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SCITAMINE^. 

 MUSAOE.i:. 



1. MUSA Linn. 



1. M. paradisiaca Linn.; Warb. in Engler's Pflanzenreicli 1 (1900) 19. The 

 banana. About 9 varieties are comnionlj' cultivated in the river plain region, 

 which can be classified as follows: 



Subspecies L normalis O. Kuntze; Warb. 1. c. 20. Pulp edible only when 

 cooked, seedless. Tundoe, corresponding to Mttsa paradisiaca magna Blanco; 

 Matdvia corresponding to M. paradisiaca maxima Blanco; Batuan corresponding 

 to M. trogloditarum Blanco. 



Subspecies 2. sapientium (Linn.) 0. Kuntze; Warb. 1. c. Pulp edible without 

 cooking, seedless. Lacatdn, corresponding to Musa paradisiaca lacatan Blanco: 

 Buiujulan, corresponding to M. paradisiaca suaveolcns Blanco; Morddo, corre- 

 sponding to M. paradisiaca violacea Blanco; Gloria, corresponding to M. para- 

 disiaca ternatensis Blanco; and Lutundan corresponding to .¥. paradisiaca cinerea 

 Blanco. 



Subspecies 3. seminifera (Lour.) Baker; Warb. 1. c. 2L Pulp scarcely edible, 

 with numerous seeds. Sdha, corresponding to Musa paradisiaca compressa Blanco. 



2. M. sp. 



A wild banana is sparingly foimd in the river caiions in the forests at an 

 altitude of from 800 to 900 ni.. above the sea, sterile specimens only being ob- 

 served. It probably corresponds to Mvsa trogloditarum errans Blanco ''Saguing 

 7nachi7i," the "monkey banana," and probably is a wild form of the cultivated 

 banana. 



ZINGERBERACE.i:. 



1. CURCUMA i.inn. 



1. C. zeodaria (Berg.) Roscoe; K. Scli. in Engler's Pllanzenrcich, 20 (1!)04) 

 110. Costtis nigricans Blanco, Fl. Filip. ed. 1 (1837) 3; ed. 2 (1845) 3; ed. 3, 

 1 (1877) 5. Roscoea (?) nigricans Hassk.; K. Sch. 1. c. 425. 



(1267 Whitford) May; (6142 Lcibcrg) July. Common in the bamboo thickets 

 below 100 m. British India and Malaya. 



Blanco's Costus nigricans has not previously been satisfactorily identified, 



but is certainly referable to the above species. The description given by Blanco 



applies to our specimens while the habitat, time of flowering, and native name 



is the same. T., Barac. 



2. GLOBBA Linn. 



1. G. merrilli Hidl. CJovt. Lab. Pul)l. 35 (1905) 83. 



(3809 Merrill) August; (481 Whitford) July; (1598 Borden) August; (6158 

 Leiberg) July, 1904. Along streams and on ridges, 300 to 1,000 m. Endemic. 



2. G. campsophylla K. Sch. in Engler's Pflanzenreicli 20 (1904) 145. 

 {\4Gl Alicrn's collector ) July. Endemic. 



3. ZINGIBER Allans. 



1. Z. zerumbet (Linn.) Smith; K. Sch. 1. e. 172. 



(6089 Lcihrrg) July; (7028 Elmei-) Xovember. Common in l)ambn(> tliiekets 

 below 100 m. British India. 



4. AMOMUM Linn. 



1. A. elegans Kidl. Govt. Lab. Publ. 35 (1905) 84. 



(207, 300 Whitford) May; (3033 Borden) May. In shaded ravines 130 to 

 600 m. Endemic. 



