212 CXLIX. SCITAMINE^R. (J. G. Baker.) [Curcuma. 



Very near C. Zedoaria & aromatica. Leafy tuft 8-12 ft. ; blade 3-4 by 1 ft. or 

 more. SpiJce produced vernal, 6-8 in., 3 in. diam. ; flower-bracts green, ovate, 

 li in., of the coma many, longer and more oblong. Flowers pale yellow, rather 

 shorter than the bracts ; lip obscurely emarginate. Sent by Carey from Serarnpore 

 to the Liverpool Botanical Garden ; origin unknown. 



9. C. leucorhiza, Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 337; Sort. Beng. 1; Fl. 

 Ind. i. 30 ; rootstock large, sessile tubers nearly white inside, petiole long 

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

 pink, lobes of the corolla nearly white. Rose. Scit. t. 102 ; Wall. Gat. 

 6607 ; Horan. Prodr. 22. 



BEHAB; jungles south of Bhagulpore, Glass. 



Very near C. Zedoaria & aromatica. Rootstock large, ovoid ; sessile tubers 

 cylindric, sometimes nearly 1 ft. Leafy tuft 3-4 ft. ; blade 1-2 ft. by 5-6 in. , broad 

 at the middle, plain green and glabrous on both sides. SpiJce vernal ; coma 

 nearly as long as the fertile portion ; flower-bracts green, obtuse, l- in. ; bracts of 

 the coma longer, more oblong. Flowers pale yellow, rather shorter than the bracts j 

 centra] lobe of the lip distinctly emarginate. 



10. C. csesia, Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 334; Sort. Seng. 1 ; Fl. Ind. 

 i. 26 ; rootstock large, sessile tubers pale grey inside, petiole long green, 

 leaves large oblong with a broad purple-brown cloud down the middle, 

 bracts of the coma and corolla-limb red. Wall. Cat. 6613; Horan. Prodr. 

 22. 



BENGAL, Roxburgh. 



Rootstock ovoid ; sessile tubers longer and not so thick as in C. aeruginosa. 

 Leafy tuft about 3 ft. ; blade 1-1^ ft. by 5-6 in., glabrous beneath. SpiJce produced, 

 dense, 5-6 by 2|-3 in. diam. j flower-bracts green, ovate, very obtuse, l^in. ; bracts 

 of the coma rather longer, many, bright red. Flowers pale yellow, rather shorter 

 than the bracts ; lip in., broad, obscurely 3-lobed, midlobe emarginate. 

 " Resembles C. Zerumbet", Roxb. (Zedoaria supra p. 210), but differs widely in the 

 colour of the root," Roxb. 



11. C- ceruginosa, Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 335 ; Hort. Seng. I ; Fl. 

 Ind. i. 27 ; rootstock large, sessile tubers palmate verdigris-green inside, 

 petiole long green, leaves large oblong green faintly tinged with red- 

 brown down the middle, bracts of the coma pink, lobes of the corolla pale 

 red. Rose. Scit. t. 106 ; Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 285 ; Wall. Cat. 

 6606 ; Horan. Prodr. 22. 



BURMA, Carey. 



Very near C. Zedoaria. RootstocJc ovoid ; sessile tubers short, above 1 in. thick, 

 stipitate tubers purely white within. Leafy tvft 4-6 ft. ; petiole andblade each 

 2-3 ft., the latter 6-9 in. broad. SpiJce vernal, 6-8 by 2-3 in. diam. ; flower-bracts 

 green, ovate, obtuse, 2 in. ; many upper longer oblong, pink. Flowers pale yellow, 

 shorter than the bracts ; corolla-tube an inch long; lip deflexed, i in. broad. 



12. C. amarissima, Rose. Scit. PI. t. 101 ; rootstock large, sessile 

 tubers yellow and very bitter inside, petiole long red-brown, leaves large 

 oblong plain green, bracts of the coma whitish tipped with pink, lobes of 

 the corolla red. Horan. Prodr. 23. 



BENGAL ?, Carey. 



Rootstock very large, yellow in the centre, serugiuose towards the outside. 

 Leafy tuft 3 ft. ; blade l-l ft. by 5-6 in. SpiJce, bracts and flowers as in C. 

 Zedoaria. Sent by Carey iu 1824 from Serainpore to the Liverpool Botanic 

 Garden, probably a native of Bengal. 



