cxxvi. scitamine.t:. 735 



ligule ^-^ in. loiif^, truncate, membranous, ^lowering stem 12-18 in. 

 long, stout, usually flexuous, clothed with long appressed obtuse slieaths. 

 Flowers pale sulphur-yellow, in conico-oblong or ovoid obtuse spikes 

 8-4 by 2 in.; bracts 1-1| in. long, closely imbricate, ovate-oblong or 

 ohovate, with rounded apex and pale membranous margins, bright green 

 at first but becoming red in fruit. Calyx-tube 1 in. long, appressed to 

 the corolla-tuhe, 3-toothed, glabrous. Corolla-tube 1| in. long; lobes 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, the lateral smaller, aduate to the base of the 

 lip. Lip shorter than the corolla-lobes and of a darker yellow, 3-fid ; 

 lobes obtuse, the midlobe the longest. Anther glabrous. Style gla- 

 brous ; stigma minute, funnel-shaped with ciliate mouth. Capsules 

 ellipsoid, 1 in. long. Seeds 1 in. long, oblong, black. PI. B. I. v. 6, 

 p. 247 ; Grab. Cat. p. 207 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 272 : Wight, Icon. t. 2003 ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 2000 ; Trim. VI Ceyl. v. 4, p. 259 ; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. ISTat. v. 12 (1899) p. 521 ; K. Schum. in Engler, Ptlanzenreich, 

 V. 4, part 46 (1904) p. 172; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1044; AYatt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 4, p. 366. — Plowers : July. 



KoNKAN : Nimmo ex Gh-aham ; common about old wells in tlie S. Konkan, Bahell cf- 

 Gihso>i; sometimes cultivated. — Distrtb. Throughout India; Ceylon, Malay Penin- 

 sula ; widely cultivated in the Tropics of the Old World. 



4. Zingiber macrostachyum, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 4(1852) 

 ]). 342. Leafing stem reaching 20 in. high, red, pubescent. Leaves 

 sessile, 5-12 by 1-2 in., lanceolate, acuminate, dark green and glabrous 

 above, paler and pubescent beneath ; sheaths ribbed, puberulous near 

 the top ; ligule g in. long, 2-lobed, the lobes rounded, pubescent. 

 Plowers in long cylindric spikes 6-12 in. long ; peduncle about as long 

 as the spike, with large oblong bract-like scarious sheaths ; bracts 

 ohovate, acute, reddish, reaching l.j in. long. CoroUa white or 

 greenish-white; tube as long as the bracts; lobes lanceolate, nearly 

 1 in. long. Lip ohovate, 3-lobed ; midlobe rounded, emarginate, pale 

 yellow marked with diverging purple lines ; lateral lobes small, obtuse. 

 Capsules obovoid, pubescent, red, of the size of a sparrow's egg. Seeds 

 dark purple with a large white aril, PI. B. I. v. 6, p. 247 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs, p. 273; "Woodr, in Journ, Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 521 ; K. 

 Schum. in Engler, Pflanzenreich, v. 4, part 46 (1904) p. 179. A^nnia 

 Neesana, Grab. Cat. PI. Bo. (1839) p. 207.— Plowers : July. Vern, 

 Nisam. 



Konkan: Wargaon, Graham. Deccan: Mahableshwar, H. M. Birdwood; Khan- 

 dala, Graham; Lanoli on the borders of the grove, Graham. S. M. Country: Rilm- 

 gXvkt, Dalzdl. Kanaka : Kala naddi, 7?/i'c/;J(!, 719!— Distrib. India (W. Peninsula), 

 apjDarently endemic. 



5. Zingiber Cassumar, Boxh. hi As'mt. Res. v. 11 (1810) p. 347, 

 t. 5. Eootstock perennial, yellow inside, Mith an aromatic, warm, 

 somewhat camphoraceous taste, A^'ithout bitterness. Leafing stem 

 4-6 ft. high. Leaves subsessile, 9-14 by |-1| in., oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute, glabrous above, pubescent beneath, base slightly rounded ; sheaths 

 pubescent, Plowers in dense fusiform or oblong-eUipsoid spikes 

 3^-6 by 1^-2 in,; peduncles 4-]0 in. long, with numerous oblong 

 sheaths ; bracts l-lg in. long and nearly as broad as long, broadly 

 ovate, subacute, bright-red or greenish-red, or green, pubescent and 



