Zingiber. monandria monogynia. 51 



Teling. Bumacatcliicay. 



Is a native of the northern Circars, where it flowers in 

 the rainy season. 



Root biennial, horizontal, jointed, and white; with many 

 large fibres. Stems several, invested in the sheaths of the 

 leaves, &c. as in the other scitamineous plants, about two or 

 three feet high, leaves included. Leaves somewhat petiole'd, 

 bifarious, lanceolate, acute, tending to one side, smooth, fine- 

 ly veined, about twelve inches long, and from three to four 

 broad. Spikes remote from the stems, just appearing above 

 the ground when in flower, imbricated with lax, lanceolate, 

 reddish, one-flowered bractes. Floicers solitary, colour a 

 mixture of red and yellow. Bractes, besides the exterior one 

 already mentioned, there is an interior one for each flower 

 between it and the rachis, which is linear, with an obtuse, 

 notched apex. Calyx one-leaved, tubular, above, mem- 

 branaceous; mouth toothed. Carol; tube cylindric, erect, 

 considerably longer than the bractes. Border double ; ex- 

 terior three-parted ; in this plant the two approximated di- 

 visions are above, linear, pointed, and recurved, sometimes 

 revolute ; the lower division stands single, and is like the su- 

 perior two, linear and revolute; all are of a bright red colour. 

 Interior, or lip single, broad, obtuse, reflexed over the su- 

 perior two divisions of the exterior border. Filament, and 

 anthers as in the other species. Style rather longer than 

 the horn of the anther. Stigma perforated, and ciliate. 

 Two similar awl-shaped nectarial bodies at the base of the 

 style, are also present here. 



Obs. I have not found that the natives make any use of 

 this plant. 



5. Z. ligulatum. R. 



Leaves approximate, sessile, lanceolate. Spikes lax, more 

 than half hid in the earth, obovate. Bractes cuneiform. Lip 

 sub-hastate. 



A native of Hindoosthan. Flowering time in the Botanic 



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