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3. NIMMONII, Dalz. ia Hook. Jour. Bot. iv, p 341. Stem 

 glabrous; leaves lanceolate-acuminated, with a very short petiole; 

 green above, pale and covered with fine web below; spike as- 

 cending, short-peduncled, ovate, scarcely rising above the ground ; 

 bracts Hnear-oblong or lanceolate, inner ones bifid ; outer divisions 

 of the corolla yellowish red ; lip 3-lobed, yellow ; middle one ovate, 

 rounded, capsule size of a pigeon's egg. The Concans, common ; 

 flowers in the rains. Syn. Alpinia nimmonii ; Grah. Cat. Bomb. 

 PL p 206; Z panduratum, Roxb. FL Ind. i, p 55 (?). 



4. CERNUUM, Dalz. loc. cit. p 342. Stem glabrous, somewhat 

 curved; leaves narrow-elliptic acuminate, glabrous on both sides; 

 spikes ovate-obtuse, very shortly peduncled, scarcely rising above 

 the ground ; bracts ovate or oblong, inner ones shortly 3-clei't, outer 



divisions of the corolla (?) ; middle lobe of the lip ovate, 



deeply bifid, variegated with white and pink ; lateral lobes yellow 

 and pink. Ram Ghaut. Flowers in July. 



5. MACROSTACHYUM, Dalz. loc. cit. Stem red, pubescent ; 

 leaves lanceolate, acuminate, dark-green above, pale and pubescent 

 beneath; spikes one or two from the root, cylindric-elongated, 

 long-peduncled ; bracts obovate acute ; flowers white; lip 3-lobed ; 

 middle one rounded, emarginate, marked with diverging purple lines; 

 capsule obovate, pubescent, red, size of a sparrow's egg. Ram 

 Ghaut; flowers in July. Syn. Alpinia neesana, Grah. Cat. Bomb. 

 PL No. 1455 ; Kandalla and Mahableshwur, Graham. 



3. HEDYCHIUM. 



1. SCAPOSUM, Nimmo in Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL p 205. 

 Root with small oblong tubers hanging from the fibres ; leaves 

 lanceolate, glabrous, long-acuminated, long-petioled ; scape erect, 

 round, 2 feet high, a little leafy; spike terminal compact, imbricated, 

 many-flowered; flowers in pairs, 3 times longer than the subtend- 

 ing lanceolate bract, pure white ; outer petals oblong reflexed ; inner 

 very large, round cordate ; lip bifid at the apex. Banks of rivulets 

 in the South Concan. Syn. Monolophus scaposus, Dalz. in Hook. 

 Jour. Bot. ii, p 143. 



4. ALPINIA. 



1. ALLUGHAS, Roscoe, in Linn. Trans, viii, 346. Root tuberous ; 

 stem erect, slightly compressed, entirely covered with the sheaths 

 of the leaves ; leaves petioled, oblong, glabrous on both sides, paler 

 beneath ; panicle terminal, bending to one side ; flowers numerous, 

 large, of a beautiful rose-colour; capsule globular, smooth, when ripe 

 black. South Concan, Nimmo. Syn. Hellenia allughas, Linn. sp. 

 PL ed. Willcl. i, 4. 

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