4. Amomdm.] 92. ZINGIBER ACE 'M [ 5. Zingiber. 



in fruit. Fls. 2" long with oblong-obovate lip 1±* by 

 J" with crisped margins. Anther with a dilated sub-quadrate 

 crest J* or more wide. 



Watery shady places. Singbhum, Ea/jmehal hills and Parasnath, rare. 

 Fls, June. Fr. Aug.-Sept. Leafy stem persistent. 



L. glabrous in Singbhum, pubescent beneath in Santal Parganahs' speci- 

 mens, oblong-lanceolate. Calyx £-1'' minutely pubescent. Lip with a band 

 of yellow or red down the centre passing into sulphur yellow near the tip 

 otherwise pure white. Fruit oblong 1£" with 9 crenulate wings, densely 

 packed on the radical spike. 



5. Zingiber, Adans. 



Tuberous herbs with leafy stems and flowers in dense 

 bracteate spikes produced direct from the rootstock, rarely 

 (Z. capitatam) terminal on the stem. Bracts persistent 

 usnally only 1-flowered. Lateral staminodes or adnate to 

 the obovate-cuneate lip. Fil. short, anther-cells contiguous, 

 connective produced into a narrow or subulate appendage. 

 Stigma 8,giall, sub-globose. Capsule not winged. 



L Spike produced direct from the rootstock. 



1. Peduncle very short, l-2\ L. pubescent beneath. 



Lip nearly as long as corolla, copiously spotted 



and streaked .1. rubetu* 



Lip shorter than corolla, with or without light 

 markings 2. roseum. 



1. Peduncles elongate clothed with bracts. 



a. L. glabrous beneath. 



Fl.-bracts sub-orbicalar. Lip and St. purple 3. officinale. 



Fl.-bracts ovate. Lip and St. yellowish • 4. Zerumbet. 



b, L. pubescent beneath . . • . . 5. Cammunar. 

 II. Spike terminal on the leafy stem .... 6. capitatwn. 



1. Z. rubens, Roxb., is not recorded in Bengal Plants from Chota 

 Nappur; it is, however, included in Wood's list but without comment or 

 locality. 3. Z. officinale, Rose, is the cultivated ginger. 4. Z. Zerumbet, 

 8m\th, is included in Wood's list without remark ; Prain says " cultivated, 

 and as if wild " in most of the provinces. The same remark is made in 

 ** Bengal Plants " against Z Casumunar, Roxb.; this species is, however, 

 undoubtedly wild in both the Duars and Chota Nagpur, where indeed I 



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