Cureuma. -MONANDRIA MONOGYNTA, 93 
or Hindoo holidays in the month’ of \Mareh. ° ae root ‘is 
_ also used medicinally amongst the natives,’ 600 0) 6 «1 
In 1805, I gave some of the sliced :and dried valtinalal 
plehite tuberous roots of this plant’ to Sir Joseph Banks, - 
which he: gaye to Dr. Comb, who found that it was the real 
Zedoaria of our Materia Medica, “and -by the same means 
ascertained ‘that the root of my: ee 
doaria seins of the — » ene we HD tg 
2, 0. Zédoaria: Rays HE 
Bulbs ‘small; and, with the long waite tubers, iaiesivlhy 
vallinag | Leaves broad-lanceolar, eee sheaths, ce- 
ticeous underneath ; the whole plant of a uniform greens 
ey — Zedoaria, Linn, sp. plant. ed. .Willd. i, at me 
‘Sans. Vuna-huridra, Sholee, Vamarista, Sholika; 9 © *© 
Beng. Junglee, or Bun at —_ turmeric. si at 
Arab, Jedwar, or Zadwars > © © Bad Qi 
- This beautiful species is a native, not sect of Bengal; cont 
common in gardens about Calcutta,) but is alsova ative of 
China, ‘and various other parts of Asia, and the Asiatic is- 
lands. - Flowering: time the: hot season, thé leaves ‘appear 
about the same’ eT IOC ponents alter : Merit ts not inched 
to fin autifu large,r , rosy, tufted spikes rising stig ae 
ked earth betore a single leaf'is to be seen, 9° ' 
Root biennial, tuberous, &c.:as‘in the last; andi 
of, a pretty deep yellow colour, approaching to that of tur-. 
meric, Stem no other than the sheaths of the leaves. Leaves 
petioled, broad-lanceolar, entire, underneath covered: with 
soft cericeous down, which is particularly conspicuous‘when 
the ‘leaves are dry, The scape rises distinct from the leaves — 
during the dry season, andjoften not only at some distance; 
but also sometinie before them; bhinaieremehyee eaa 
and only Bee Bi balck meditionsst epeiics, Conakes ob ag 
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