738 CXXTI. SC'ITAMINE.E. 



Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 521; K. Schum. in Engler, Pflanzeureioh, 

 V. 4, part 46 (1904) p. 316 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1046 ; Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 192. — Flowers : May. Vern. Kullnjdn. 



KoNKAX : Stocks I, Law I; S. Konkan, Mmmo ex Graham, Balzell I; Wari country, 

 truly wild on Wag-donger, Balzell ^- Gihson. Kanaka : N. Kanara, Talbot, 2552 !— 

 DisTRiB. Throughout India, often cultivated ; Ceylon, Malay Islands. 



2. Alpinia Allhugas, Roscoe, in Trans. TAnn. Soc. v. 8 (1807) 

 p. 346. A stout perennial herb 3-6 ft. high ; root tuberous, aromatic. 

 Leaves 8-18 by lf-4 in., sessile or nearly so, linear-oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, cuspidate, glabrous, base acute ; sheaths long,, 

 glabrous, striate, compressed; ligule nearly ^ in. long, obtuse, glabrous. 

 Plovvers inodorous, pink, in erect, decompound, lax- or dense-flowered 

 panicles 6-12 in. long, the branches short, ascending, with large 

 narrowly linear deciduous floral leaves sometimes reaching 9 in. long, 

 at the lower forks ; rhachis pubescent or tomentose ; pedicels short ; 

 bracts small, ovate, cupular. Calyx subcampanulate, |-| in. long, 

 pubescent, the mouth oblique, obtusely 2-3-toothed. Corolla-tube 

 about as long as the calyx ; lobes longer than the tube, linear-oblong, 

 cymbiform, dorsally pubescent, shortly spurred below the hooded tip. 

 Lip rather more than 1 in. long (including the slender claw-), pink, 

 obovate-cuneate or suborbicular, 2-fid, the margins waved and erose ; 

 claw as long as the limb, with 2 hnear-subulate glands J^- in. long at 

 the base. 8tamen arcuate, shorter than the lip ; connective not or 

 obscurely crested. Style glabrous ; stigma small. Pruit black, thin, 

 globose, I in. in diam., irregularly rupturing. Seeds many, small, black, 

 angular. PI. B. I. v. 6, p. 253 ; Grab. Cat. p. 206 ; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 p. 273 ; Trim. PL Ceyl. v. 4, p. 247 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 T. 12 (1899) p. 521 ; K. Sebum, in Engler, Pflanzenreich, v. 4, part 46 

 (1904) p. 344; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1046 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, 

 p. 192. — Vern. Taraka. 



KoNKAN : S. Konkan, I\immo ex Graham. 



Alpinia nutans, Eoscoe, in Smith, Exot. Bot. v. 2 (1805) p. 93, t. 106, 

 & in Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 8 (1807) p. 346. A very handsome plant 

 grown commonly in gardens, a native of the Eastern Himalaya, Birma, 

 Malay Islands and Peninsula; stem reaching 8-10 ft. high. Leaves 

 12-24 by 3-6 in., oblong-lanceolate. Flowers in panicles 6-12 in. long, 

 with a very hairy rhachis : bracts large, concave, ivory-white with pink 

 tips. Corolla white with a tinge of pink, the lip beautifully variegated 

 with red and yellow. PL B. I. v. 6, p. 256 ; Grab. Cat. p. 206 ; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Suppl. p. 85 ; Roxb. in Asiat. Res. v. 11 (1810) p. 354 ; PI. Ind. 

 V. 1, p. 65 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 195. Glohha nutans, Linn. 

 Mantiss. 2 (1771) p. 1 70. Zerumhet speciosum, Wendl. Sert. ILann. v. 1, 

 fasc. 4 (1798) t. 19. Alpinia speciosa, K. Schum. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 

 V. 27 (1900) p. 284. — Veen. Puna-champa ; Ndg-damani. 



Doubtfully Indigenous Species. 



ALFTNIA CALCAJtAT.'l, Roscoe, in Trans. Lin«. Soc. v. 8 (1807) p. 347. Rootstock 

 perennial, not tuberous. Leafing stem slender, 2-4 ft. high. Leaves 6-12 by 1-2 in., 

 lanceolate, acuminate, green and glossy. Flowers numerous, largo, in den.^e panicles 



