94 -MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Curcuma., Yo 
particularly conspicuous when the leaves are dry.— The Scape rises 
distinct from the leaves during the dry season, and often not only at 
some distance, but also sometime before them; it is round, as thick 
as a man’s fore finger ; length a few inches, and embraced by its own 
short, proper, green sheaths.— Spike from 6 to 12 inches long, &c. — 
exactly as in the last species.— Bractes and Calyx as in the before- 
mentioned species.— Corol one-petalled ; at the base tubular. Tube 
short, widening a little; its mouth shut with fine yellow pubescent 
glands ; Throat ample. Border double; exterior of three pale pink-co- 
loured, erect, oblong divisions ; the upper one more pointed, and in- 
cumbent over the anther and part of the two upper divisions of the 
inner border. Interior somewhat ringent, three-parted, fleshy, yellow ; 
the lower lobe or lip longest, obovate, entire, projecting with a crown’ 
and erect margin, while a broad elevation of a deep yellow colour runs- 
along i its middle; upper two divisions obovate, and with the upper 
segment of the exterior border, forming a complete covering or dome 
over the anther.— Filament short, inserted between the two upper 
divisions of the inner border of the corol. Anther two-lobed, each 
ending in a long, sharp spur at the base.— Germ inferior, &c. as in 
the last. Style filiform. Stigma three-lobed, with a perforation in 
the centre. 
Obs. The plant when in flower is highly ornamental, few Mem 
ing it in beauty ; at the same time it podsie a considerable degree 
of delicate aromatic fragrance, 
Dr. Woodville’s observation and quotations, at page 362 of his 
Medical Botany, induce me to think that the roots of this plant are not 
only the longer species of the Zedoaria found in the sho ps; but also : 
the shorter or roundish, their form and size depending. on the man- 
ner in which they may have been cut for drying: and I have lately 
learned from Sir J. Banks, that the dried root of sus species aedi 
well with Zedoaria rotunda. = 3 
The Hindoos use the roots as a irte and also melicindliy; 
they are sold in their shops, under tie Arabic name Judwar, or the - 
Bengalce one of Bun Huldi. When fresh as well as when dry, they 
