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mal. Khassya Mountains. Fl. large, pure-yellow, R. S. ; fr, Sept. 

 and Oct. Bullocks sent into the jungles to graze in the rainy sea- 

 son in Northern India, have a portion of the roots of this plant given 

 to them. (Royle.) 

 13. elatum, Roxb. (/. ind. 1, p. 57 ; ed. Carey, 1, p. 56 ; — Roscoe Scit. ,• 

 — Spreng. I. c.) % Interior of Bengal. Fl. bright-yellow, July and 

 Aug. ; fr. Sept. and Oct. 

 Curcuma, L. (Spreng. syst. I, p. 4, No. 10; — Endt. gen. pi. 1, p. 223.) 

 Turmeric. 

 I. eBruginosa, Roxb. {fl. ind. \, p. 27; ed. Carey, 1, p. 27; — Roscoe 

 Scit. ; — Spreng. I. c.) % Burma. Fl. crimson, tinged with yellow, the 

 tuft bright rose-coloured. May ; fr. 0. 

 'l.angustifolia, Roxb, (/. ind. 1, jo. 31 ; ed. Carey, I, p. 31 ; — Spreng. 

 I. c.) Tikur of the Hindoos. % Banks of the Sona, at Nagpore. Fl. 

 large, bright-yellow, with a purple tuft, expanding at sunrise, and 

 decaying at sunset of the same day, July ; fr. Aug. and Sept. (See 

 under No. 8.) 

 ^. aromatic a, Salisb. {Parad. loud. 2, part \, f. 96; — Roscoe Scit.; — 

 Spreng I. c. — Curcuma Zedoaria, Roxb. fl. ind. \,p. 23; ed. Carey, 

 1, JO. 23 ,—J. Qrah. Cat. B. pi. p. 209.) ^^^ ^ft Junglee-huldee. 

 ^•T ^«rWi Bun-huldee. Wild Turmeric. % Presidency of Bombay. 

 Throughout the Concans. Kennery forests. Parell Hill, &c. Bengal, 

 (Calcutta, Serarapore.) China, and various other parts of Asia, and the 

 Asiatic Islands. Fl largish, aromatic, pale rose-coloured, with a yel- 

 low tinge along the middle of the lip, and the tuft large and rosy, 

 H. S. ; fr. June. The roots {round Zedoary of the shops) are, fresh as 

 well as dry, of a pale-yellow colour, and possess at all times an agree- 

 able fragrant smell, and a warm, bitterish, aromatic taste. The natives 

 use them as a perfume, and also medicinally. (Roxb.) 



4. attenuata. Wall. (Cat. — /. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 210.) '^. Banks of the 

 Irawaddi. This species, nearly allied to C. angustifolia, introduced 

 here in 1827, (Carey,) we have not seen. 



5. ccBsia, Roxb. (fl. ind. \, p. 26 ; ed. Carey, I, p. 26 ; — Spreng. I. c. — 

 Tommon-itam, Rumph. 5, p. 169.) ^of ^^Wt Kalo-huldee. % Mo- 

 luccas. Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. largish, red-yellow, with a crira- 

 sonish tuft, May ; fr. 0. 



6. comosa, Roxb. (fl. ind. I, p. 29 ; ed. Carey, 1, p. 29; — Roscoe Scit.; 

 — Spreng. I. c. — C. latifolia, Roscoe Scit. ?) %. Burma. Fl. yellow- 

 rose-coloured, with a bright rosy red truft. May ; fr. 0. 



7. elata, Roxb. (fl. ind. I, p. 25 ; ed. Carey, I, p. 25 ; — Roscoe Scit.; — 

 Spreng. I. c. ;—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 209.) 2^. Burma. Fl. large, 

 white, tinged with rose and yellow, the tuft white at base, jmrple 

 above, March and April ; fr. 0. 



S./errugi7iea, Roxb. (fl. ind. I, p. 27; ed. Carey, 1, p. 27; — Roscoe 

 Scit. ; — Spreng. I. c— C. amarissima, Roscoe Scit.) Bengal. Fl. 



