248 CXLIX. SCTTAMINE.E. (J. G. Baker.) [Zinyiler. 



other species, resembling those of Hitclienia glauca ; peduncle sometimes 1 ft. 

 Corona-tube 1^ in. ; upper segment broader than the two others. Lip emarginate. 

 Stamen nearly as long as the lip. Capsule oblong. Seeds shining, black, and 

 3-5 partite, large, white. 



20. Z. Casumunar, Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 347, t. 5 ; Hort. Seng. 2 ; 

 Fl. Ind. i. 49 ; leaves oblong-lanceolate pubescent beneath, spikes oblong, 

 bracts ovate reddish, corolla-segments whitish, lip yellowish-white with a 

 deeply bifid midlobe, basal auricles large oblong obtuse. Rose. Scit. t. 85 ; 

 Sot. Mag. t. 1426 ; Grak. Cat. PI. Bomb. 207 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 272 ; 

 Horan. Prodr. 27. Z. purpureum, Rose, in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 348. Z. 

 CliffordiaB, Andr. Sot. Rep. t. 555. Z. montanum, Link, in Dietr. Sp. i. 

 52. Amomum montanum, Ko&nig in Retz. Obs. iii. 51. Casumunar 

 Roxburghii, Colla Nov. Gen. Scit. in Comm. Taur. 1830. Rumph. Hort. 

 Amboin. v. 154, tab. 65, fig. 2. 



From the HIMALAYAS to CEXLON and MALAY PENINSULA. DISTBIB. Widely 

 cultivated only in tropical Asia. 



Rootstock perennial, bright yellow inside. Leafy stem 4-6 ft. Leaves 12-18 

 by 2-3 in. Spike oblong, 4-6 in., 1^-2 in. diam. ; peduncle 3-12 in. ; bracts 

 l-li in. and nearly as broad, bright red or greenish-red. Corona-tube as long as 

 the bract ; segments 1 in., upper broader and more concave. Lip with an orbicular 

 unspotted midlobe f in. long and broad. Stamen yellowish-white, shorter than the 

 lip. Capsule small, globose. Z. Casumunar, Wall. Cat. 6563, includes three 

 species, none of them the true one and not in a state for description. 



21. Z. Parishii, Hook. f. in. Bot. Mag. t. 6019; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate pubescent beneath, spikes oblong, bracts orbicular usually 

 cuspidate pale green with a red edge, corolla-segments yellowish- white, 

 lip obovate sulphur-yellow marked with brown spots and lines, basal 

 auricles short obtuse. 



TENASSEEIM, Griffith, Parish. 



Leafy stem 3 ft. Leaves 4-6 by 1-1 in., thin, bright green. Spike 2-4 in., 

 1| in. diam. ; peduncle 3-4 in., with obtuse oblong sheathing bract-leaves ; bracts 

 densely imbricate, about 1 in. broad. Corona- segments as long as the tube, about 

 1 in. Lip shorter than the corolla-segments, faintly emarginate j basal auricles 

 broad, truncate. Stamen pale yellow, as long as the lip ; beak as long as the 

 anther. 



SECT. III. Pleuranthesis, Benth. SpiJce peduncled arising from the 

 side of the leafy stem. (Sp. 22.) 



22. Z. Clarkei, King, mss. ex. SentTi. Gen. Plant, iii. 646. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA j alt. 3000-5000 ft., Hook. /. Thorns. (Herb. Ind. Or. 3), 

 Clarke, King. 



Leafy stem 5-6 ft. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 12-18 by 2-4 in., finely 

 pubescent beneath. Spike lateral, oblong-cylindric, 3-4 in., cernuous ; peduncle 

 3-6 in. ; main bracts 1 in., oblong, obtuse, green, finally reddish, 2-4-fld. Corolla- 

 tube as long as the bract ; segments 1 in., pale yellow, upper one broadest. Lip as 

 long as the corolla-segments, oblong, yellow flushed with purplish -brown. Stamen 

 pale yellow, nearly as long as the lip. Capsule subglobose, membranous, shorter 

 than the bract. Seeds as large as a pea, brown ; aril small, white. 



SECT. IV. Dymczewiezia, Horan. (gen.). Spikes terminal on the 

 leafy stem. (Sp. 23, 24.) 



23. Z. capitatum, Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 348; Fl. Ind. i. 55 ; leaves 



