Curcuma.] CXLIX. SCITAMINEJE. (J. G. Baker.) 215 



obtuse, flower-bracts green tinged with red, those of the eoma reddish, 

 flowers reddish-yellow. Jforan. Prodr. 24. 



CENTRAL INDIA, Colebrooke. 



Rootstock oblong, bearing- many subglobose tubers at the end of fibres. Leaves 

 plain green, obtuse, rounded at base, 68 by 3-4 in. ; petiole shorter than the 

 blade. Peduncle very short. Spike autumnal, oblong, 3-4 by 2 in. diam. ; bracts 

 1 in. ; those of the coma oblong, ascending, similar to flower-bracts in colour. 

 Flowers small, dull red, except the yellow orbicular ernarginate lip. 



22. C. decipiens, Dalz. in Kew Journ. ii. (1850), 144 ; rootstock small, 

 sessile tubers 0, petiole short, leaves thin cordate-ovate cuspidate, bracts 

 and flowers purple. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 274; Horan. Prodr. 23. 



The CONCAN, Dalzell, Law. 



Rootstock bearing numerous small almond-like tubers at the end of fibres. 

 Leaves thin, 6-8 in. by 3-4., base rounded tip, deltoid with a small cusp; petiole as 

 long as the blade. Spikes aestival, earlier lateral, later central, 4-6 by l|-2 in. ; 

 peduncle short; lower bracts ovate, 1 in.; many upper sterile, longer, oblong; 

 flower shorter than the bract ; lip bifid, margins curled. 



23. C. albiflora, Thw. Enum. 316; rootstock small, sessile tubers 0, 

 petiole short, leaves small oblong rounded at the base, flower-bracts green 

 all fertile, flowers white with a yellow spot on the lip. Hook. f. in Bot. 

 Mag. t. 5909. 



CEYLON ; MaskelHa, in the Ambagamowa district, at a low elevation. 



Rootstock bearing a few small tubers at the end of fibres. Leaves bright green, 

 6-8 by 2^-3 in., acute, base rounded or cordate ; petiole deeply channelled, as long 

 as or rather longer than the blade. Peduncle very short ; spike oblong, 3-4 in. ; 

 lower bracts 2 in., oblong-lanceolate,- acuminate, upper shorter, ovate. Flowers 



1 in. long. Corona-lobes oblong. Staminode broad ; lip in. broad, shallow, 

 emarginate, pure white, with a yellow spot at the throat. 



24. C. oligantha, Trimen in Journ. Bot. 1885, 245 ; rootstock small, 

 sessile tubers 0, petiole short, leaves small ovate narrowed to the base, 

 flower-bracts green all fertile, flowers white with a yellow spot on the 

 lip. 



CEYLOX ; Central Province, near the Mahaweli river, Tsimen. 



Near C. albiflora. Leaves 5-7 in., thin, bright light transparent green, with 

 distinct veins and transverse veinlets. Peduncle short, slender; spike 4-6 in.; 

 bracts green, appressed, acuminate; flowers few, erect, large for the genus. 

 Corolla-tube 1 in. ; segments long, pinkish. Staminode subacute, crisped, pure 

 white ; lip broad, deeply bitid, with a yellow stain at the- throat. Seeds oblong, 

 grey, shining, exarillate. 



SECT. III. Hitcheniopsis, Baker. Spike autumnal, from the centre 

 of the tuft of leaves ; bracts very obtuse, adnate at the sides and spreading 

 at the tip. 



25. C. parvifiora, Wall. PI. Asiat. Rar. i. 47, t. 57 ; rootstock small, 

 leaves small oblong rounded to the base, fertile bracts green, those of the 

 coma greenish- white, lip violet. Horan. Prodr. 24. 



BURMA; banks of the Irrawaddy, near Prome, Wallicli. 



Rootstock oblong, fibres bearing a few small fusiform tubers. Leaves about six 

 to a tuft; petiole 4-8 in. ; blade green, cuspidate, ^ ft. by 2-3 in., veins darker 

 green. Peduncle short, slender, hidden by the clasping petioles ; spike oblong, 



2 in. by 1 in. diam. ; flower-bracts f-1 in., very obtuse, tips spreading. Flowers 



