216 CXLIX. SCITAMINE^K. (J. G. Baker.) [Curcuma. 



as long as the bracts. CoroZ/a-segments small, ovate ; staminodia oblong, white^ 

 as long as the corolla-segments ; lip longer, obovate-cuneate, obscurely eniarginate. 



26. C. strobilifera, Wall. Cat. 6599 ; rootstock small, leaves small 

 oblong, bracts all green, flowers pale yellow. C. strobilina, Wall. mss. ; 

 Grali. Cat. PL Bomb. 210. 



PEGU ; near Rangoon, Wallicli. 



Rootstock bearing a few globose sessile tubers. Leaves about six to a tuft; 

 petiole green, deeply channelled, 6-8 in. ; leaves 6-8 by 2^-3 in., bright green, 

 acute, base rather rounded, darker green along the veins. Peduncle much shorter 

 than the petioles; spike oblong, 3-4 in. by 2 in. diain. ; bracts all similar, green, 

 very obtuse, spreading at the tip. Flowers about as long as the bracts. Corolla- 

 segments small, whitish ; lip short, deflexid, orbicular, distinctly emarginate. 



27. C. g-randiflora, Wall, ex Voigt Sort. Suburb. Cede. 565 (name 

 only) ; rootstock small, leaves small oblong acute, bracts all pale green, 

 flowers pale yellow. 



MALAY PENINSULA, Wallicli. 



Rootstock oblong ; fibres not bearing tubers. Leaves 6-8 to a tuft ; petiole 

 deeply channelled, 6-10 in. : blade 6-8 by 3-4 in., cuspidate, base rounded, darker 

 green along the veins. Peduncle much shorter than the petioles. Spike oblong, 

 3-4 in. ; bracts all similar, very obtuse, spreading at the tip. Flowers rather 

 longer than the bracts. Corolla-segments ovate or oblong ; staminode short and 

 broad; lip | i n ., broad, obscurely emarginate, both primrose-yellow. 



28. C. petiolata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 37 ; rootstock small, leaves oblong 

 base rounded, flower-bracts green, those of the coma purple or lilac, flowers 

 yellowish-white. Rose. Scit. t. 100 ; Horan. Prodr. 23 ; Hook. f. in Sot. 

 Mag. t. 5821. C. cordata, Wall. PL Asiat. Ear. i. 8, t. 10; Cat. 6598 ; 

 Horan. Prodr. 23; Hook. Hot. Mag. t. 4435. C. cordifolia, Roxb. Hort. 

 Seng. 1. 



BURMA, PEGU, and TENASSEEIJI, Roxburgh. &c. 



Rootstock with a few sessile tubers, pale yellow inside, and many at the end of 

 fusiform fibres. Leaves 4-6 to a tuft ; petiole -1 ft. ; blade 6-9 in., thin, cuspidate. 

 Peduncle much shorter than the petioles ; spike | ft. by 2 in. diarn. ; flower-bracts 

 1-j in., very obtuse, spreading at the tip; those of the coma similar in size and 

 shape, but brightly coloured. Flowers nearly as long as the bracts. CoroZZa-tube 

 nearly an inch long ; upper segment convex, cuspidate ; lip suborbicular, deflexed, 

 emarginate. 



29. C. Roscoeana, Wall. PI. Asiat. JRar. i. 8, t. 9 ; Cat. 6597 ; 

 rootstock small, leaves oblong rounded at the base, bracts of the flowers 

 and coma both bright red, flowers yellowish white. Hook, in Sot. Mag. t. 

 4667 ; Lem. Jard. Jfleur. t. 327 ; Horan. Prodr. 24. C. coccinea, Wall. mss. 

 Hitchenia Roscoeana, Bentli. in @en. Plant, iii. 643. 



BURMA and PEGU, Wallich. 



Roostoclc without sessile tubers, but with many small ones at the end of the fibres. 

 Leaves 6-8 to a tuft; petioles -|-l ft.; blade 6-12 in., cuspidate, bright green, 

 darker along the veins. Peduncle short, hidden by the sheathing petioles ; spike 

 6-8 in., by 2-3 in. diaui. ; bracts very obtuse, adnate at the sides and spreading at 

 the tip; those of the coma similar in size, shape and colour to the lower ones. 

 Flowers about as long as the bracts. Corolla % in. diam., segments oblong, sub- 

 equal ; limb ^ in. diam. ; staminodes oblong; lip orbicular, entire. 



IMPERFECTLY KNOWN SPECIES. 



C. KURZII, King mss. i nearly allied to C. petiolata, but leaves larger, petioles 

 longer, scape longer, bracts more imbricating, and their tips less 'spreading. 

 S. Andaman Islds. 



