Renealmia — Costus. 159 



V. Zingiber Adans. 



8. Z. zerumbet (L.) Rose, ex Sm. Exot. Bot. II (1805) p. 105 

 t. 112 et in Trans. Linn. Soc. VIII p. 348; J. G. Bak. in Hook. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. VI p. 247; ?Cook et Coll. Econ. p). Port. p. 269. — Amomum 

 zerumbet L. Spec. I ed. I (1753) p. 1. — Costus glabratus Bello! Ap. II 

 (1883) p. 119 n. 820 (non Sw.); Krug Ic. t. 142. — Jengibre amargo 

 v. Gengibre amargo. 



Bracteae pallide virides, posterius sanguineae. Flores albi. El. YIL 

 X, XL 



Quasi spontaneum et cultum in Sierra de Luquillo in monte Ji- 

 menes ad habitationes, prope Yabucoa in sylvis circa St. Helena, prope 

 Mancao ad margines sylvarum, prope May agtiez in umbrosis palmarum 

 ad Guanajibo: Sintenis n. 124, 124*, 1852, 5117. — In regionibus 

 trop. orbis utriusque cultum; patria probabiliter insulae moluccenses, 

 Nova Guinea et Archipelagus Bismarckianus. 



9- Z. officinale Rose, in Trans. Linn. Soc. VIII (1807) p. 348 et 

 Scit l 83 ; Griseb.! Flor. p. 602; Bello Ap. II p. 118 n. 818; Krug Ic. 

 t- 138; J.G.Bak. in Hook. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI p. 246; Cook et Coll. Econ. 

 P ] - Port. p. 268. — Amomum, zingiber L. Spec. I ed. I (1753) p. 1. — 

 Jengibre dulce v. Gengibre. 



Quasi spontaneum prope Mayaguez ex Bello et Krug Ic. — 



Bahama (ex Gard.), Cuba, Jamaica (ex Gr.), St. Thomas, St. Croix 



ex Egg-), Guadeloupe (ex Duss), Martinique (ex Duss), St. Vincent 



Hew Bull. n. 81) Reg. trop. utriusque orbis. — Patria probabiliter 

 antecedents. . 



!0. Z. eassumunar Roxb. in Asiat. Res. XI (1810) p. 348 t. 5; 



tfot. Mag. t. 1426; Bak. in Hook. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI p. 248. — Costus 



meatus Bello! Ap. II (1883) p. 119 n. 819 (non Sw.); Krug Ic. t. 141. 



J engribillo v. Jengibre amargo. 



Quasi spontaneum prope Mayaguez: Krug n. 1100. — Hispaniola, 



cult - m Asia trop. Patria India or. 



VI. Costus L. 



6 1L C - ©ylindrfcus Jacq. Fragm. (1809) p. 54 t. 77; Griseb. Flor. 

 02 (P.p.); Peters, in Mart. Fl. Bras. Ill pars III p. 53 (excl. var.). 



n 5-lR f ° SSiS humidis et ambrosia prope Bayamon, m. VII fl.: Stahl 

 fV " ~~ Hispaniola, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Vincent, Grenada, 

 a g°, Trinidad (ex Gr.), Amer. centr., Venezuela. 



obla 12 C# lnac, ' ostrol > il ws K. Schum. (n. sp.). Folia breviter petiolata, 



anm, ! *** Vel (P raeci P ue summa) lanceolata, attenuato- acuminata, basi 



b w et brevissime rotundata, utrinque puberula et scabrida; ligula 



