CURCUMA LEUCORRHIZA. 
MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
SECT. II. SCITAMINES. 
Gey. Cuar.—Anther double, embracing the style, bicalcarate at the base ; filament in three sections, the central 
section antheriferous ; capsule three-celled ; seeds numerous, 
Spec. Cuar.—Spike lateral; plant intirely green; leaves broad-lanceolate, smooth on both sides; spikes few- 
flowered ; coma pale rose colour; outer limb of the corolla slightly tinged with purple; inner 
limb yellow. 
Syy.—Curcuma leucorrhiza. Roxb. Flor. Ind. i. 30. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Floral bulb ovate; palmate tubers long and straight, very pale yellow or white within; pendulous tubers 
numerous, far-spreading, of a pearly whiteness within; leaves broad-lanceolate, petiolate, smooth, uniformly green ; 
plant from 3 to 4 feet high; spike lateral, from 6 to 8 inches high ; fertile bractes green, concave, imbricate, 
terminating above in a pale rosy coma, each bracte containing four flowers rising in succession ; calyx superior, 
three-toothed ; corolla tubular, slender, exterior limb in three sections, ovate, the central one slightly mucronate, 
and hooded over the anther, the lateral ones acuminate, recurved, white, slightly tinged with purple; interior 
limb bilabiate; upper lip in three petal-like lobes, yellow, the middle one bearing the anther, the two lateral 
ones converging towards and protecting it; lower lip ovate, white, with a purplish tinge, bifid and yellow at 
the apex; anther bicalcarate at the base, embracing the style; style supported at the base by the two usual 
germinal processes; stigma a ciliated, compressed cup; germen ovate. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
A. native of the forests of Bahar. This plant, like several other of the species, is known by the name 
of Tikhur, or Tikor, under which name the roots were first sent to Calcutta from Bhagulpore, by Mr. John 
Glass, the Surgeon on that station, who observes, that “the plant is not cultivated, but grows in the jungles 
to the southward of that place.” The process, he says, for obtaining the starchy substance called Tikor, is 
as follows: “The root is dug up and rubbed on a stone, or beat in a mortar, and afterwards rubbed in 
water with the hand, and strained through a cloth; the fecula having subsided, the water is poured off, 
and the Tikor (fecula) dried for use.”—Flor. Ind. i. 30. Whole districts of the people in some parts of the 
East, are said to subsist chiefly on this nutritious and spontaneous food, which might, however, be readily 
ast, 
cultivated to any extent required. 
REFERENCES. 
1. Upper lip of the corolla showing the filament and anther, with its spurs, style and stigma. 
. pp 2 
2. Lower lip. 
i ior and interior limb. 
3. Intire flower, showing the exterior a 
