210 cxLix. sciTAMiNEiE. (J. G, Baker.) [Curcuma. 



from the leaves, and usually developed before they appear ; peduncle 

 sheathed by soariose bract-leaves. 



1. C. angustifolla, JRoxb. in Asiat. Bes. xi. 338, t. 3 ; Sort. Beng. 1 

 Fl. Ind. i. 31 ; dwarf, roptstock small globose, leaves lanceolate plain 

 green shortly petioledi bracts of the coma pink, lobes of the corolla pale 

 yellow. Soi/le, III. 357, 359 ; IToran. Prodr. 22. 0. longa, Wall. Gat. 

 6605 E, F, G. 



Teopicai, Himalaya ; from Kutnaon to Nepal, alt. 3-4000 ft. Nobth Ottdh. 



Rootstock small; tubers many, oblong, at the end of long fibres. Leaves with 

 petiole 1-lj ft. ; blade lanceolate, plain green, ^-1 ft. by 2-3 in. Spike with 

 peduncle aestival, i-1 ft., 8-6 by 2 in. diam. ; flower-bracts 1 in., green, ovate; 

 pink ; bracts of coma few or many. Corolla-tube i in. ; upper segment ovate, lateral 

 shorter, oblong. Staminode and lip bright yellow, the latter orbicular-cnneate, 

 emarginate. — Sjimilar plants in flower and not distinguishable in a dried state are 

 found in Upper Burma, alt. 4000 ft., Collett, Train, and in Munnipore, alt. 5000 ft. 

 Watt. 



2. C. nellgherrensls, Wight Ic. t. 2006 ; dwarf, rootstock small, 

 white inside, leaves lanceolate pale green shortly petioled, bracts of coma 

 pink, lobes of corolla pale ovate. Horan. Prodr. 22. C. longa, Wall. 

 Cat. 6605 C. C. anguatifolia, Balz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 274, not of Boxb. 



CoNOAN ; at Ramghaut. Maiabab ; abundant on the S.W. slope of the Nilghiris, 

 alt. 4500-6000 ft. 



Very near C. angustifolia. Leaf and petiole together 12 in. or more j blade 

 glabrous beneath, narrowed gradually from the middle to both ends. Spikes vernal, 

 2-4 by lJ-2 in. diam. j flowering bracts pale yellowish green, 1-1| in. Flowers 

 1 in. , bright yellow j lip orbicular, defleied, emarginate. 



3. C. aromatlca, Salisb. Parad. t. 96 ; in Trans. Sort. Soc. i. 285 ; 

 rootstock large, tubers sessile yellow and aromatic inside, petiole long 

 green, leaves large oblong pubescent beneath, bracts of the coma pink, 

 lobes of corolla pinkish white. Bosc. Scit. t. 103; Wight Ic. t. 2005; 

 Thw. Emim. 316 ; Horan. Prodr. 23. C. Zedoaria, Boxb. in Asiat. Bea 

 333 ; Sort. Beng. 1 ; Fl. Ind. i. 23 ; Wall Oat. 6601 A ; Dah. & Gibs 

 Bomb. Fl. 274; Bot. Mag. t. 1546; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL 209. 



Throughout India from the Easteen Himalaya to Cbtion, wild and frequently 

 cultivated. 



Rootstock tuberous, biennial, 1 in. diam. Leases 3-4 ft. ; petiole as long as the 

 blade, which is 1-2 ft. by 4-8 in., caudate, base deltoid, plain green above or 

 variegated with lighter and darker green, clothed beneath with fine persistent 

 pubescence. Spike with peduncle 1 ft., produced from April to June with or before 

 the leaves, the later half as long, 3-4 in. diam. ; flower-bracts ovate, pale green, 

 lj-2in.; those of the coma larger and more or less tinged with pink. Flower's 

 shorter than the bracts. Corolla-tube 1 in., upper half funnel-shaped; lateral 

 segments oblong, upper longer ovate, concave. Staminode obtuse, as long as the 

 corolla-segments; lip deflexed, orbicular, yellow, obscurely 3-lobed. Stigma 

 obscurely 2-lobed. 



4. C. Zedoaria, Bosc Scit. 1. 109 ; rootstock large, sessile tubers pale 

 yellow or whitish inside, petiole long green, leaves large oblong glabrous 

 beneath clouded with purple down the middle, bracts of the coma bright 

 red, lobes of corolla whitish. Wall. Cat. 6601 B ; Horan. Prodr. 23. C 

 Zerumbet, Boxb. in Asiat. Bes. xi. 333 ; Hort. Beng. 1 ■ Fl. Ind i 20 • 

 Coromand. Pl.t: 101; Wall. Cat. 6600 A, B ; Grah. Cat. PL Bomb. 209'; 



