Curcuma.'] CXLIX. SCITAMINEJB. (J. G. Baker.) 211 



Royle III. 859 ; Thiv. Enum. 316. C. officinalis, SaHsb. in Trans. Sort. Soc. 

 i. 285. C. speciosa, Link Enum. ii. 3. Amomum Zedoaria, Berg. Mat. 

 Med. 41; Willd. Sp. Plant, i. 7. A. Zerambeth, Kcenig in Retz. Obs. iii. 

 55. A. latifolium, Lamk. Ency. i. 134. Rumph. Amboin. v. 108 ; Rheede. 

 Hort. Malab. xi. t. 7. 



EASTERN HIMALAYA, wild; cultivated throughout India. DISTRIB. Malay 

 Islands. 



Rootstock ovoid, tubers many, some 1 in. diam., sessile, cylindric, and many 

 oblong terminating long fibres. Leaves 1-2 ft., oblong, acuminate, narrowed to the 

 base; petiole longer than the blade. Spikes vernal, ^ ft. by 3 in. broad ; flowering 

 bracts 1| in., ovate, green, often slightly tinged with red ; bracts of the coma many, 

 spreading, bright red. Flowers pale yellow, rather shorter than the bracts. Calyx 

 whitish, obtusely toothed, scarcely half as long as the corolla-tube. Corolla- 

 tube funnel-shaped ; lateral segments oblong, upper rather longer, ovate, convex. 

 Lip J in. broad, orbicular, deflexed, obscurely 3-lobed emarginate. Capsule ovoid- 

 trigonous, smooth, dehiscing irregularly. Seeds oblong, aril lanceolate white. 



5. C- elata, Roxb. Hort. Seng. 1 ; Fl. Ind. i. 25 ; rootstock large, 

 sessile tubers pale yellow inside, petiole long green, leaves large oblong 

 plain-green pubescent beneath, bracts of coma bright red, lobes of corolla 

 whitish. Rose. Scit. t. 1C4 ; Wall. Cat. 6610 ; Horan. Prodr. 23. 



BUKMA, Carey. 



Rootstock and numerous sessile tubers large. Leafy tuft 6-8 ft. ; blade 2-3 by 

 1 ft. Spike vernal, ft. by 3 iu. diam. ; flowering bracts 1| in., ovate, green ; 

 those of the coma ovate-oblong, larger, spreading. Flowers pale jellow, shorter 

 than the bracts; lip obscurely 3-lobed, midlobe broad, emarginate. Very near C. 

 Zedoaria. 



6. C. comosa, Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 336 ; Sort. Seng. 1 ; Fl. Ind. 

 i. 29 ; rootstock large, sessile tubers few pale yellow inside, petiole long 

 green, leaves large oblong plain green glabrous beneath, bracts of coma 

 bright red, lobes of the corolla pinkish white. Wall. Cat. 6609 A ; Horan. 

 Prodr. 23. 



PEGU, Carey. 



Leafy tuft 5-6 ft. ; blade 2-3 ft., plain green except in the earliest leaves, which 

 are clouded with faint brown down the centre. Spike vernal, denser and thicker 

 than in C. Zedoaria ; flower-bracts pinkish white ; those of the coma many, bright 

 red, 2-3 in., spreading. Flowers pale yellow. Very near C. Zedoaria. 



7. C. ornata. Wall. mss. ex Voigt Hort. Suburb. Gale. 564 (name 

 only) ; rootstock large, sessile tubers 0, leaves ovate clouded in the centre 

 when young, bracts all white tipped with mauve-purple, lobes of the corolla 

 tinged with red. 



PEGU, WallicJi. 



Stalked tubers very numerous. Leafy stem produced after the flowers. Leaves 

 young only seen, perhaps oblong when developed. Spike under 1 ft. long, 3-4 in. 

 diam. ; bracts all whitish tipped with mauve-purple, the upper more so, 2 in. 

 Flowers as long as the bracts; expanded limb ^ in. diam., white tinged with yellow. 

 Closely allied to C. comosa. 



8. C. latifolia, Rose. Scit. t. 108 ; very tall, rootstock large, sessile 

 tubers pale yellow inside, petiole long green, leaves large oblong clouded 

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

 red, lobes of the corolla whitish.' Horan. Prodr. 23. 



BENGAL?, Carey. 



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