gft MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA, CurCUma, 



incurved. The pendulous tubers, as in every other species, except 

 C. zanthorr/iiza, are inwardly pearl-coloured ; every part above 

 ground is of a uniform green, the spikes excepted. The leaves ap- 

 pear when the flowers begin to decay, and are larger tbaii in any other 

 soecies I have yet seen; being from t vo to three, or even four feet 

 long, by one broad, and villous unden.eath ; the v>hole height is 

 about six feet. The sjnkes are large, witli a deep rosy, or even crim- 

 son coma. Its external appearance resembles most C. Zecloaria^ 

 the roots however differ much, independent of their si^e. Tins plant 

 is altogether a larger species than that. 



5. C. casia. R. 

 Bulbs ovate, and with the palmate tubers inwardly bluish. Leaves 

 lanceolar, petioled; a deep ferruginous purple cloud down the mid- 

 dle, \Yhich penetrates to the under surface ; every other part green, 

 .Be;/o-. N eel-ivMnt'hcr, or Kala Htddi. 

 Tomraon-itam, Rumph. amb. 5. p. I69. 



This elegant, strongly marked species is a native of Bengal, where 

 it blossoms in May, while the greatest heat prevails, just before the 

 periodical rains begin: about the same time the leaves begin to ap- 

 pear. In the deep ferruginous purple cloud down the middle of the 

 leaves, it resembles C. Zerumbet, but differs widely in the colour of 

 the root. 



Bulbs ovate. Palmate tubers many, and generally simple ; these 

 and the bulbs are inwardly pale blue, yerging towards grey, (cEe- 

 sius of Willdenow's scale ;) in some the blue is pretty deep. Pen- 

 dulous tubers ovate, oblong, inwardly of a pale watery pearl-colour, 

 and less fragrant than in the former two species. This indeed is the 

 case with all the other species I have examined. — Leaves bifarious, 

 petioled, lanceolar, smooth on both sides, a deep ferruginous cloud 

 runs the whole length of the rib, and pe*ietrales through to the under- 

 side ; every other jjart, petioles, and their sheaths, of a clear deep 

 green colour ; length about eighteen inches, by five broad. Petioles 

 and their sheaths together^ about as long as the lea^^es; making the 



