562 ZINGIBBRACK.K. 



and Nov. in other situations in Feb. and March ; the outer rind being 

 rubbed off by various processes, the root is dried in the sun, and then 

 called ^^ Soontho. 

 1. Zerumbet, Roscoe. {Scit. ; — Sm. exot. hot. 2, t. 112; — Spreng. syst. 

 1, p. 12; — Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 48; ed. Carey, 1, p. 47 ; — J. Grah, 

 Cat. B. pi. p. 207. — Zingiber spurium, Kon. in Retz. obs. 3, p. 60. — 

 Amomum. Zerumbet, JVilld. ; — Jacq^. hort. vind. 3, t. 54.— A. sylves- 

 tre, Lam. — A. spurium, Gmel. — Rheed. \\, t. 13 ; — Rumph. 5, t, 64, 

 /. 1.) ?^ Buck. ST^^ft ^^ Muhubburee-buch. % Moluccas. Cochin 

 China. Both Peninsulas of India. Bengal, (Calcutta, Serampore.) Fl. 

 middle-sized, pale sulphur-coloured, R. S. ; fr. Dec. and Nov. In 

 the Moluccas the young leaves and shoots are used as greens. 

 (Rumph.) Root employed by the natives as a stimulant stomachic. 

 (Royle.) 



3. Cassumunar, Roxb. {fl. ind. I, p. 49; ed. Carey, 1, p. 48; — Roscoe 

 Scit. ;— Spreng. I. c. ; — B. M. 35, t. 1426 ;—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 

 207. — Zingiber purpureum, Roscoe in Tra?is. Linn. Soc. 8, p. 348. — 

 Z. Cliffordii, Andr. B. Repos. t. 558. — Cassumunar, Colla.) ^^T 

 ■^tfl Bun-ada. 21.. Coromandel. The Concans, Behar. Bengal, (Se- 

 rampore.) Silhet. Fl. large, uniformly pale sulphur-coloured, July 

 and Aug. ; fr. Nov. and Dec. Has a strong camphoraceous smell, 

 and yields the true Cassumunar of the shops, which is employed as a 

 stimulant stomachic. {Roxb.) 



4. ligulatum,, Roxb, {fl. ind. 1, jo. 51; ed. Carey, 1, p. 50; Corom. 3, 

 ^ 250 ; — Spreng. syst. 1, p. 12.) % Nathpur. Nepal. Fl. reddish, 

 pale yellow, R. S. ; fr. Nov. and Dec. 



5.roseum, Roscoe. {Trans. Linn. Soc. 8, p. 348; — Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 



50; ed. Carey, 1, p. 49; — Spreng. I. c. — Amomum roseum, Roxb. 



Corom. pi. 2, t. 12.) ^. Circars. Fl. red and yellow, R. S. ; fr. 0. 

 G. pardocheilum. Wall. Burma. 



7. Tubens, Roxb. (JJ. ind. 1, p. 53 ; ed. Carey, I, p. 51 ; — Roscoe Scit.; 

 — Spreng. I. c.) % Rungpore District. Fl. red and yellow, R. S. ; 

 fr. 0. 



8. squarrosum, Roxb. {fl. ind. I. p. 54; ed. Carey, 1, p. 52; — Spretig. 

 I. c.) % Rangoon. Prome. Fl. largish, pink-coloured, with the inner 

 lip of the corol speckled with purple-red and yellow, R. S. ; fr. 0. 



9. panduratum, Roxb. {fl. ind. 1, p. 55 ; ed, Carey, 1. p. 53 ; — Spreng. 

 I. c) ^ Rangoon. Tavoy. Fl. smallish, red, pale-yellow, July ; fr. 

 Nov. and Dec. 



10. chrysanthum, Roscoe. {Scit. — Spreng. syst. c. p. p. 7.) % Nepal. 



Fl. gold-coloured, R. S. ; fr. 0. 

 1\. barbatum, Wall. {pi. as rar. 1, t. 55.) % Mountains round, Prome. 



Fl. largish, pale rose-coloured, Aug. and Sept. ; fr. 0. 

 \2. capiialum, Roxb. {fl. ind. 1, p. 55; ed. Carey, 1, p. 54; — Roscoe 



Scit. —Sprenff. syst. I, p. 13.) '^^^ ^VS^ Junglee-adruk. "2^. Raj- 



