. Wightianum, Thw.— Z. sqnarrosum, Eoxb. P ; Wight, Ic. t. 



2004 (vix Eoxb.).— c.p. 2286. 

 Hab. Very common in forests, up to an elevation of 4000 feet. 



li-5-pedaIe, Fo/ia 6-12 poll, longa, mcrabranacea, superne subglabra, subtus 

 villosula, vagina ad apicem tubcrculis minutis conspersa, h'gulie bifulai lobis U-3 

 Im. lougis, rotundatis. Fiores ochracei. Caroline lacinia eMerlores acuminato- 

 lanceolatse. Lalellum brevius. purpureo-venosnm maculatunique, 3-lobum, lobis 

 liiteralibus lauceolatis, acutis, internicdio majore, ovato, obtuso, bifido. Cajpsula 

 pollleares. 



In the present species the sheaths of the leaves have not the large conical pro- 

 cesses at their apex, and the fruit is very much smaller than that of Koxburgli s 

 Z, sqiiarrosvm, as described by him. 



4. Z. cylindricum. Moon, Cat. p. l.—foUis lanceolatia vellineari- 

 lauceolatis, utrinque acutis, subsessUibus, ad costam subtus ahquando 

 pilosis ; vagi7iis ad apicem tubulosis nee fissis ; ItQula brevi, truncata, 

 externe pilosa ; spicis radicalibus, pedunculutis, subcylindncis ; bracfeis 

 imbricatis, rotundatis veloblongis, sabacutis ; labello 3-lobo, lobis linea- 

 nbus, tnmcatis. intermedio latiore.— c.p. 2287. . 



Hab. Very abundant in the forests of the Central Province. 



3-G-pedale vcl ultra. Fo/ia 5-8 poll, longa, 1-2 poll. lata, redunculi 3-9 



