224 CXLIX. SCITAMINEJS. (J. G. Baker.) \_Kcempferia. 



Habit of K. secunda. Leafy stem 3-i.in., bearing 3-7 distinctly -petioled oblique 

 oblong acute moderately firm glabrous leaves 1-2 in. long. Bract 1 in., terminal,, 

 solitary, shortly peduncled. Corolla-tube very slender, much shorter than the 

 bract. 



Subgen. IV. Stachyanthesis, Benth. Leafy stem produced. 

 Flowers many in a terminal spike. Lip bifid ; anther-crest quadrate 

 entire. 



22. XL. scaposa, Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 642. Hedychium scaposum 

 Nimmo in Grah. Cat. PI. Bomb. 205 ; Wall, in Kew Jpurn. Bot. v. (1853), 

 375. Monolophus scaposus, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. ii. (1850), 143 ; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 273 ; Wight Ic. t. 2030 ; Horan. Prodr. 22. 



CoNCAN ; on the banks of rivulets, Graham, &c. 



Rootstock tuberous, oblique ; root-fibres long, slender. Leaves 12 by 2-3 in., 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, green above, paler and pubescent beneath, narrowed into a 

 deeply channelled petiole. Spike 3-6 in., moderately dense; peduncle long, slender, 

 naked ; bracts 1-1 i u -s oblong-lanceolate, persistent, green. Calyx loosely sheathing 

 the corolla-tube, above 1 in., minutely toothed. Corolla-tube slender, 2-3 in., 

 segments short, lanceolate ; staminodes oblong, white, as long as the corolla segments, 

 shorter than the broad bifid lip, which is above an inch long. Capsule obovoid, red, 

 pubescent, the size of a sparrow's egg. 



9. HITCHENIA, Wall. 



Habit and inflorescence of Curcuma, but bracts subcoriaceous. Calyx 

 short, minutely toothed. CoroZZa-tube slender, much longer than the calyx ; 

 segments oblong or lanceolate, subequal. Lateral staminodes petaloid, 

 free from the filiform filament ; lip orbicular or cuneate ; filament narrow 

 as long as the lip ; anther-cells marginal on the broad connective, not 

 crested. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules many, superposed ; style filiform, stigma 

 turbinate. Capsule oblong-trigonous, finally dehiscing. Seeds ovoid, 

 arillate. All Indian. 



1. K. glauca, Wall, in Trans. Med. Phys. Soc. Calcutt. vii. 215 ; 

 bracts all with flowers, corolla-tube twice the length of the bract, segments 

 oblong, staminodes as long as the corolla-segments, lip ovate, filament 

 short. Horan. Prodr. 24. Curcuma glaucophylla, Wall. Cat. 6594; 

 Grah. Cat. PL Bomb. 210. 



BufiMA, Wallich. 



Rootstock bearing only small tubers at the end of long slender fibres. Stem 

 3-4 ft. Leaves oblanceolate-oblong, 1 ft. or more by 4-5 in., narrowed gradually 

 from the middle to the base. Spike 5-6 in. ; bracts crowded, orbicular-cuueate, 

 1-1 i Q ' upper third spreading. Flowers white; corolla-tube 2 in.; segments 

 small, oblong, concave ; expanded flower 1 in. diam. Staminodes as long as the 

 corolla-segments ; lip ovate, not clawed, acute, obscurely emarginate ; stamen as 

 long as the corolla -segments. 



2. XX. caulina. Baker ; upper bracts empty and enlarged, corolla- 

 tube half as long again as the bract, segments ovate, staminodes as long 

 as the corolla-segments, lip orbicular, filament very short. Curcuma 

 caulina, Grah. in Cat. PI. Bomb. 210; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 275; 

 Lisboa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. ii. 140, with fig. 



The CONCA.N ; abundant on the table-land of Mahableshwur. 



Rootstock ovoid, white inside, bearing large oblong tubers at the end of long 





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