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Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. smallish, white or pale -yellow, with a deeper 

 yellow line running down the middle of the lip. The tuft, pale pur- 

 ple or rose-coloured, latter part of R. S. ; fr. 0. Root used medici- 

 nally by the Natives. 



16. cordata, Wall. {pi. as. rar. 1, t. 10. not Roxb.) %. Mountains near the 

 Irawaddi. Fl. large, yellow, with violet tuft, July and Aug. ; fr. 0. 

 Allied to C. viridiiiora. 



17. grandiflora, Wall. '^■. " Native place unknown. Like No. 15." {Carey's 

 MSS.) This plant we have not seen. 



18. longa, Roxb. {Ji. ind. 1, p. 32 ; ed. Carey, I, p. 32 ; — Spreng. I. c. ; — 

 B. Reg. 11, t. 886 ;—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 209.— Amomum Cur- 

 cuma, Gmel. ; — J acq. hort. vind. 3, t. 4 ; — Rheed. 11, ^ 11 ; — Rumph. 

 5, t. 67.) ^^ItT Huldee. Long-rooted Turmeric. Common Turmeric. 

 % Cultivated all over India, where it is much used for culinary pur- 

 poses. The Javanese make an ointment with the pounded roots, and 

 rub it all over their bodies, as a preservation against cutaneous diseases. 

 {Rumph.) The Hindoos use it as a favorite application to recent 

 wounds and bruises, leech-bites, &c. Fl. largish, whitish, with a 

 faint tinge of yellowish, the tuft greenish-whitish, R. S. ; fr. 0. 



\9.montana, Roxb. {Carom. 2, t. 151; Jl. ind. 1. p. 35; ed. Carey, 1, 

 p. 34. — Spreng. I. c.) ^. Circar Mountains. Fl. green, with a rose- 

 coloured tuft ; July and Aug. ; fr. 0. 



20.parvifiora, Wall. {pi. as, rar. 1. t. 57 ;— ./. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 210.) 

 % Forests on the banks of the Irawaddi, near Prome. Fl. small, white, 

 with a violet lip, and a small, white tuft, Feb. ; fr. 0. 



21. petiolata, Roxb. {Jl. ind. 1, p. 37; ed. Carey, 1, p. 36; — Roscoe 

 Sett. ; — Spreng. I. c. ; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 210. — C. cordifolia, 

 Roxb. H. B. p. 2 ; not cordata. Wall.) %. Pegu. Fl. largish, deep- 

 yellow, fragrant, with a deep purple or lilac-coloured tuft, August ; 

 fr. 0. 



22. plicata. Wall. '4- Prome. Rangoon. Fl. largish, white, with a green 

 tuft, R. S. ; fr. 0. " Like C. Amada." {Carey's MSS.) 



2'6. reclinata, Roxb. {/I. ind. I, p. 36; ed. Carey, 1, p. 35; — Spreng. 

 I. c.) ^t^ ^^f[ Ambo-huldee. '2/. Hindoosthan. Fl. small, dull dark- 

 pink, the lower segment of the inner limb tinged with yellow, and 

 the tuft deeply coloured, R. S. ; fr. 0. 



24. strobilina, Wall. {Cat.—C. strobilina, Wall. MSS. in 1826 ; f. Grah. 



Cat. B. pi. p. 210.) '4- Burma, Fl. unknown to me. 



25. viridiflora, Roxb. {fl. ind. 1, p. 34; ed. Carey, 1, p. 34; — Spreng. 

 syst. 1, p. 11; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 210. — Tammon giring. 

 Rumph. 5, p. 169.) %. Sumatra. Fl. small, very pale-yellow, with 

 a green tuft, July and Aug. ; fr. 0. 



26. Roscoeana, Wall. {pi. as. rar. 1, t. 9. — C. coccinea, Wall. MSS. in 

 1826, according to Carey's MSS.) % Pegu, Tenasserim. Fl. largish, 

 pale-yellow, with a large, bright scarlet tuft, R. S. ; fr. 0. 



