ZINGIBERACE^. 567 



«. Candida, Wall. {pi. as. rar. \, t. 56 ,~J. Grah. Cat. B. pi p. 208.) 

 %. Martaban, near Amherst and Moulmein. Fl. large, fragrant, 

 white, with the middle of the limb yellowish. Root not aromatic. 

 Fi. the largest of the genus. {Wall.) Has been introduced into H. 

 C. G. 



9. Roscoeana, Wall. {Cat B. Reg. 14, t. 1212.) % Mountains near Ava. 



Fl. large, inodorous, white, towards the base yellowish, R. S. ; fr. 0. 

 lO.parviflora, Wall. {Cat.) % Banks of the Attran River. Fl. small, pur- 

 plish-white, R. S. ; fr. 0. 



* Zingiber Missionis, Wall. % Travancore. — Z. Mjoga, Roscoe. %. Ja- 

 pan. — Z. duhium, Afzel. %. Sierra Leona. — C. longifolia, Roxb. %. 



Hb. Heyne C. caulina,J. Grah. 2/.. Mahableshwur. — C. Grahamiana, 



(C. pseudo-montana, J. Grah.) %. Salsette. 

 B. Amome^e. 

 (Amoma, Bl. ; — Endl. gen. pi. 1. p. 223.) 

 Amomum, L. {Spreng. syst. I, p. 4, No. 11 ; — Endl. gen. pi. I. c.) 



1. Cardamomum, L. {Spre?ig. syst. \, p. 11 ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 37 ; 

 ed. Carey, \, p. 37 ; Corom. 3, t. 227 ; — Cardamomum minus, Rumph. 

 5, t. 65, /. 1.) %. Sumatra. Moluccas. Attran teak forests. Fl. mid- 

 dle-sized, pellucid, the middle lobe of the lip yellow, with two rosy 

 lines leading up to it from the mouth of the tube. In H. C. G. fl. 

 April. {Roxb.) Seeds agreeably aromatic, and by the Malays used for 

 the true Malabar Cardamum. {Roxb.) 



2. angusti/olium, Sonner. {It. 2, t. 137; — Lam. encycl, 1, p. 132; — 

 Spreng. I. c. ; — Roxb. fl. ind. I, p. 39 ; ed. Carey, ], p. 38.) % Mada- 

 gascar. Fl. pretty large, spicy fragrant, blood-red yellow. In H. 

 C. G. fl. at various times of the year. Every part of the plant, when 

 bruised or wounded, diffuses a strong, but pleasant aromatic smell. 

 {Roxb.) 



3. aculeatum. Roxb. { fl. ind. \, p. 40 ; ed. Carey, I, p. 39 ; — Spreng. I. 

 c. ; — Roscoe Scit.) %. Malay Archipelago. Fl. deep orange, the lip 

 marked with crimson spots down the middle on the inside, April and 

 May ; fr. Oct. and Nov. 



4. maximum, Roxb. { fl. ind. 1, /?. 41 ; ed. Carey, I, p. 41 ; — Spreng. I. 

 c. ;—B. Reg. 11, t. 929.) '2^. Malay Islands. In H. C. G. fl. H. S. ; 

 fr. R. S. Seeds of a warm, pungent, aromatic taste, not unlike that 

 of Cardamuns, but by no means so grateful. {Roxb.) 



5. dealbatum, Roxb. {fl. ind. 1, p. 43; ed. Carey. I, p. 42; — Spreng. 

 I. c.) %. Chittagong. Silhet. Fl. large, white, with the middle of 

 the lip yellow, March and April ; fr. Sept. and Oct. Seeds insipid. 

 {Roxh.) 



6. subulatum, Roxb. {fl. ind. 1, p. i4 ; ed. Carey, 1, ^. 43 ; — Corom. 3, 

 t. 277 ; — Spreng. I. c.) ^^t^lt t^oTt^ Bungali-elachee. % Khassya 

 Mountains. Fl. large, yellow, March and April; fr. R. S. 



