730 cxxYi. scitaminr.t:. 



more hii;li!y colored tliau the lobes, obtuse, 2-fid at the apex. Capsules 

 glabrous, globose, ^ in. in diam. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 210 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 520 ; K. 8chura. in Engler, Pflanzen- 

 reich, v. 4, part 46 (1904) p. 109. Curcuma uufjustifolia, Ualz. & Gibs. 

 Bo. El. (J8G1) p. 274 {not of Eoxb.). 



KoNKAN : Stocks !, Law ! Deccan : Sinhagacl near Poona, Woodrotv. S. M. Country : 

 Dharwar, Zat<;! ILvnaka : Law\ — Distrib. ludiu (W. reninsula). 



2. Curcuma aromatica, Scdlsb. Farad. Lond. t. 96 (1805). Eoot- 

 stock large, of paliiiatelj branched, sessile annulate biennial tubers 

 yellow and aromatic inside. Leaves 15-24 by 4-8 in., obloug-eHiptic or 

 oblong-lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, green, oFteu variegated above, 

 pubescent beneath, base deltoid ; petioles as long as or longer than the 

 blade. Elowering stem appearing with or before tlie leating stem, as 

 thick as the forefinger, sheathed. Flowers fragrant, shorter than the 

 bracts, in spikes 6-12 in. long; flowering bracts l|-2 in. long, ovate, 

 recurved, cymbiform, rounded at the tip, pale green, connate below 

 forming pouches for the flowers ; bracta of the coma 2-3 in. long, more 

 or less tinged with red or pink. Calyx ^ in. long, irregularly ^-lobed. 

 Corolla-tube 1 in. long, the upper half funnel-shaped ; lobes pale rose- 

 colored, the lateral lobes oblong, the dorsal longer, ovate, concave, 

 arching over the anthers. Lip yellow, obovate, deflexed, subentire or 

 obscurely 3-lobed. Lateral staminodes oblong, obtuse, as long as the 

 corolla-lobes. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 210 ; Wight, Icon. t. 2005 ; Eosc. 

 Monandr. PL (1828) t. 103; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 241 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 520 ; K. Sebum, in Engler, Pflanzen- 

 rek-h, v. 4, part 46 (1904) p. Ill ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1041; Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 655. Curcuma zcdoaria, Eoxb. As. Res. v. 11 

 (1810) p. 333 {not of Eosc.) ; Grab. Cat. p. 209 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 274; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 1546. — Flowers: May. Veiin. Edn-halcU; Amha-halad. 



KoNKAN : Dahell S; Gil>&on ; moist shady places in the Konkan, Graham ; Kanheri 

 forests, Graham; Parel Hill (Bombay), Graham, — Distrii!. India (Bengal, \V. Pen- 

 insula) ; sometimes cultivated and known as Yellow Zedoary. The tubers are used 

 medicinally. See Walt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



3. Curcuma pseudomontana, Grah. Cat. PI. Bomh. (1839) p. 210. 

 Eootstock small, bearing small almond-like or subglobose tubers at the 

 ends of the fibres (but no sessile tubers) ; tubers pure white inside, 

 edible. Leaves uniformly green, reaching 2 ft. or more long (including 

 tlie petiole), 4-6 in. broad, lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, tapering to the 

 base ; petioles 8-15 in. long. Flowers appearing with the leaves, bright 

 yellow, 2 or 3 in each bract, in autumnal central narrowly oblong spikes 

 2-5 by 1-1| in. ; peduncles 3-4 in. long, embraced by leaf-sheaths ; 

 flowering bracts Ij-lf by |-| in., obovate-lanceolate, green with an 

 acute pink tip ; bracts of coma oblong-lanceolate, the lowest with purple 

 edges only, the upper more or less uniformly mauve-purple. Lai/,. Si, 

 Gibs. p. 275; Lisboa, in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 2 (1887) p. 144 ; Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 669. Curcuma lianadei, Prain, in Jouni. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 463; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1899) p. 520 ; K. Sebum, in Engler, PHanzenreich, v. 4, [)art 46 (1904) 

 p. 440. C. ruontana, linker, in llook. f. Fl. B. 1. v. (5, p. 214 in part{not 

 of Eosc.) ; Woodr. in Journ. Bon)b. Nat. v. 12(1809) p. 520. — Flowers : 

 Sept. Vdrn. fSlndarbar ; iSJilndalvan. 



