

Cautleya.~] CXLIX. SCITAMINEJE. (J. G. Baker.) 209 



larger, calyx longer and lip broader, with crisped margins; capsule arid seeds quite 

 similar. 



3. C spicata, Baker ; spike dense many-fld., leaves cblong acuminate 

 sessile or shortly petioled, bracts red as long as the calyx, seeds not 

 angled completely enclosed in a white scariose aril. Roscoea spicata, 

 Smith in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 461 ; Wall. Gat. 6530 ; Horan. Prodr. 21. 



CENTKAL and EASTERN HIMALAYAS, from Kumaon to Sikkim, ascending to 

 8500 ft. 



Stem 1-2 ft. I/eaves sometimes 3-4 in. broad, not purple beneath. Spike 

 shortly p3duncled, 6-9 in. ; bracts oblong, bright red, lower 1-li in. Calyx 1 in., 

 tubular, red, minutely obtusely toothed, finally slit deeply down one side. Corolla- 

 tube as long as the calyx, upper segment about 1 in. ; lip bright yellow. Staminodes 

 nearly as long as the upper segment of the corolla, oblanccolate-oblong. Capsule 

 small, red, globose. Seeds % in., black, ovoid or flattened by pressure. 



4. C* robusta, Baker ; spike dense many-fld., leaves sessile oblong 

 acute, bracts linear-oblong reddish as long as the calyx, seeds pink not 

 angled enclosed in a red or yellow arillus. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 5500-6500 ft., Clarke. 



Leaves 1 ft. or less by 3 in. or more. Spikes peduncled, 6-9 in. ; bracts 

 1 in. Corolla not seen. Capsule depressed-globose, in. diam. Seeds ovoid or 

 compressed, forming a dense mass -| in. diam., entirely enveloped in the scarious 

 aril. 



5. C. petiolata, Baker; spike dense many-fld., leaves petioled 

 oblong-lanceolate caudate, bracts oblong reddish shorter than the calyx. 

 Eoscoea petiolata, Royle mss. 



GAEVTHAL HIMALAYA ; between Dehra and Landour, alt. 7000 ft., Royle. 



Stem 1 ft. or more. Leaves 6 by 1?-2|- in., shortly petioled, erecto-patent. 

 Spike 3-4 in., nearly sessile ; bracts oblong, reddish, nearly 1 in. Calyx 1 in., 

 reddish, obscurely bidentate, slit deeply down one side. Upper coralla'Segment and 

 lip pale sulphur-yellow, under 1 in. Staminode and stamen nearly as long as the 

 upper segment. Known only from an unpublished figure of Royle's artist. 



6. CURCUMA, Linn. 



Rootstock tuberous, bearing sessile and long stipitate ^ tubers ; stem 

 none. Leaves usually oblong, often very large. Flowers in dense com- 

 pound spikes (except in C. Jfimstleri) crowned by a coma of coloured 

 enlarged bracts ; lower bracts ovate, membranous, enclosing several brac- 

 teolate fugitive flowers which open in succession. Calyx short, cylindric, 

 minutely toothed. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped ; segments usually ovate or 

 oblong, upper longer and more concave. Lateral staminodes oblong, 

 petaloid, connate with the short filament; anther not crested, cells con- 

 tiguous, spurred at the base ; lip orbicular, tip deflexed. Ovary 3-celled, 

 many-ovuled ; style filiform ; stigma 2-lipped, lips ciliate. Capsule globose, 

 membranous, finally 3-valved. Seeds ovoid or oblong, usully arillate. 

 India, Siam, Malay Islands and N. Australia. 



The species of this genus are very difficult of determination and the characters 

 are taken almost without exception from published or unpublished drawings. Many 

 of Sect. I. are probably varieties, but this can be determined only by a comparison . 

 of living specimens. I have failed in my endeavours to subdivide the species of 

 the several sections. 



Sect. I. Exantha, Koran- Flower-spike vernal or aestival, distinct 

 VOL. vi. P 



