Curcuma."] CX.LIX. SCITAMINEJ:. (J. G. Baker.) 213 



13. C. ferrugrinea, Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 336 ; Hort. Seng. 1 ; Fl. 

 2nd, i. 27 ; rootstock large, sessile tubers pale yellow and very fragrant 

 inside, petiole long red-brown, leaves large oblong with a faint red-brown 

 cloud down the centre, bracts of the coma bright red, lobes of the corolla 

 red. Rose. Scit. t. 105 ; Horan. Prodr. 23. 



BENGAL, Roxburgh. 



Root/stock ovoid ; sessile tubers very stout. Tuft of leaves 4-5 ft. ; blade 1-1 by 

 5-6 in. Spike vernal ; flowers few, large ; fertile bracts tinged with red -brown, those 

 of the coma few bright red ; lip above in. diam., obscurely ernarginate. 



14. C. rubescens, Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 336 ; Hort. Seng. 1 ; Fl. 

 Ind. i. 28 ; rootstock large, sessile tubers white inside, petiole long red- 

 brown, leaves large oblong green with a red-brown midrib, bracts of the 

 coma few pale red, limb of the corolla reddish. Rose. Scit. t. 107 ; Horan. 

 Prodr. 23. C. erubescens, Wall. Cat. 6608. C. longiflora, Salisb. in Trans. 

 Hort. Soc. i. 286. C. rubricaulis, Link. Enum. i. 3. 



BENGAL, Roxburgh. 



Rootstock ovoid-cyl'mdric ; tubers sessile and many on long fibres. Leafy tuft 

 4-5 ft. ; blade dark green, 1-2 ft. by 5-6 in. Spikes vernal, produced apart from 

 the leaves, and sometimes also from the centre of the leaves in September, 5-6 in., 

 under 2 in. diam ; flower-bracts pale green, 1 in. ; those of the coma few, ovate, 

 pale red. Flowers pale yellow, protruding beyond the bracts; lip in. diam., 

 emarginate. 



SECT. II. Mesantha, Horan. Flower-spike autumnal, in the centre 

 of the tuft of leaves ; bracts not recurved at the tip. 



15. C- attenuata, Wall. Cat. 6602 ; rootstock small, petiole long 

 slender, leaves lanceolate, flower bracts small, those of the coma oblong 

 tinged with red, flowers ? 



BUEMA ; banks of the Irrawaddy, WalllcJi. 



Rootstock globose ; sessile tubers oblong. Leafy tuft 2-3 ft. ; petiole as long as 

 the blade, which is firmer in texture than is usual in the genus, quite glabrous, 

 1-1 ft. by 1 in., tapering gradually to the base and a long point. Peduncle 1 ft., 

 slender, erect ; spike dense, 3-4 in. by 1 in. diam. ; flower-bracts under 1 in., 

 membranous, very obtuse ; bracts of the coma few, 1 in., bright coloured. Flowers, 

 withered only seen. 



16. C. plicata, Wall. Gat. 6611 ; rootstock small, petiole slender long 

 or shorter, leaves firm oblong-lanceolate, flower-bracts green, those of the 

 coma much tinged with red, flowers small pale yellow. 



BUEMA and PEGU, Wallich, J. Anderson. 



Rootstock globose ; fibres bearing small tubers. Leafy tuft 9-18 in. ; petiole as 

 long as the blade, 'which is 6-8 in. by 1^-3 in., firm, tapering gradually to both ends, 

 bright green, with a brown dorsal cloud the centre. Peduncle slender, 2-4 in. 

 Spike 3-4 in. by 1| in. diam. ; flower-bracts 1 in., pale green, very obtuse; those of t 

 the coma few, rather longer and more oblong. Flowers rather longer than the bracts. 

 Corolla whitish, in. diam. ; upper lobe ovate j lip obscurely 3-lobed, midlobe 

 emarginate. 



17. C. Amada, Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 341 ; Hort. Seng. 1 ; Fl. Ind. 

 i. 33 ; rootstock large, sessile tubers pale yellow inside, petiole long, leaves 

 large oblong-lanceolate, flower-bracts pale green, those of the coma pinkish, 

 flowers pale yellow. Rose. Scit. t. 99 ; Royle III. 359 ; Grah. Cat. PI. 

 Bomb. 209 ; Dak. p Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 275 ; Horan. Prodr. 23. 



