2. Cubccma.] 92. ZINGIBEBACJSJS. 



Balisb, is called the wild Turmeric, C. long a, L., being the Turmeric 

 proper. C cassia,, Roxb. is called the Black Zedoary. 

 The following are the oommon forest speoies in Singbhum :-— 



3. C» rubesceQS, l Roxb. Dundir, K. 



Whole plant from rhizome to tips of leaves 4-6 ft., 

 rhizome small £* diam. about 8" below the surface. L. 

 narrowly- oblong or oblong-oblanceolate 2-3 ft. by 3J-4* 

 tapering into the very long petiole, acute with a short sharp 

 acumen, glabrous. Spike with peduncle appearing before the 

 leaves are fully developed 6" to 12* above ground, without 

 peduncle 3±-5* by 2*. Fl.-bracts 1-1 J* by f-1", from 

 green to deep crimson, the margin adnate for about |-J\ 

 Bracts of coma few magenta 2" oblong or. ell.-oblong, inner 

 surface puberulous. 



Gammon in the Sal forests. Fls. May. L. appear end of May, and last 

 till the antumn. 



Fls. 1\" from bright snlphur-yellow with colourless corolla to a chrome 

 yellow and a delicate pink-veined corolla. Calyx \", usually with 2 

 distinct keeled pubescent obtuse lobes. Corolla-tube \" } upper lobe £'' 

 ovate oblong mucronate above the involute margin, lateral-lobes shorter. 

 Staminodes exceeding the corolla obtuse obovate-oblong. Lip broadly 

 oblong-obovate emarginate, sometimes 3-lobed. 



5. C. Amada, Roxb. Paro, Dundir, K. ; Mango Gin- 

 ger. 



Whole plant from rhizome to tips of leaves 2|-3| ft. L. 

 elliptic or narrowly-elliptic 1^-2 ft. by 3-7'' tapering into 

 the petiole acuminate glabrous. Spike appearing from the 

 centre of the leaves about 4|" by 2" or, including the peduncle, 

 about 12" from base. Fl. -bracts white or greenish 1-1 y 

 oblong-obcvate obtuse or truncate adnate about half-way then 

 spreading. .Bracts of coma very few pale pink or whitish 

 about as long as the flowering. 



Common in the Sal forests. Fls. July.-Sept. 



Fls. l$-lf whitish with pale yellow lip. Calyx %'' truncate. Corolla- 

 tube f, lobes nearly as long as the staminodes and closely applied to them, 

 posterior sometimes slightly mucronate, tip incurved, slightly longer than 

 the others. Lateral staminodes pale oblong, lip a little longer nearly 



1 The speoimens were identified by Capt. Gag at the Cal. Bot. 

 Gardens. 



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