566 ZINGIBKKACE.E. 



DiscHEMA, (Hitchinia, PVall. in Trans, med. and phys. soc. Calcutta, vol. 7, 

 part 2, 1 835 ; not Hitchenia (misprinted Hutchinia,) Wight, and 

 Am. contrib. ind. bot. London, 1834.) 

 \. glaucum, (Hitchenia glauca, Wall. o. c. p. 216. — Curcuma glauco- 

 phylla. Wall. Cat.;— J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 210.) %. Hills on the 

 banks of the Irawaddi, near Prome. Fl. large, white, and fr, from 

 June to Sept. 



Kampfera, L. {Sprang, syst. I, p. 3, No, 9 ; — Endl. gen. pi. 1, p. 223. 



1. Galanga, L. {Spreng. o. c. p. 10; — Roscoe Scit. ; — B. M. 22, t. 

 850; — Roxb. fl. ind. \, p. 15; ed. Carey, 1, p. 14; — J. Grah. 

 Cat. B. pi. p. 208. — Alpinia sessilis, Km.; — Retz. obs. 3, p. 62. — 

 Rheed. 11, A 41 ;—Rumph. 5, t. 69,/. 2.) ^ ^^ Chundro-moola. 2f. 

 Moluccas. Cochin China. Both Peninsulas of India. Bengal. Much 

 cultivated in gardens. Fl. large, white, the lip at base marked with 

 two dark-purple spots separated by a broad sulphur- coloured line, R. S. ; 

 fr. C. S. Roots fragrant, of a somewhat warm, bitterish, aromatic taste. 

 The natives use them both as a perfume, and medicinally. (Roxb.) 



2. rotunda, L. (Spreng. o. c. p. 9. — Roscoe Scit.; — B. M. 23, t. 920. — 

 Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 16; ed. Carey, I, p. 15; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. 

 p. 208. — K. longa. Redout, pi. HI. t. 49 ; — Jacq. hort. schonbr. 3, 

 t, 317; — Rheed. \\,t. 9.) "^^ ft^ Bhooim-champa. ^■ Native place 

 uncertain. Commonly cultivated in gardens on account of the beauty 

 and fragrance of its large purplish-white flowers, which appear in 

 March and April ; fr. 0. Roots warmly aromatic. 



3. Roxburghiana, Schult. (suppl. mant. 1, p. 33.) 



4. angustifolia, Roxb. (fl. ind. 1, p. 17; ed. Carey, 1, p. 16; — Roscoe 

 Scit.; — Jacq. — Roxb. — Redout. HI. pi. 7, t. 389; — Spreng. syst. 1, 



p. 10.) % Bengal. ;^fj»f fJrf^f^ Mudun-nirbishi. Hind. Kanjon- 

 boora. Fl. large, white, faintly purple tinged towards the apex, with 

 the lip lilac, and at the middle dark-purple, June and July ; fr. 0. 

 Root used as a medicine for cattle by the Bengalees. 



d.pandurata, Roxb. (fl. ind. 1, p. 18; ed. Caret/, I, p. 17 ; — Spreng. 

 I. c. ;— Roscoe Scit.;—B. Reg. 2, t. 17 i -,—8. Cab. t. 587;—/. 

 Grah. Cat. B. pi, p. 208. — K. ovata, Roscoe in Linn. soc. trans. S, p. 

 'S5\,and W, p. 274. — Curcuma rotunda, L. — Rheed. 11,^.10. — 

 Rumph. 5, t. 69, f. 1.) ^. Java. Sumatra. The Concans. Guzerat. 

 Moluccas. Fl. large, whitish-pale rose-coloured, with the lip striated 

 in the centre, and deep purple round the margin, August ; fr. 0. 



Q.ovalifoiia, Roxb. (fl. ind. \, p. 19; ed. Carey, 1, p. 18; Coram. 3, 

 t, 278 ; — Roscoe Scit, ; — Spreng. I. c. ; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 

 208.) %. Peninsula of Malacca. Fl. large, white, with the lip purple 

 its claw purple streaked, on a yellow ground, July ; fr. 0. 



7.marginata, Carey. (Roscoe Scit.; — Spreng. syst. c. p. p. 7.) '^. Bur- 

 ma. Fl. large, white light-puri)lish, witli the lip bright purple, and 

 at the base darker shaded, June and July ; fr. 0. 



