244 CXLIX. SCITAMINE^E. (J. G. Baker.) [Zingiher. 



lanceolate, corolla-segments red, lip oblong much spotted and streaked 

 with red on a pale ground, basal auricles small rounded. Rose. Scit. t. 83; 

 Horan. Prodr. 28. 



KHASIA HILLS, H. f. <f- T. (Herl.Ind. Or. 10), Clarice. BENGAL; Rungpore, 

 Hamilton. 



Leafy stem stout, 6-8 ft. Leaves 12 by 4-5 in. or more. Spike very dense, 

 globose ; peduncle 1-4 in. ; inner bracts lj in. Coro te-tube as long as the bracts ; 

 segments 1 in., lanceolate, subequal, bright red. Lip nearly as long as the corolla- 

 segments, yellowish-white, copiously spotted and streaked with minute dots and 

 lines of red-purple. Stamen as long as the lip, beak of the anther bright red. 



3. Z. roseum, Rose, in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 348 ; Scit. PI. t. 87 ; 

 leaves pubescent beneath, bracts pale red outer ovate inner lanceolate, 

 corolla-segments pale red, lip oblong-cuneate whitish unspotted, basal 

 auricles very small yellow rounded. Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi., 347, Fl. 

 Ind. i. 50 ; Wall. Cat. 6570 ; Horan. Prodr. 28. Amomum roseum, 

 Roxb. Coromand. PL 1. 126. 



NORTHERN CIRCARS, Roxburgh. 



Leafy stem 3-4 ft. Leaves 8-12 by 3-4 in. Spike very dense, oblong ; peduncle 

 very short; inner bracts 1^-2 in. Corona-tube whitish, 2 in.; segments 1 in., 

 lanceolate, s'ubequal. Lip shorter than the corolla -segments ; margins recurved, 

 crisped. Stamens arching over the lip and equalling it in length ; beak as long as 

 the anther, as in the other species. 



4. Z. Nimrnonii, Dalz. in HooJc.Kew Journ. Rot iv.(1852) 341 ; leaves 

 pubescent beneath, bracts red-striped linear-oblong or lanceolate, corolla- 

 segments reddish-yellow, lip yellow emarginate, basal auricles small 

 rounded. Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 273 ; Horan. Prodr. 28. Alpinia Nim- 

 monii, Grah. Cat. PI. Bomb. 206. 



CONCANS ; common in the mountains, Nimmo, DaJzell. 



Leaf stem 4-5 ft. Leaves 1-1^ ft., 6-12 by 2-3 in. broad. Spikes subglobose ; 

 peduncle very short ; bracts glabrous, 1-1^ in. CoroZ/a-tube as long as the bracts ; 

 segments lanceolate. Lip obovate-cuneate, faintly emarginate. Capsule the size 

 of a pigeon's egg. Nearly allied to Z. panduratum. 



5. Z. Wig-lit ianum, Thw. Enum. 315 ; leaves pubescent beneath, 

 bracts green outer ovate inner lanceolate, corolla-segments pale, lip 

 obovate-cuneate pale yellow veined and spotted with purple, basal auricles 

 small ovate. Z. squarrosum, Wight Ic. t. 2004, non Roxb. 



TRAVANCOHE ; abundant in the Anamallay forests, &c. CEYLON ; common in 

 the forests up to 4000 ft. 



Leafy stem 4-6 ft. Leaves 12-18 by 3-4 in., oblong-lanceolate. Spikes oblong 

 or subglobose; peduncle very short; flower-bracts 1 in., pubescent. OoroZZa-tube 

 as long as the bract ; segments subequal, under 1 in. Lip nearly as long as the 

 corolla-segments, emarginate. Stamen shorter than the lip, arching over it, as in 

 the other species. Capsule 1 in. In a specimen from Thwaites the spike is terminal 

 on the leafy stem, thus connecting sections Cryptanthium and Dt/mczeiciczia. 



6. Z. barbatum, Wall. PI. Asiat. Ear. t. 55 ; Cat. 6567 ; leaves 

 pubescent beneath, bracts reddish-green ovate cuspidate, corolla-segments 

 whitish, lip obovate-cuneate white emarginate, basal auricles very small. 

 Horan. Prodr. 28. 



BURMA, Wallich. PEGU, McClelland. 



Leafy stem 2-3 ft. Leaves oblong, 6-8 by 1 j-2 in. Spike 1^-2 in. very dense, 

 ovoid ; peduncle very short ; bracts 1 in., ovate with a large green cusp, hairy all 



