Order 113. Scitaminea. 337 



4. HITCHENIA. 



H. caulina (Curcuma caulina, D.). Stem leafy, 3 feet 

 high, radical leaves sheathing, oblong lanceolate, stem leaves 

 much tinged with red, bracts large, green, coma white, flowers 

 yellow, the tube slender. Chatcar, Nisham. 



Table land of Mahableshwar (D. and <?.). The Konkan (H.) ; and 

 no other hab. This is the plant from which arrowroot is made at 

 Mahableshwar and Dapali. Lisboa. 



5. ZINGIBER. Ginger. 



1. *Z. nimmonii. Stem 4 or 5 feet high, round, leaves 

 lanceolate, acute, sheathing; spike just rising above the ground, 

 at a little distance from the stem, bracts striped with red, 

 corolla yellowish-red, lip yellow, 3-lobed, capsules size of a 

 pigeon's egg. 



The Konkans, common (D.). Abundant in Lanoli Grove ((?.). ^ 

 other hab. (fl.). 



2. Z. qfficindle, common ginger, dleh, adrcikh, the dried 

 root sunt, cultivated in gardens in Guzerat and the Deccaii, 

 and generally throughout tropical Asia. Native locality 

 unknown (H.). 



3. *Z. zerumbet, broad-leaved ginger ; 3 to 4 feet high, 

 leaves oblong, lanceolate, spike oval, oblong, very dense, bracts 

 roundish, green, flowers large, sulphur-yellow ; lobes of lip 

 roundish, corolla tube as long as the bract. Buteh, mahdbdn 

 liuteh. 



Common abont old wells in the Konkan (D.). Throughout In3ia : 

 widely cultivated in the tropics of the Old World (ff.). 



4. Z. macrostacliyum. Stem 2 or 3 feet high, it and the 

 bracts red, leaves lanceolate, spikes long-peduncled, dense, 

 flowers white, lip pale yellow, the middle lobe lined purple, 

 corolla tube as long as the bracts, capsule red, size of a pigeon's 

 egg. Nisam. 



Rutnagherry. Konkan and Lanoli, growing near streams (D. and 

 (?.). No other hab. (H.). Has much the appearance of Z,. nimrnonii, 

 but smaller (6r.). 



5. *Z". casumunar. Stem 3 to 5 feet high, leaves bifarious, 

 linear-lanceolate, spikes oblong, very dense, bracts reddish, 

 flowers large, white, or pale yellow, corolla tube long. Ban 

 dda, ran ddu. 



