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sulesdark brown or reddish, fleshy, crowded; have some resemblance to the 
Lilium bulbiferum when it begins to shoot out of the earth in spring. This 
plant was first observed by Mr. Nimmo; it grows abundantly in Linowlee 
grove near Kandalla, also in the densest part of the jungle clothing the 
ravines above, and below Sir Herbert Compton’s Bungalow; seems to be 
confined to the thick shade. 
1455, A. Neusana.G. 
Neesum—Has much the appearance of the last, only it is smaller and 
the leaves are of a darker green, with the margins frequently reflected. 
The scape, or culm, (for itis jointed, compressed and furnished with sheath- 
ing leaves like the Gramineg,) rises at alittle distance from the stem to the 
height of 2 feetor more, and is terminated with a closely imbricated spike, 
of dingy brown fleshy capsules, which are hid in bractes of a lighter colour; 
when broken open they have a peculiar and rather unpleasant sinell. 
The flowers of neither species have yet been observed. 
The hills at Wargaum; the borders of Lanowlee grove, and below bushes 
and detached trees on the undulating ground about Kandalla, The table 
land of Mahableshwur. (Dr. Murray.) 
678. ZINGIBER. Gaert. Monandria Monogynia. 
Arabic, Zinzeber, whence Zingiber. Lam. Ll. ¢. 2. Gaert. Fruct. 1. ¢. 12. 
1456. Z. OrriciNALe, Rox. Flora. Ind. |. p. 47- Rosc. Scit, Ic. Amomum 
Zingiber. Willd. and Persoov. Jacq, Hort Vind. 1. ¢. 75. Rumph. Amb, d. 
t: 66. f. 1. Inchior Inchi kua. Rheed. Mal. LI, ¢. 12. Wartz. Obser. p. 2, Pluk. | 
Alm. ¢. 317. Lour. Cochin China t. p. 2. Ainslie Mat. Ind. 1. p. 132. 
Ardrakam.— Ardrakh —Adrach aud Adoo--Ateh—Dry rootis called Soont. 
Common Ginger, cultivated about Surat, &c. Considerable quantities are 
imported from China, in a preserved state. 
In the Kairah Zillah it is planted in May, and the produce which 
averages from 5U to 150 maunds per Begah gathered in the following Fe- 
bruary and March. In a greenstate it sells from } to 14 maund per Kupee:-- 
dried, from 5 to 10 seers per Rupee. (Mr. Kirkland.) 
1457. Z. Zervumset. Roscoe. Rox. Flora. Ind, 1. p.48, Amomum Zerumbet, 
Willd. and Persoon. Z. Spurium, Koen, in Ketz. Obs: 3, 60. Rox. Cor. 3. t. 
201, Exot. Bot. ¢. Li. Jacq. Hort. Vind. 3, ¢. 54. Blackwell Herb. t. 402. 
Rumph. Amb. 5. t. 64. f. 1. Ehret. Pict. ¢.14. f. 1. Katon-inschi-kua. Rheed. 
Mal. 11. ¢. 13. Bot. Mag. ¢- 2000. Lour. Cochin China 1, p. 2. 
Booteh and Mahaburree Booteh— Broad Leaved Ginger--.Grows wild in the 
Concan. N. Wild and cultivated throughout the Eastern Islaids, and Cochin 
China. Flowers in the rains, of a pale sulphur colour. Spike oval, obtuse, 
about the size and shape of goose’s egg. 
The young leaves and shoots are used as greens. (Rumphius.) 
3458. Z. Cassumunar. Rox. Flora. Ind. |. p. 49. Z purpureum, Rose. 
in Linn. Trans. 8. p. 348° and |]. p. 277. Rox. in Asiat. Res. ll. p. 346, t. 7, 
Z. Cliffordiana, Bot. Rep. t. 555, Bot: Mag. t. 1426. 
Bun- Ada—Vana- Adrikan— Ran- Adoo.—The root is the Cassumanar of 
Druggists. Wild Ginger, or downy leaved;—in gardens, Bombay. Found 
wild in the Concans, N. Flowers. in the rains, of a pale sulphur colour, 
spikes trobiliform, very compact- 
‘“* The Zingibers flower in a dense spike near to the stem, the Cardamums 
in a lax panicle at the base of the stem.” Jussieu quoted by Roscoe in Lian. 
Trans. 8. p. 347. 
679. COSTUS. tL, Monandria Monogynia, 
From its Arabic name, Kust, 
