Plants of the Punjab. 
f= 
baw) 
Jacl. 
Herss, UNBRANCHED, WITH Opposite HxstTreULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Hedychium 
spicatum, 
Sit-ruti, kapur- 
kachri. 
SCITAMINER. 
MiB: ivi oo 
Himalaya, 
5-7,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Zingiber Zerumbet, 
Ginger, 
Kachur, nar kachur. 
SCITAMINEA. 
1 eel i a oe 
The Plains. 
Zingiber officinale, 
Ginger, 
Adrak. 
ScITAMINE. 
BSB. 'T, vi. 246. 
The Plains, 
cultivated. 
Zingiber 
Cassumunar, 
Ginger, 
Banada. 
ScITAMINER. 
RoR. aes: 
The Plains. 
Alpinia Galanga, 
SCITAMINE. 
P. Behewmsehe: 
The Plains. 
PETALS UNITED. 
like the last species, but leaves quite smooth under- 
neath, bracts one-flowered, staminodes lanceolate, lip deeply 
bifid, not clawed, stamen shorter than the lip, capsule 
round. ‘The root is used as a carminative and as a scent 
in religious ceremonies by Hindus. 
large, biennial, rootstock horizontal, tuberous, pale 
yellow inside, stem leafy ; leaves 12 by 2-8 in., oblong-lan- 
ceolate, smooth beneath, stem-clasping with long sheaths ; 
flowers 1-14 in. long, whitish with a yellow lip, in spikes 
3-4 in. long, produced from the rootstock on long stalks, 
bracts 1-14 in. long, orbicular, green with a paler edge, per- 
sistent, calyx cylindric, shortly 8-lobed, corolla tube cylin- 
dric, segments 3, 1 in. long, lanceolate, upper concave, lip 
with a midlobe ?# in. broad, mid-lobe notched, orbicular, 
basal-lobes large, orbicular, stamen pale, as long as the lip, 
style thread-like, stigma small, almost round ; capsule 1 in., 
oblong, 3-celled, splitting, seeds large, round, with a fleshy 
appendage. 
very like the last species, but the rootstock bears 
many sessile tubers, spike oblong-cylindric, bracts point- 
ed, corolla segments greenish, lip small, purplish-black, 
mid-lobe not notched, stamen dark purple, very rarely hag 
flowers, still more rarely seeds, cultivated. The rootstock 
is used as a carminative and a condiment. 
very like the last species, but rootstock perennial, 
bright yellow inside, leaves velvety beneath, bracts ovate, 
reddish, corolla segments whitish, lip yellowish-white with 
deeply bifid mid-lobe, basal auricles oblong, large, blunt, 
stamen yellowish-white, capsule small, round, cultivated 
as above. 
large, rootstock perennial, horizontal, tuberous, slight- 
ly aromatic, stem leafy ; leaves 1-2 ft. by 4-6 in., green and 
clossy on both sides, oblong-lanceolate, smooth beneath ; 
flowers # in., white tinged with lilac, in a terminal branch- 
ing raceme 6-12 in. long, calyx } in., greenish-white, 
