RSG EE A Sa aS PR EO ee 
Costus. SCITAMINE&, 1045 
2156. ZincrBeR CasumunaR Roxb. - FL. i493: B. Bil. vi. 248; 
D. Z. 199 
Cultivated and as if wild in most of the provinces. 
A shi with rather stout, leafy stems, 4-6 feet high. 
Vernac. Ban-ada. 
2157. Uiereeee ZERUMBET Smith; F. 1. i. 48; F. B. I. vi. 247; 
D. Z. 225. 
Cultivated and as if wild in most of the provinces. 
A eas with rather stout, leafy stems, 3-4 feet high. 
Vernac. Maha bari bach, nar kachtr 
2158. iecrwety OFFICINALE Havens! jes eS 47; F. B. I. vi. 246 ; 
D. Z, 201. 
Cultivated sparingly. 
A herb, with slender, leafy stems, 3-4 feet high, very 
rarely found in flower. Vernac. Ada, adrak. 
2159. Zrnereer caPrraTuM ere F, I.'i. 65; F. B, I. vi. 248. 
Chota Na agpur. 
A herb, with slender, leafy stems, 2-8 feet high. Hind. 
Jangli-adrak, 
2159/2. Var. enata Bak.; F. B. I. vi. 249. Z. elatum Roxb. ; 
In most of the provinces. 
A herb, with rather stout, leafy stems, 4-5 feet high. 
937. Costus Linn. 
rbs with long, leafy stems; rootstock tuberous, horizontal ; 
leaves oblong, with broad sheaths. Flowers in dense, globose or 
ovoid, a terminal heads. Sepals 3, connate in a short, funnel- 
sha aped calyx, igs ovate teeth. Palab 8, connate in a — 
incurved margins. Carpels 8, conn short in a 3-celled ovary ; eis 
Many, superposed ; placentas axial; style filiform; stigma w. ith a 
Semi-lunar, marginally ciliate foveola. Fruit a globose or ovoid 
capsule, tardil Spent on one ue between the ribs. Seeds 
