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_Curcuma. _ MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. ae 
darly straight, and often near a’ foot long :.they run deep in 
the earth, and far. Their inward) colour, as well as that of the 
bulbs, is,a very pale ochraceous yellow, almost pure white. 
Pendulous: tubers numerous, oblong, inwardly, pearl white. 
Leaves. broad-lanceolar, ‘uniformly. green, about. two feet 
Jong; whole height of the plant from three to four feet. 
_ Spikes. lateral, the inferior fertile portion not. longer, than 
the rosy coma, lowers the length of the bractes : exterior 
border slightly, tinged, with pink ; inner yellow. In the strue- 
ture of the fruit it agrees perfectly with that of C. Zerumbet. 
') dibewr eaese ; - 
eas ©. angustifolia. R. 
—_ Bulb oblong, with pale, oblong, ciliata valbesidalg 
_ Leaves petioled, ‘narrow-lanceolar. Flowers — than wer 
bractes. 2 a ise aehitels het: = ease 
. Tikor of the Hindoos. . |. ff 
| Found by H. T. Colebrooke, Esq i in rahe nine shins ame 
‘iaahe of the Sona to Nagpore, and by him introduced into the 
Botanic garden at Calcutta, where it blossoms: in July. The 
leaves make their appearance at the same time with those of 
the other species, and a sat the beginning of the cool 
season, in November. ea eee 
. Root, from a fusiforn Pbiehnial crown’ issue many fleshy 
Shree; which end in smooth, oval, succulent tubers. Stem, 
consisting of a few pale-coloured, leafless, surrounding sheaths, 
Leaves petioled, narrow-lanceolar, most acute, striated with 
fine parallel veins, smooth on both sides ; from one to three 
feet long, (petiole and sheath included,) which is in fact the 
whole height. of the plant,| Petioles from six to twelve in- 
ches long, the lower, half or more of which, expands intoa — 
sheath to embrace those within ; the upper half or proper pe- 
tioles slender, and channelled. Spike radical; from four to six 
Sate aah 
curvy, cach _ 2 ae senataes four ven hope = ‘ | 
