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—- . _, MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA, —Curcuma, — 
-well, and blossom in May, at which time itis by arthe most — 
beautiful, and: the largest of the genus, I have yet seen, 9. 
. Bulbs very large, oval, inwardly of a pale ochraeous co- 
jour.. Palmate tubers scarcely any, Pendulous tybers lan- 
ceolar, and connected to the bulb by uncommonly long, thick, — 
fibrous cords.. Leaves bifarious, petioled on their sheaths, lan-— q 
ceolar, smooth, and green in every part, except in those which 
appear first in the season; which have a faint ferruginous — 
cloud on the centre of the upper surface beyond the middle; 
from two to three feet long’; the petioles with their sheathing _ 
bases measuring. about as much: more, making the whole. 
height of the plant five or six feet. . Spikes lateral, appear- 
Ing rather before, the. leaves, short-scaped, large, clavate. 
Fertile bractes of a beautiful pale pink. Barren ones of the 
coma a deep, lively, rosy red ; on account of the beauty and 
size of this part, I have given it the trivial name comosa, 
-Corol with the exterior border pink ; inner pale yellow. - 
10. C. leucorrhiza, R. sane 
Bulbs ovate; plamate tubers long and far-aaresaiaas like | 
the | former es are inwardly of a pale straw colour. Leaves 
: petioled, broad-lanceolar, smooth, of an uniform green in’ 
every part. Spikes feredomeres with a coma as slong: as the 
fertile portion. ef oe 
A native of the forests of Ba 
r the name 4 iko 7 Poy saaeevcd that die fiona 
cultivate bat grows i the jungles, to the southward of 
‘that place. ‘The process, he ‘says, for obtaining the starchy 
substance called Tikor, is as follows: “ The root nave: UP, 
_and rubbed on a stone, or beat in a mortar, and ; 
rubbed in water with the hand, and strained Guteghaclots; 
the) fecula having subsided, stint off, ante | 
— (fecula,) dried for use.” pee 
. This pla: ne RR in he, Botanic garden, and flowers, 
