210 CXLIX. SCITAMINE2E. (J. G. Baker.) [Curcuma. 



from the leaves, aud usually developed bofore they appear ; peduncle 

 sheathed by scariose bract-leaves. 



1. C. angrustifolia, Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 338, t. 3 ; Hart. Seng. 1 

 Fl. Ind. i. 31 ; dwarf, rootstock small globose, leaves lanceolate plain 

 green shortly petioled, bracts of the coma pink, lobes of the corolla pale 

 yellow. Boyle, III. 357, 359; Horan. Prodr. 22. C. longa, Wall. 'Cat. 

 6605 E, F, G. 



TEOPICAL HIMALAYA; from Kumaon to Nepal, alt. 3-4000 ft. NORTH OTJDH. 



Rootstock small; tubers mauy, oblong, at the end of long fibres. Leaves with 

 petiole 1-H ft. ; blade lanceolate, plain green, --1 ft. by 2-3 in. Spike with 

 peduncle awtival, -J-l fr., 3-6 by 2 in. cliam.; flower-bracts 1 in., green, ovate; 

 pink ; bracts ot coma few or many. Corolla-tube -J in. ; upper segment ovate, lateral 

 shorter, oblong. Staminode aud lip bright yellow, the latter orbicular-cuncate, 

 emarginate. Similar plants in flower aud not distinguishable in a dried state are 

 found in Upper Burma, alt. 4000ft., Collett, Prain, and in Munnipore, alt. 5000 ft. 

 Watt. 



2. C. neilg-herrensis, Wight 'lc. t. 2006; dwarf, rootstock small, 

 white inside, leaves lanceolate pale green shortly petioled, bracts of coma 

 pink, lobes of corolla pale ovate. Horan. Prodr. 22. C. longa, Wall. 

 Cat. 6605 C. C. angustifolia, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 274, not of Roxb. 



CONCAN ; at Kamghaut. MALABAB ; abundant on the S.W. slope of the Nilghiris, 

 alt. 4500-6000 ft. 



Very near C. angustifolia. Leaf aud petiole together 12 in. or more; blade 

 glabrous beneath, narrowed gradually from the middle to both ends. Spikes vernal, 

 2-4 by TJ-2 in. diam. j flowering bracts pale yellowish green, 1-1^ in. Floivers 

 1 in., bright yellow; lip orbicular, deflexed, emarginate. 



3. C. aromatica, Salisb. Farad, t. 96 ; in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 285 ; 

 rootstock large, tubers sessile yellow and aromatic inside, petiole long 

 green, leaves large oblong pubescent beneath, bracts of the coma pink, 

 lobes of corolla pinkish white. Rose. Scit. t. 103; Wight Ic. t. 2005; 

 Thw. Enum. 316 ; Horan. Prodr. 23. C. Zedoaria, Roxb. in Asiat. Res. 

 333 ; Hort. Beng. I ; Fl. Ind. i. 23 ; Wall. Cat. 6601 A ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 274; Bot. Mag. t. 1546; Grab. Cat. Bomb. PI. 209. 



Throughout INDIA from the EASTEEN HIMALAYA to CEYLON, wild and frequently 

 cultivated. 



Rootsloclt tuberous, biennial, 1 in. diam. Leaves 3-4 ft. ; petiole as long as the 

 blade, which is 1-2 ft. by 4r-8 in., caudate, base deltoid, plain green above or 

 variegated with lighter and darker green, clothed beneath with fine persistent 

 pubescence. Spike with peduncle 1 ft., produced from April to June with or before 

 the leaves, the later half as long, 3-4 in. diam. ; flower-bracts ovate, pale green, 

 lg-2 in. ; those of the coma larger and more or less tinged with pink. Floivers 

 shorter than the bracts. Corolla-tube 1 in., upper half funnel-shaped ; lateral 

 segments oblong, upper longer ovate, concave. Staminode obtuse, as long as the 

 corolla-segments ; lip deflexed, orbicular, yellow, obscurely 3-lobed. Stigma 

 obscurely 2-lobed. 



4. C. Ziedoaria, Hose Scit. 1. 109 ; rootstock large, sessile tubers pale 

 yellow or whitish inside, petiole long green, leaves large oblong glabrous 

 beneath clouded with purple down the middle, bracts of the coma bright 

 red, lobes of corolla whitish. Wall. Cat. 6601 B ; Horan. Prodr. 23. C. 

 Zerumbet, Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 333 ; Hort. Beng. 1 ; Fl. Ind. i. 20 ; 

 Coromand. PI. t./Ol ; Wall. Cat. 6600 A, B ; Grah. Cat. PI. Bomb. 209 ; 



