246 CXLIX. SCITAMINE^E. (J. G. Baker.) [Zinyiber. 



long and broad, very dense, globose, subsessile ; bracts much imbricate, outer 1 in. 

 Corolla-tube as long as the bract ; segments ovate -lanceolate, a little shorter than 

 the tube. Lip a little shorter than the corolla-segments ; midlobe obovate-cuneatc, 

 lateral orbicular. Stamen as long as the lip. 



SECT. II. Xiampuzium, Horan. Spikes produced from the root- 

 stock on more or less elongated peduncles with sheathing scariose bract- 

 leaves. Species 12-21. 



* Leaves glabrous beneath. 



12. Z. intermedium, BaJcer\ spikes globose, bracts lanceolate, 

 corolla-segments pale red, lip orbicular reddish-black finely spotted, basal 

 auricles oblong. 



North KHASIA HILLS ; at Bhorlasa, alt. 3500 ft., Clarice. 



Peduncle slender, 2-6 in. ; bract-leaves several, small, sheathing, obtuse. Splice 

 very dense, globose, l|-2 in. ; bracts membranous, convolute, H in- Corolla-tube 

 as long as the bract ; segments 1 in., lanceolate. Lip as long as the corolla-seg- 

 ments. Anther with a dark red beak.' Spike and bracts as in sect. Cryptanthium, 

 with a produced peduncle. A plant from Silhet in Herb. Wallich under Z. Cassu- 

 munar may be this species. An allied plant collected by Praiu in the Naga hills has 

 oblanceolate- oblong leaves above a foot long, a slender erect peduncle as long, and 

 bracts rather longer than in Clarke's plant'. 



13. Z. officinale, Mosc. in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 348; Scit. PI. t. 83; 

 leaves lanceolate glabrous beneath, spike oblong-cylindric, bracts greenish 

 suborbicular cuspidate, corolla-segments greenish, lip small purplish-black, 

 mid-lobe orbicular, lateral ovate. Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 345 ; Hort. 

 Beng. 1 ; Fl. Ind. i. 47 ; Wall. Cat. 6564 ; Grah. Cat. PL Bomb. 207 ; 

 Horan. Prodr. 27 ; Bentl & Trim. Med. PI. i. 270. Z. Missionis, Wall. 

 Cat. 6565. Amomum Zingiber, Linn. Sp. 1 ; Jacq. Hort. Vind. i. t. 75. 

 Curcuma longifolia, Wall. Cat. 6612, in part. Hheede Hort. Mai. xi. 21, 

 t. 12 ; Humph. Amboin. v. t. 66, fig. 1. 



Widely cultivated in TROPICAL ASIA ; native locality unknown. 



Rootitock biennial, bearing many sessile tubers. Leafy stem 3-4 ft. Leaves 

 6-13 by 1 in., tapering gradually to the point. Spike 2-3 by 1 in. diam. ; peduncle 

 ^1 ft. ; bracts about 1 in. Corolla -segments lanceolate, subequal, under an inch 

 long. Lip shorter than the corolla-segments. Stamen dark purple, as long as the 

 lip. "Very rarely flowers, and have never seen seeds," Roxburgh. 



14. Z. Griffith!!, Baker-, leaves oblong glabrous beneath, spikes 

 cylindric shortly peduncled, bracts ovate obtuse bright red, lip yellowish- 

 white 3-lobed. 



MALACCA, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 5731), Main \g ay. (K. d. 1564.) 



Leafy stem 2-3 ft. Leaves 6-8 by 2-3 in. Spike 4-6 in., 1 in. diam. ; peduncle 



very short j bracts 1 in., lower orbicular, 1 in. broad. Corolla-tube as long as the 



bract j segments obtuse, under 1 in. 



15. Z. gracile, Jack, in Malay Misc. i. 1 ; leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 glabrous beneath, spike oblong-cylindric, bracts ovate acute red, flowers 

 yellowish- white, lip 3-lobed, midlobe bifid. Horan. Prodr. 27 ; Hook. Sot. 

 Misc. i. 273. 



PEN AS G, Jack. 



Leaves 6-7 in., bright green. Scape a foot. CoroZZez-segments longer than the 

 lip. No authentic specimens of Jack's plant exist, but King's 7954 and 1027 S. from 

 Perak, and Hullet's 854 from Mount Ophir are probably the same species. They 



