212 cxux. sciTAMiNEiK. (J. G. Baker.) [Curcuma. 



Very near C. Zedoaria & aromatica. Leafy tuft 8-12 ft. ; blade 3-4 by 1 ft. or 

 more. SpiJce produced vernal, 6-8 in., 3 in. diam. j flower-bracts green, ovate, 

 1^ in., of the coma many, longer and more oblong. Flowers pale yellow, rather 

 shorter than the bracts ; lip obscurely emarginate. — Sent by Carey from Serampore 

 to the Liverpool Botanical Garden ; origin unknown. 



9. C. leucorhiza; Boxb. in Asiat. Bes. xi. 337; Mort. Bang. 1; Fl- 

 Ind. i. 30 ; rootstook large, sessile tubers nearly white inside, petiole long 

 green, leaves large oblong plain green glabrous beneath, bracts of the coma 

 pink, lobes of the corolla nearly white. Bosc. Scit. 1. 103 ; Wall. Cat. 

 6607 ; Soran. Prodr. 22. 



Behae; jangles south of Bhagulpore, Glass. 



Very near 0. Zedoaria &, aromatica. Sootstoci; large, ovoid j sessile tubers 

 cylindric, sometimes nearly 1 ft. Leafy tuft 3-4 ft. ; blade 1-2 ft. by 5-6 in., broad 

 at the middle, plain green and glabrous on both sides. Spike Vernal ; coma 

 nearly as long as the fertile portion ; flower-braets green, obtuse, 1| in. ; bracts of 

 the coma longer, more oblong. Flowers pale yellow, rather shorter than the bracts ; 

 central lobe of the lip distinctly emarginate. 



10. C- CBBsla, Boxb. in Asiat. Bes. xi. 334 ; Sort. Beng. 1 ; M. Ind. 

 i. 26 ; rootstock large, sessile tubers pale grey inside, petiole long green, 

 leaves large oblong with a broad purple-brown cloud down the middle, 

 bracts of the coma and corolla-limb red. Wall. Cat. 6613 ; Horan. Prodr. 

 22. , ' 



Benoaii, Roxburgh. 



Rootstoelc ovoid ; sessile tubers longer and not so thick as in 0. ceruginosa. 

 Leafy tuft about 3 ft. ; blade 1-1^ ft. by 5-6 in., glabrous beneath. BpiJce produced, 

 dense, 5-6 by 2^3 in. diam. ; flower-bracts green, ovate, very obtuse, 1^ in. ; bracts 

 of the coma rather longer, many, bright red. Flowers pale yellow, rather shorter 

 than the bracts ; lip ^ in., broad, obscurely 3-lobed, raidlobe emarginate. — 

 " Kesemblea 0. Zerumbet, Roxb. {Zedoaria supra p. 210), but differs widely in the 

 colour of the root," Boxb. 



11. C. eerug'lnosa, Boxb. in Asiat Bes. sd. 335 ; Sort. Beng. 1 ; Fl. 

 Ind. i. 27 j rootstock large, sessile tubers palmate verdigris-green inside, 

 petiole long green, leaves large oblong green faintly tinged with red- 

 brown down the middle, bracts of the coma pink, lobes of the corolla pale 

 red. Bosc. Scit. t. 106 ; Salish. in Trams. Hort. Soc. i. 285 ; Wall. Gat. 

 6606 ; Soran. Prodr. 22. 



BuBUA, Carey. 



Very near 0. Zedoaria, Rootstock ovoid ; sessile tubers short, above 1 in. thick, 

 stipitate tubers purely white within. Leafy tuft 4-6 ft. ; petiole andblade each 

 2-3 ft., the latter 6-9 in. broad. Spiie vernal, 6-8 by 2^-3 in. diam. ; flower -bracts 

 green, ovate, obtuse, 2 in. ; many upper longer oblong, pink. Flowers pale yellow, 

 shorter than the bracts ; corolla- tube an inch long ; lip deflexed, ^ in. broad. 



12. C. amarisslma, Bosc. Scit. PI. t. 101 ; rootstook large, sessile 

 tubers yellow and very bitter inside, petiole long red-brown, leaves large 

 oblong plain green, bracts of the coma whitish tipped with pink, lobes of 

 the corolla red. Horan. Prodr. 23. 



Bengal ?, Ca/rey. 



Rootstock very large, yellow in the centre, seruginose towards the outside. 

 Leafy tuft 3 ft. ; blade 1-lJ ft. by 5-6 in. Spike, bracts and flowers as in C. 

 Zedoaria. — Sent by Carey in lg24 from Serampore to the LJyerpool Botanic 

 Garden, probably a native of Bengal. 



