240 ScitamineCB. \Curaima. 



fil., stigma turbinate ; fr. globose or oblong, at length dehiscent; 

 seeds small, ovoid, aril small, lacerate, white. — Sp, about 30, 

 27 in Fl. B. Ind. 



G. bulbifera, Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 358 (1810). 



Thw. Enum. 315. G. inarnntittoides, Trim. Cat. Ceyl. 91. C. P. 3563. 



Fl. B. Ind. vi. 206. Wight, Ic. t. 2001 {G. maraiitind). 



Stems 2-2i ft., slender, crowded on a tufted rootstock, 

 erect or somewhat drooping; root of fleshy fibres; 1. 5-7 in., 

 by i^-if in., few, distichous, shortly petioled, oval to oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, midrib stout, green, paler beneath, 

 sheath long, ligule very short, ciliate; spike or raceme 2-3 in., 

 bracts loose, broadly oval-oblong, lower i in., obtuse or sub- 

 acute, spreading or somewhat deflexed, green, persistent ; fl. 

 very shortly pedicelled, lower in the spike replaced by ovoid 

 yellow bulbils \-\ in. diam.; cal.-tube short, cylindric, 

 obscurely 3-lobed ; cor.-tube very slender, | in. long, segm. 

 subequal, oblong, shorter than the tube; lip deeply bifid, 

 deflexed ; fil. long, slender, incurved, anth.-cells narrow, 

 winged on both sides, wings spreading, deeply 2-fid ; fr. 

 \ in. long, oblong, terete, smooth. 



Shady places in the dry country ; rather rare. Near Batticaloa ; near 

 Nilgala. Fl. Jan., Feb., June; lemon-yellow. 

 Also India and Malaya. 



2. CVRCVIMEA, Linn. 

 Rootstock bearing simple and tuberiferous root-fibres; 

 stem various ; 1. oblong ; infl. terminal on the leafing stem, or 

 on a distinct ped., spicate, spike large, of concave or saccate 

 persistent, col'd, many-fld. bracts, the upper of which are often 

 elongate, empty, forming a crown to the spike; fl. bracteolate, 

 subsessile ; cal. tubular ; cor.-tube funnel-shaped, limb 3- 

 partitc, dorsal segm. longer and more concave ; lateral stami- 

 nodes oblong, petaloid ; lip broad, recurved ; fil. short, 

 adnate to the lateral staminodes, anth. not crested, bases of 

 cells spurred, incurved ; ov. 3-cclled, many-ovuled, style fili- 

 form, stigma 2-lipped, lips ciliate ; fr. globose, pericarp mem- 

 branous, at length 3-valved ; seeds ovoid or oblong, arillcd or 

 not. — Sp. many; 30 in Fl. B. Ind. 



Spike on a leafless ped. 

 Spike many-fld. 



L. pubescent beneath i. C. aromatica. 



L. j^^Iabrous beneath 2. C. Zkdoauia. 



Spike few-fld. 3. C. oi.igantha. 



.Spike terminating the leafy stem . . . 4. C. ALUl FLORA. 



