214 CXLIX. SCITAMINE^:. (J. G. Baker.) [Curcuma. 



BENGAL and the CONCANS ; native and widely cultivated, under the name of 

 Mango Ginger. 



Rootstock ovoid ; sessile tubers thick, cylindric. Leafy tuft 2-3 ft. ; petiole as 

 long as the blade, which reaches 1-1^ ft. by 6 in. or more in breadth, plain green, 

 tapering gradually to the base and ;ipex. Peduncle % ft. or more, hidden by the 

 sheathing bases of the leaves. Spike autumnal, 3-6 in. by 1 in. diam. ; flower- 

 bracts about 1 in., those of the coma tinged with pink. Flowers about as long as 

 the bracts. Corolla whitish, lip pale yellow. Not distinguishable in Herbarium 

 specimens from C. longa,. 



18. C. longra. Linn. Sp. Plant. 2 ; rootstook large, sessile tubers 

 bright yellow inside, petiole long, leaves large oblong narrowed to the base, 

 flower-bracts pale green, those of the coma tinged with pink, flowers pale 

 yellow. Koenig. in Retz. Obs. iii. 71 ; Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 340; Hort. 

 Beng. 1 ; FL Ind. i. 32 ; Eoyle III. 358 ; Wall. Cat. 6605 D ; Grah. Cat. PI. 

 Bomb. 209; Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 886; Bentl. & Trim. Med. PI. t. 269; 

 Horan. Prodr. 23. Amomum Curcuma, Jacq. Hort. Vind. iii. t. 4. Rheede 

 Sort. Mai. xi. t. 11. Rumph. Amboin. v. t. 67. 



Widely cultivated in BENGAL and other parts of INDIA. Clarke considers it to 

 be indigenous on Parasnath, in Behar, alt. 4-5000 ft., Clarke. DISTEIB. Cultivated 

 through the Tropics. 



Rootstock ovoid ; sessile tubers thick, cylindric. Leafy tvft 4-5 ft. ; petiole as 

 long as the plain green blade, which is 1-1 ft. by 4-8 in. broad. Peduncle % ft. or 

 more, hidden by the sheathing petiole. Spikes autumnal, 4-6 in. by 2 in. diam. ; 

 flower-bracts pale green, ovate, 1^ in.; those of the coma pale pink. Flowers as 

 long as the bracts, like those of C. Zedoaria & aromatica in structure. 



19. C. montana, Rose, in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 355 ; rootstock 

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

 to the base, flower-bracts pale green, those of the coma pink, flowers pale 

 yellow. Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 342 ; Hort. Beng. 1 ; Corom. PI. t. 151 ; 

 Fl. Ind. i. 35 ; Griff. Notul. iii. 415 ; Ic. Plant. Asiat. t. 352, fig. 1 ; Horan. 

 Prodr. 23. C. pseudo-montana, Grah. Cat. PI. Bomb. 210 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 275 ; Lisboa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. ii. 144. 



CONCAN and the CIECARS, Roxburgh, &c. 



Rootstock ovoid, perennial. Leafy tuft 2-3 ft.; blade 1 ft. or more by 6-8 in., 

 plain green, narrowed to the base ; petiole green, deeply channelled, as long as the 

 blade. Peduncle shorter than the petiole. Spike autumnal, i ft. by 2 in. diam.; 

 flowel-bracts ovate, 1^ in. Flowers about as long as the bracts. Corona-segments 

 subequal, lip longer, deflexed, obscurely 3-lobed. C. Kuchoor, Eoyle III. 359 (name 

 only), which is cultivated on the hills above the Dehra Boon, is said to be nearly 

 allied. A flowerless specimen from Mussoorie, sent by, Mr. Duthie, furnishes no 

 distinctive characters,. 



20. C- XLuntsleri, Baker ; petiole long, leaves oblong narrowed to 

 the base, bracts very broad all pale green, coma 0, flowers yellow. 



PEGU, Kunstler (Hort. Calcutt. 1882). 



Rootstock not seen. Leaf-blade under 1 ft., 4-6 in. broad, acute, green above, 

 tinged with purple beneath : petiole 5-6 in., robust, deeply channelled. Peduncle 

 .very short ; spike short, 2 in. diam., without any coma of coloured bracts ; 

 flower-bracts 1^ in. long and broad. Corolla-tnbe as long as the bract; segments 

 lanceolate, in. ; lip obovate-cuueate, rather longer than the corolla-segments, yellow 

 throughout, enmrginate. Near C. montana. 



21. C. reclinata, Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 342 ; Sort. Beng. I ; Fl. 

 Ind. i. 36 ; rootstock small, sessile tubers 0, petiole short, leaves thin oblong 



