734 CXXTI. SCUTA MINE-'E. 



Spikes terminating elongate pcduueles beset willi sheathing 

 sc.arious bracts. 



Leaves glabrous beneath ; bracts green 3. Z. Zenimhet, 



Leaves ])ubescent beneath ; bracts reddish. 



Lip yellowisli-white, marked with piir]i]e lines; side 



lobes of lip small ; capsule ellijisoid, 1 in. long 4. Z. macrostachtjum. 



Lip yellowisii-wliite, not marked with purple lines ; 

 side lobes of lip large ; capsule subglobose, | inch 

 long 5. Z. Cassumar. 



1. Zingiber Nimmonii, (by error Nimmoi, corrected in Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bo, ri. p. 273), BaJz. in Keiv Jouni. Bot. v. 4 (1852) p. 341. 

 Stem leafy, 4-5 ft. high, as thick as the middle finger, reddish-green, 

 glabrous. Leaves 6-12 by 2-3 in., nearly sessile, oblong-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, green and glabrous above, pubescent beneath, base acute ; 

 petioles scarcely g in. long, with long sheaths and a short truncate ligule 

 about Jy in. long. Elowers in shortly pedunculate ovate or subglobose 

 spikes scarcely rising above the ground ; bracts linear-oblong or lanceo- 

 late, acute, glabrous, green streaked with red, the inner 2-fid. Corolla- 

 tube as long as the bracts ; lobes reddish-yellow. Lip 3-lobed, yellow ; 

 midlobe rotund-ovate or subobovate, scarcely emarginate ; side lobes 

 small, rounded. Capsules ellipsoid, the size of a pigeon's egg. Fl. B. I. 

 v. 6, p. 244 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 273 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v, 12 

 (1899) p. 521 ; K. Schura. in Engler, Pflanzenreich, v. 4, part 46 (1904) 

 p. 184. Alinnia Nlmmonii, Grab. Cat. PI. Bo. (1839) p. 206. — Flowers : 

 July. 



"KoNKAN : StocJcs], Law I; N. & S. Konkan, Dalzdl cf- Gibxon; Sahvadri range, 

 Dnhelll Deccan : Lanoli Grove, abundant, 6r>'rt/^a?7i ; Khandala, &ra/i«;?i. Kanaka: 

 Law\ — DiSTRiB. India (W. Peninsula). 



2. Zingiber cernuum, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 4 (1852) p. 342. 

 Stern bright green, somewhat curved, glabrous. Leaves narrowly elliptic, 

 acuminate, glabrous on both sides. Spikes ovate, obtuse, very shortly 

 pedunculate, scarcely appearing above the ground ; bracts ovate or 

 oblong, somewhat obtuse, greenish-yellow, glabrous, the inner shortly 

 3-fid. Corolla buff-colored. Lip 3-lobed ; midlobe ovate, deeply 2-fid, 

 variegated with whte and red; side lobes variegated with red and 

 yellow. Fruit yellowish-white, smooth. Seeds (unripe) red, striated ; 

 aril membranous. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 245 ; Dal/. & Gibs. p. 273 ; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 521 ; K. Schum. in Eiigler, Pflan- 

 zenreich, v. 4, part 46 (1904) p. 182.— Flowers : July. 



S. M. Country : E.amghat, Dalzdl. 



The description above is tliat of Dalzell. I have seen no specimens; tliere are none 

 in Herb. Kew. 



The plant unfortunately flowers in July, at which time the vvliole of the hill-sides 

 are streaming with water, rendering plant-collecting a task of no ordinary dilliculty. 

 It is hoped that local botanists will endeavour to procure specimens, describe them 

 when fresh, and send some to the Kew Herbarium.- Distkiii. India (W. I'eninsula). 



3. Zingiber Zerumbet, lioscoe, ex SmiiJi, Exot. Bot. v. 2 (1805) 

 p. 105, t. 112. Kootstock large, not much branched, hard, biennial, 

 yellow^ inside, with a strong aromatic ginger-like taste, but with some 

 bitterness ; root-fibres vermiform ; leafing stem 3-5 ft. high, about ^ in. 

 in diam., cj'lindric, glabrous, animal, licaves 8-12 by 2-3 in., sessile, 

 oblong-lanceolato or oblanceolatci, acumijiale, glabrous, base narrowed; 



