2. Cubcuma. ] 92. ZINGIBEBACEJE. [ 4. Amomfm. 



straight with vertical pale side-lobes, mid-lobe emarginate yellow as is 

 the palate. 



The fresh root possesses the smell of green mango and is nsed as a 

 condiment and vegetable. Medicinally it is described as cooling and 

 nsefnl in prurigo, Dutt. 



6. C< reclinata, Roxb. Bundu, Dnndir, K. 



A small very pretty species with long petioled elliptic 



leaves about 10" by 4" with petiole 4-7". Spikes 3-4" with 



the bracts deep orange-yellow. Coma scarcely any. 



On damp banks in the forests. Fls. Aug.-Sept. 



L. acuminate with unequal base. Bracts l£-2'' limb recurved rounded, 

 bracts of coma only 1-3. Fls. yellow. 



The globose Utbers £-1'' diam. at the ends of the root fibres, like similar 

 tubers in the other species, are called " da," and are cooked andeaten. 



3. Hedyckium, Kcenig. 



1. H. COronariutfl, Kcenig. 



A stout handsome leafy rhizomatous herb 3-5 ft. high 

 with oblong or oblong-lanceolate distichous leaves £-12" and 

 fragrant white flowera in a dense cone-like spike 6" long at 

 the top of the stem. 



Chota Nagpur, Train. Jonha, TFood. Eajmehal hills, in nalas near 

 Dharampur (coll. Jany. without flowers, is probably this). A herb of watery 

 localities'. 



Fls. Aug.-Bept. 



L. usually pubescent beneath. Spilce very dense spindle-shaped with 

 imbricate oblong rounded 3-4-fld. bracts l|-2". Corolla-tube 3'' with 

 reflexed linear lobes. Lateral-staminode petaloid i* diam. Lvp 1-2" 

 broad exceeding the stamen, or somewhat shorter. 



The flower in some varieties is yellowish, I have never seen the Chota 

 Nagpur wild plant in flower. The species is often cultivated in gardens. 



4. A mo mum, L. 



1. A. dealbatum, Roxb. Paro, K. 



A very large herb with tuberous rootstock and sterna 5-6 

 or 7 ft. high with distichous leaves 2-3 ft. by 4-6". Spikes 

 radicle 3-4" long on a short stout peduncle. Bracts deciduous 



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