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larly 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 

 lono-; whole height of the plant from three to four feet. 

 Spikes lateral, the inferior fertile portion not longer than 

 the rosy coma. Flowers the length of the bractes; exterior 

 border slightly tinged with pink ; inner yellow. In the struc- 

 ture of the fruit it agrees perfectly with that of C. Zerumbet. 



11. C. angustifolia. R. 



Bulb oblong, with pale, oblong, pendulous tubers only. 

 Leaves petioled, narrow-lanceolar. Flowers longer than the 

 bractes. 



Tikor of the Hindoos. 



Found by H. T. Colebrooke, Esq. in the forests from the 

 banks 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 decay about the beginning of the cool 

 season, in November. 



Root, from a fusitbrm biennial crown issue many fleshy 

 fibres, 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 into a 

 sheath to embrace those within ; the upper half or proper pe- 

 tioles slender, and channelled. Spike radical ; from four to six 

 inches long, separate from the leaves, crowned with a tuft of 

 oval, lively purple, neuter bractes. Bractes common below the 

 coloured neuter ones, ovate-cordate, obtuse, expanding re- 

 curvedly, each embracing three or four flowers, which open in 



