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lata, glabra. Recemus circiter 10-florus, 9 cm. longus, glaber; 
bracteae lineari-lanceolatae, acutissimae, usque ad 3 cm. longae 
et 3 mm. latae. Receptaculum (ovarium) 2-2 cm. longum. 
Sepalum posticum ovatum, 6 mm. longum, 4 mm. latum, triner- 
vatum. Sepala lateralia inaequaliter ovata, acuta, 7 
longa, 5 mm. lata, 5-nervata. Petal lateralia anguste linearia, 
5 mm. longa, uninervata. Labellum trilobatum, lobis lateralibus 
fere ad basim in segmentis numerosis angustissime linearibus 
divisis, 1-4 cm. longis, lobo medio lineare 1 em. longo reflexo ; 
calcar sigmoideum, in parte proxima | em. longum fere capil- 
laceum, in parte distale 2-5 cm. foneun, Antherae loculi clavati 
5 mm. longi. Stigmata triangularia, 2-5 mm. longa. 
Described from a specimen cultivated in the Botanic Gardens, 
Singapore. Mr. I. H. Burkill informs us that it was originally 
collected at Pungah, Lower Siam, by Mohammed Haniff and 
Mohammed Nur,.and a specimen, under the number 3858, is 
preserved in the Singapore Herbarium. 
1070. Curcuma sulcata Haines [Zingiberaceae-Hedychieae ] ; 
C. angustifoliae Roxb. affinis sed foliis ellipticis et plicatis (sulcatis) 
et juventute supra puberulis differt, bractearum forma coloreque 
et florum colore etiam quodammodo distincta. 
Rhizoma 5-8 cm. longum extus brunneum intus_pallide 
flavum, leviter aromaticum, filipendulum ; tubera sessilia 0. Folia 
elliptica vel elliptico-oblonga, inter nervos sulcata, 20-40 cm, 
longa, 9-16 cm. lata, basi inaequalia, apice caudata ad 1-2 cm., 
supra viridia juventute in nervis puberula, subtus pallidiora et 
minutissime albo-punctata. Petioli ad 20cm. longi, virides vel 
rubescentes. Spica 9-15 cm. longa, vere a latere sed aestate 
inter folia nascente, pedunculo brevi. Bracteae floriferae 2-5-4 
em. longae, parte libera 1-2-2 cm. longa, rubescenti vel viridi- 
brunnea vel apice purpurea; bracteae steriles 4 cm. longae, 
0:5-1:2 cm. latae, summae angustiores, lineari-oblongae, apicibus 
-rotundatis, versus apices violaceae et minute pubescentes. 
Flores e bracteis 1-2 cm. ex soi Ovarium subglobosum 
hirsutum, pilis brunneis. Calyx 8 mm. longus pallide-puniceus 
dentibus obtusis. Corollae cies albus et tenuis usque 
em. longitudinem deinde ventricosus ; lobi rubescentes vel 
saturate rubri, 2°5 cm. longi, lobo dorsali acute mucronato. 
Staminodia lateralia alba vel pallide flava rubrotincta oblonga 
quodammodo sursum versus latiora, 8 mm. lata corollam leviter 
superantia. Labium ovatum apice abrupte angustato obtuso 
rotundato ad 3-4 mm. fisso, ut staminodia coloratum sed ad 
medium saturate flavum. Stamen dorso puberulum. 
NDIA. Central SAO in the Vindhyan Mountains, 
elevation 200-300 m. Haines 170 P. 
Specimens of the sth were collected in May and June in 
flower and grown on by me until the leaves were mature. It 
was then found to flower again from the centre of the leaves as 
described by Roxburgh in the case of C. rubescens, of which L 
took it to be a variety “lacking the deep red midrib of that species. 
