Curcuma.] cxlix. soitamine^. (J. G. Baker.) 215 



obtuse, flower-braots green tinged with red, those of the eoma reddish, 

 flowers reddish-yellow. Horan. Prodr. 24. 



Cbntbaii India, Colebrooie. 



Mootstock oblong, bearing many subglobose tubers at the end of fibres. Leaves 

 plain green, obtuse, rounded at base, 6-8 by 3-4 in. ; petiole shorter than the 

 blade. Peduncle very short. Spike autumnal, oblong, 3-4 by 2 in. diam. ; bracts 

 1 in. ; those of the eoma oblong, ascending, similar to flower-braots in colour. 

 Flowers small, dull red, except the yellow orbicular emarginate lip. 



22. C. decipiens, JDalz. mKew Journ. ii. (1850), 144 ; rootstook small, 

 sessile tubers 0, petiole short, leaves thin cordate-ovate cuspidate, bracts 

 and flowers purple. Dalz. & Oibs. Bomb. Fl. 274; JELoran. Prodr. 23. 



The CoNCAN, Daleell, Law. 



Mootstock bearing numerous sm^U almond-like tubers at the end of fibres. 

 Leaves thin, 6-8 in. by 3-4., base rounded tip, deltoid with a small cusp; petiole as 

 long as the blade. Spikes aestival, earlier lateral, later central, 4-6 by li-2 in. ; 

 peduncle short ; lower bracts ovate, 1 in. ; many upper sterile, longer, oblong ; 

 flower shorter than the bract ; lip bifid, margins curled. 



23. C< albiflora, Thw. Envm,. 316 ; rootstock small, sessile tubers 0, 

 petiole short, leaves small oblong rounded at the base, flower-bracts green 

 all fertile, flowers white with a yellow spot on the lip. Book. f. in Bot. 

 Mag. t. 5909. 



Ceyloit ; Maskellia, in the Ambagamowa district, at a low elevation. 



Eootstoch bearing a few small tubers at the end of fibres. Leaves bright green, 

 6-8 by 24-3 in., acute, base rounded or cordate ; petiole deeply channelled, as long 

 as or rather longer than the blade. Fed/uncle very short ; spike oblong, 3-4 in. ; 

 lower bracts 2 in., oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, upper shorter, ovate. Flowers 

 1 in. long. Corolla-\obes oblong. Btaminode broad; lip f in. broad, shallow, 

 emarginate, pure white, with a yellow spot at the throat. 



24. C> oligrantba; Trimen in Journ. Bot. 1885, 245 ; rootstock small, 

 sessile tubers 0, petiole short, leaves small ovate narrowed to the base, 

 flower-braots green all fertile, flowers white with a yellow spot on the 

 lip. 



CbTLON ; Central Province, near the Mahaweli vivev,'3Jnmen. 



Near 0. albijlora. Leaves 5-7 in., thin, bright light transparent green,> with 

 distinct veins and transverse veinlets. Peduncle short, slender; spike 4r-6 in.; 

 bracts green, appressed, acuminate; flowers few, erect, large for the genus. 

 CoroZla-tube 1 in.; segments long, pinkish. Btaminode subacute, crisped, pure 

 white ; lip broad, deeply bifid, with a yellow stain at the throat. Seeds oblong, 

 grey, shining, exarillate. 



Sect. III. Kitcbenlopsis, Baker. Spike autumnal, from the centre 

 of the tuft of leaves; bracts very obtuse, adnate at the sides and spreading 

 at the tip. 



25. C. parviflora, Wall. PI. Asiat. Bar. i. 47, t. 57 ; rootstock small, 

 leaves small oblong rounded to the base, fertile bracts green, those of the 

 coma greenish- white, lip violet. Horan. Prodr. 24. 



BuEMA; banks of the Irrawaddy, near Prome, WallicTi. 



Rootstock oblong, fibres bearing a few small fusiform tubers. Leaves about six 

 to a tuft ; petiole 4-8 in. ; blade green, cuspidate, i ft. by 2-3 in., veins darker 

 green. Peduncle short, slender, hidden by the clasping petioles ; spilte oblong, 

 2 in. by 1 in. diam. ; flower-bracts J-1 in., very obtuse, tips spreading. Flowers 



