2iG 
1471. C. Viripirtora. Rox. Flora. Ind. 1. p. 34. Tommon giring. Rumph. 
Amb. 5. p. 169. Rox. in Asiat. Res. 11. p. 34}. 
The plant is entirely green, even the coma of the spike, hence its specific 
name. Native of Sumatra, introduced by N. 
1472. C: Periotata. Rox. Flora. Ind. tl. p. 37. Rose. Scit. Ic. Allied to 
C. cordata, Wall. Pl. As. Rar’ 1, ¢. 10. Flowers small yellow, leaves heart- 
shaped. Native of Pegu. 
1473. C. Parvirtora. Wall. Pl. As. Rar.1.¢. 75. A neat little ; lant, the 
smallest species of the genus, Wall. 
9474. C. Srropitina. Wall. 
1475. C. GLAUCOPHYLLA. Wall. 
1476. C. AtTEenuaTa. Wall. 
The five last species were introduced by N. from Bengal. 
1477. C. Psreupo—MonTAna. G. 
Sinderbur. Sinderwanee or Shindelwan. Hellownda—Leaves in luxuriant 
plants from 2 to 3 feet long including the petiole; tapering towards both 
ends, from 6 to 19 inches broad, quite green. 
Scape central, bractes broad rounded, green, with their edges frequently 
dark, brown or reddish. Camaofa very beautiful dark rose colour, waved. 
Flowers yellow, of about equal length, with their bractes, 2or 3 in each, 
Bulb or root oblong. From it descend rather stout fibers, bearing at 
their ends round tubers of the size of a Small potatoe. They are perfectly 
white inside, and are boiled and eaten by the natives when grain is scarce 
and dear. 
This species seems to be nearly allied to Roxburgh’s C. Montana. Rox. 
Cor. 2. t. 151- which has pale yellow palmate tubers. 
Mr. Davies C. S. mentioas in a Report on the Tanna Collectorate, that it 
is common for the people toeke out months every year, by living on the 
tubers ofan ‘‘Arrowroot plant” which grows common on all the hills, of 
the Concan, is called Autchoora (a general name for the whole tribe) and 
flowers in October. The flowers have not yet been examined, but the 
plant he alludes to, has more the habit of a Zingiber than a Cureuma. 
It grows in great abundance about Malhar, Salsette. (Mr. Vaupell.) 
1478. C. CAauLina. 6. 
Chowur—Root or bulb fusiform, biennial. Fibres numerous, tough conside- 
rably thickened at their insertion on the root, and bearing large oblong tubers, 
white inside and yielding an excellent flour; radical leaves, opposite 
sheathing, short petioled, from 12 to 20 inches long and broad in proportion. 
Scape or flower bearing stem central, leafy, rising to the height of 3 
feet and upwards. Lower leaves nearly opposite, upper alternate; base of 
the petioles long, running down and closely sheathing the stem, frequent- 
ly tinged with a beautiful red, as is alsothe stem when stripped of them. 
Stem above the uppermost leaves round, naked, green, in length from 3 
to 12 inches to the commencement of the bractes which are usually green, 
large, loose, oval or pointed—Coma white. 
Flowers yellow, considerably elongated beyond: the bractes, outer border 
of 3 pale yellow or whitish segments, inner of 3 yellow—the uppermost 
double size of the others and deeply cleft, anther double, erect-spurred 
standing opposite the large cleft, segment of the inner border oblong 
of equal length, ending in a small cup or funnel. 
This plant differs from all other known Curcumasin having a stem. 
Abundant on the table land of Mahableshwur and noticed by Dr. Murray 
in Bombay Med. Trans, vol. }.p. 87, Flowers in August and October. 
