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Kon.;—Rheed. 11. ^ 14.) ^t? Taro. ^^ Taruko % Coromandel. S. 

 Concan. Estuary of Irawaddi. Bengal, (Serampore.) Silhet. Assam. Fl. 

 large, inodorous, beautifully rose-coloured, June and July ; fr. Oct. and 

 Nov. — Root considerably aromatic. 



3. bracteata, Roxb. {fl. ind. 1, p. 63; ed. Carey, 1, p. 61 ; — Spreng. I. 

 c. ; not Roscoe. — A. Roxburghii ; Sweet, hort. brit. 2, p. 390.) %. 

 Chappedong, on the coast of Tenasserim. Fl. white, with a crimson 

 yellow lip, March ; fr. 0. 



4. malaccensis, Roscoe. {Trans. Linn. sac. 8, p- 345 ; — Spreng. I. c. ; — 

 Roxb. fl. ind. I, p. 64 ; ed. Caret/, 1, p. 62 -,—8. Reg. 4, /. 328.— A. 

 petiolaris, Soland. — Maranta malaccensis, Burm. ind. p. 2. — Willd. — 

 Renealmia sumatrana, Donn. cant. ed. 8, p. 2. — Galanga malaccensis, 

 Rumph. o, t. 71,/. 1.) 2^. Moluccas. Chittagong, &c. Fl. very large, 

 pure white, with the lip orange-crimson, April and May ; fr. Augt., 

 Sept. and Oct. 



5. aurantiaca, Wall. %. Singapore. Introduced in 1823. — Unknown to us. 



6. nutans, Roscoe. {Trans. Linn. soc. 8, p. 346 ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 1, ;>. 65 ; 

 ed. Carey, 1, p. 64 ;— Sm. exot. hot. t. 106 ;— /?. M. 44, t. 1903;— 

 Spreng. I. c. ; — J. Grah. Cat, B. pi. p. 206. — A. auriculata, Roscoe 

 Scit. — Renealmia nutans, B. Repos. 5, t. 360. — Zerumbet speciosum, 

 Jacq. fragm. t. 68. — Costus Zerumbet, Pers. — Catimbium, Juss. — 

 Globba nutans, L.— G. sylvestris, Rumph. 6, t. 62.) ^Jl^g"!^ ^tTI Poon- 

 nag-champa. — % Banks of the Saluen. Silhet. Coromandel. Fl. large, 

 more or less rose-coloured, with the lip orange yellow on a dark crim- 

 son ground, April and May ; fr. Sept. and Oct. 



I.mutica, Roxb. {fl. ind. I, p. 67; ed. Carey, \,p.6b\ — Roscoe Scit. ; 

 Spreng. I. c.) %. Penang. Fl. large, white, with the lip crimson yel- 

 low, and orange edged, June and July ; fr. Oct. to January. 



8. calcarata, Roscoe. {Trans. Linn. soc. 8, p. 347 ; — Roxb. fl. ind. \,p. 

 69; ed. Carey, 1 p. 67 ;— Spreng. I. c ;—B. Reg. 2, t. 141 ;— J. 

 Grah Cat. B. pi. p. 206, excl. syn. A. cernua, Sims. — Renealmia 

 erecta, Redoute pi. HI. t. 174. — Renealmia calcarata, Andr. B. Re- 

 pos. t. 4"21.) %. China. Fl. large, white, the lip coloured with dark 

 purple veins on a yellow ground, March, April and May ; fr. 0. 



9. Roscoeana, Rom. and Sch. (A. bracteata, Roscoe ; not Roxb.) % China. 

 Introduced in 1820. Unknown to us. 



\0. spicata, Roxb. {fl. ind. 1, p. 70; ed. Carey, 1, p. 68.) ^. Sumatra. 



In H. G. G. fl. about the close of R. S. {Roxb.) 

 \l. porrecta, Wall, {Cat) % China. Has been in the garden here for 

 about two years, but has not fl. 

 Gastrochilus, Wall. {Endl. gen. pi. 1, p. 224. not Don.; which is 

 Saccolabium.) 

 X.pulcherrimus, Wall. {pi. as. rar. \,L 24. — Paxt. Bot. Mag. 7 , No. 75.) 

 %. Rangoon. Fl. largish, white, pale-yellow, with the exterior part of 

 the lip rose-coloured, R. S. 



