ZINGIBERACEiE. 573 



2. nepalensis, Roscoe. (SciL — Spreng. syst. c. p. p. 8. — C. specious, Q, 

 angustifolius, R. Reg. 8, t. 665.) %. Nepal. Fl. large, white, rose- 

 coloured, R. S. 



3. argyrophyllus. Wall. (Cat.) 2/. Estuary of the Irawaddi. Fl. large, 

 rosy- white, R, S. Comes very near to C. nepalensis. 



* Costus spicatus, Swz. % W. Indies. — C. niveus, Meyer. Essequebo. — 

 C comosus, Roscoe. % S. America. — C. spiralis, Roscoe. %. Carac- 

 cas. — C. a/er, Ker. ; B. Reg. 8, t. 683. % Sierra Leona. — C. Pisonis, 

 L. ; B. Reg. 1 1 , t. 899. %. Brazil.— C. pietus, D. Don. '2^. Mexico. 

 E. Globbe>e. 

 (Globbse, Bl. ; Endl. gen.pl. \,p. 222.) 

 Globba, L. {Spreng. syst. I, p. 4, No. 16 ; — Endl. I. c.) 



1. marantina, L. (^Spreng. syst. \, p. 15 ; — Roscoe. in trans. Linn. sac. 

 8, p. 356 ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 77 ; ed. Carey, I, p. 74 ; — Sm. exot. 

 bat. 2, t. 103 ;— J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 211. — Colebrookia bulbi- 

 fera, Roxb. in asiat. res. 11, p. 356; — Don. hart. cant. — B. C. 1, t. 

 100. — Ceratanthera amomoides, /for«. ; — Rumph. 5, t. 64, f. 2.) % 

 Moluccas. Rangoon, &c. Fl. slender, bright yellow, fragrant, R. S. ; 

 fr. 0. 



2. orixensis, Roxb. {fl. ind. I, p. 78 ; ed. Carey, 1, p. 75 ; Corom. 3, t. 

 229 ; — As. res. 11, p. 358, t. 8 ; — Spreng. I. c.) % Northern Gircars, 

 Travancore. Khassya Mountains. Assam. Nepal. Fl. small, deep 

 orange-yellow, R. S. ; fr. 0. 



3. Carey ana, Roxb, (fl. ind. I, p. 80 ; ed. Carey, 1, p. 77 ; — Spreng. 

 I. c. ; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 211. — G. sessiliflora, Sims. ; B. M. 

 35, t. 1428, excl. syn.) % Rangoon. Fl. small, deep orange, August ; 

 fr. 0. 



4. expansa, Wall. {Cat. ;—J. Grah. Cat. B.pl.p. 211.) %. Banks of the 

 Irawaddi and Attran. Tavoy. Fl. smallish, yellow, R. S. ; fr. 0. 



5. bracteolata. Wall. %. Pegu. Tenasserim. Fl. smallish, yellow, R. S. ; 

 fr. 0. 



G.dubia, Wall. %. Shivapore. Nepal. Introduced in 1821. Unknown to us. 



7. saltatoria, Roscoe, (Scit. — G. radicalis, Roxb. Coram. 3, t. 230. — G. 

 subulata, Roxb. fl. ind. I, p. 81 ; ed. Carey, 1, p. 78 ; — Spreng. I. c. 

 — G. purpurea, Andr. B. Repos. 10, t. 6 15. — Mantisia saltatoria, 

 ^ims.; B. M. 32, t. 1320.) % Chittagong. Fl. smallish, beautifully 

 purple, with the lip deep orange-yellow, April, May and June ; fr. 0. 



8. spathulata, Roxb. {fl. ind. 1, p. 88 ; ed. Carey, I, />. 80 ; — Spreng. I. c. 

 — Mantisia spathulata, Wall, in Roxb. o. c. p. 81.) '^■. Khassya Moun- 

 tains. Fl. smallish, azure, with the lip yellow, April; fr. 0. 



9. velutina, Wall. Silhet. 



* Globba bidbifera, Roxb. '^. Northern Circars. — G. racemosa, Sm. %. 

 Nepal. — G. versicolor, Sm. (Exot. bot. 2, t. 117, u. b. c. — G. Hura, 



