Plants oj the Punjah. 



481 



Herbs, Unbranched, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals united. 



Hedychium 

 spicatum, 



Sit-ruti, kapiir- 



kachri. 



Scitamine^. 



F. B. I. vi. 227. 



Himalaya, 



5-7,000'ft. 



Simla (Collett). 



Zingiber Zerumbet, 

 Ginger, 



Kachur, nar kacMir. 



SciTAMINEiE. 



F. B. I. vi. 247. 

 The Plains. 



Zingiber officinale, 

 Ginger, 



Adralx. 

 Scitamine.^. 

 F. B. I. vi. 246. 

 The Plains, 

 cultivated. 



like the last species, but leaves quite smooth under- 

 neath, bracts one-flowered, staminodes lanceolate, lip deeply 

 bifid, not clawed, stamen shorter than the lip, capsule 

 round. The root is used as a carminative and as a scent 

 in religious ceremonies by Hindus. 



large, biennial, rootstock horizontal, tuberous, pale 

 3^ellow inside, stem leafy ; leaves 12 by 2-3 in., oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, smooth beneath, stem-clasping with long sheaths; 

 flowers 1-1 1 in. long, whitish with a yellow lip, in spikes 

 3-4 in. long, produced from the rootstock on long stalks, 

 bracts 1-1| in. long, orbicular, green with a paler edge, per- 

 sistent, calyx cylindric, shortly 3-lobed, corolla tube cylin- 

 dric, segments 3, 1 in. long, lanceolate, upper concave, lip 

 with a midlobe f in. broad, mid-lobe notched, orbicular, 

 basal-lobes large, orbicular, stamen pale, as long as the lij), 

 style thread-like, stigma small, almost round ; capsule 1 in., 

 oblong, 3-celled, splitting, seeds large, round, with a fleshy 

 appendage. 



very like the last species, but the rootstock bears 

 many sessile tubers, spike oblong-cylindric, bracts point- 

 ed, corolla segments greenish, lip small, purplish-black, 

 mid-lobe not notched, stamen dark purple, very rarely has 

 flowers, still more rarely seeds, cultivated. The rootstock 

 is used as a carminative and a condiment. 



Zingiber 



Cassumunar, 



Ginger, 



Banada. 



SCITAMINE^. 



P. B. I. vi. 248. 

 The Plains. 



Alpinia Galanga, 



SciTAMINEiE. 



F. B. I. vi. 253. 

 The Plains. 



very like^ the last species, but rootstock perennial, 

 bright yellow inside, leaves velvety beneath, bracts ovate, 

 reddish, corolla segments whitish, lip yellowish-white with 

 deeply bifid mid-lobe, basal auricles oblong, large, blunt, 

 stamen yellowish-white, capsule small, round, cultivated 

 as above. 



large, rootstock perennial, horizontal, tuberous, slight- 

 ly aromatic, stem leafy ; leaves 1-2 ft. by 4-6 in., green and 

 glossy on both sides, oblong-lanceolate, smooth beneath ; 

 flowers I in., white tinged with lilac, in a terminal branch- 

 ing raceme 6-12 in. long, calyx | in., greenish-white, 



