414 SCITAMINE, 
Pars florifero oblongo cylindrice, bracteis conduplicato-con- 
volutis undique tectus, quarum superi tantum lamina elongata 
petaloidia, apice planiuscula, gaudent. 
Bracteis oblongis, where they spread out from the stem 
as if pinched inward so that the margins there are more 
approximate. 
Calyx brevis subcylindraceus ore postice fisso, obsolete 3- 
dentata purpurascentio-rubra. x 
Perianthium tubus infundibuliforme.  Exterius e lacinus 
tubus subzequalibus, postico cornigero mucronato concavo 
albido. 
Interioris laxa, lateralibus subparallelogram, apice rotunda- 
tis albidis.» 
Intermedio labelliforme subtrilobo, lobo centrali bifido, 
fundo luteo transverso rugoso. 
Filam. breve dilatatum albidum, anth. inclinata inferne sub- 
loculum quemque calcarte. Style apex dilatated viewed verti- 
cally sub 4-gonal. Stigma a transverse chink nearits lower 
edge. 
Per. when marcescent has the tube spirally involute; as in 
Hitchinia there are several flowers in each axilla of various 
developments. 
varium 3-locular, ovules many, attached to the inner 
angles. 
Ovules basilar with a dentate edge. 
AB. Malacca near Verupha. 
2. Curcuma. " 
Radix fibrosa. Caulis spurius foliis vaginantibus. Rhizo- 
mata subterranea, gracilis, squamis cordatis gerentia. 
Fol. radicalia exteriore 1-1} pedalia, interiora 3-4 pedalia, 
longe petiolata, elliptico-ovata utrinque attenuata, repanda, 
superne ad venas pilosa, utrinque sed przsertim subtus 
minute papillosa, viridia, subtus pallidiora, venis seconda- 
riis acutangularibus.  Petioli canaliculati, a basibus paullo 
ultra medium marginata, 
