570 ZINGIBERACEvE. 



13. giganteum, Wall. % Nepal. Allied to H. spicatum. Nearly allied to No. 

 12, but much larger. Introduced into the Garden here in 1821. Fl. ? 



\4. acuminatum, Roscoe. (Scit. ; — Spreng. syst. c. p. p. 6, No. 16; — B. 

 M. 57, t. 2969.) 2jL. Nepal. Nilgherry. Kemaon. FI. large, pale yel- 

 low pure white, with the tube red, fragrant. Has been introduced 

 into H. C. G. Fl. ? 



\ 5. Gardner ianum, Wall. {Roscoe Scit.; — Spreng. I. c. No. 18; — B. 

 Reg. 9, t. 774.) %. Nepal. Fl. large, reddish-yellowish-whitish, fra- 

 grant, R. S. ; fr. 0. 

 (3. lati/olium. Perhaps a distinct genus. 



16. gratum. Wall. Khassya. Very near flavescens, but smaller. 



17. trilobum, Wall, {in Roscoe Scit., under H. spicatum.) %. Nepal. Intro- 

 duced in 1819. 



\S.tenuiflorum, Wall, (m Roscoe Scit., under H. villosum. — H. villosum, 

 Roscoe, not Wall.) % Nepal. Khassya Mountains. Introduced in J821. 



19. Roscoei, Wall. % Nepal. Introduced in 1821. 



20.formosum, Wall. (H. coccineum, Buch. /. c. ?) % Nepal. Introduced 

 1818. 



2l.fastigiatum, Wall. {Cat. — H. ellipticum, Roscoe, not Buch. — B. C. 19, 

 1881.) % Nepal. Introduced in 1818. 



22. densijlortim. Wall. {Cat.) % Nepal. Introduced in 1821. 



23. barbatum. Wall. {Cat.) % Taong-Dong. Introduced in 1827. 



24. candidum. Wall. {Carey s MSS.) ^■. Nepal. Introduced in 1821. The 

 last 8 species are unknown to us. 



* Amomiim Granum Poradisi, L. Afzel. % Guinea. — A. latifolium, Afzel, 

 % Sierra Leona. — J. Afzelii, Roscoe. 2/.. Sierra Leona. — A. sylvestre, 

 Swz. 2|. Jamaica. — Hedychium squarrosum. Herb. Buch. %. Assam. 

 Nepal. Kemaon. — H. scaposum, Nimmo. % S. Concan. 



C. ALPiNiJEiE (Alpinise, Bl.—Endl. gen.pl. I, p. 224.) 

 Alpinia, L. {Spreng. syst. \,p. 4, No. 15 \—Endl. gen. pL \,p. 224.) 



1. Gulanga. Swz. {Spreng. syst. 1, p. 14 ; — Roscoe in Trans. Linn. soc. 

 8, p. 345 ; — Roxb.fi. ind. 1, p. 59 ; ed. Carey, 1, p. 58;— J. Grah. 

 Cat. B. pi. p. 206. — Maranta Galanga, L. — Amomum Galanga, Lour. 

 ■ — Galanga major, Rumph. 5, t. 63.) ^«ff?»r Koolunjun. %. Sumatra. 

 Moluccas. Cochin China. Singapore. Penang. Chittagong. S. Concan. 

 Silhet. Fl. largish, pale-greenish, sometimes streaked with red, some- 

 what fragrant, April and May ; fr. Nov. Yields the large Galangdl root 

 of the druggists. It has a faint aromatic smell, and strong pungent 

 taste with some bitterness. {Roxb.) In Cochin China it is found culti- 

 vated as well as wild, and the fresh roots are used to season fish, and 

 for other economical purposes. {Lour.) 



2. AUughas, Roscoe. {Linn. Trans, o. c. p. 346 ; — lioxh. fl- ind. I, p. 61 ; 

 ed. Carey, 1, p. 6"0 ; — J. Gruh. Cat. B. pi. p. 20G ; — Spreng. I. c. ; — 

 HcUenia Allughas, L. — B. Repos. 8, /. 501. — Heretiera AUughus, 



