216 cxLix. sciTAMiNE^. (J. G. Baker.) lOurcuma. 



as long as the bracts. Corolla-segmeata small, ovate ; staminodia oblong, white, 

 as long as the corolla-segments ; lip longer, obovate-cuneate, obscurely emarglnate. 



26. C. strobilifera, Wall. Cat. 6599 ; rootstock small, leaves small 

 oblong, bracts all green, flowers pale yellow. C. strobilina. Wall. mss. ; 

 Grah. Cat. PI. Bomb. 210. 



Pegu ; near Rangoon, Wallich. 



Rootstock bearing a few globose sessile tubers. Leaves about six to a tuft; 

 petiole green, deeply channelled, 6-8 in. ; leaves 6-8 by 2i-3 in., bright green, 

 acute, base rather rounded, darker green along the veins. Peduncle much shorter 

 than the petioles; spike oblong, 3-4 in. by 2 in. diam.; bracts all similar, green, 

 very obtuse, spreading at the tip. Flowers about as long as the bracts. Corolla- 

 segments small, whitish ; lip short, dcflexed, orbicular, distinctly emarginate. 



27. C. srandiflora, Wall, ex Voigt Sort. Suburb,' Calc. 565 (name 

 only) ; rootstock small, leaves small oblong acute, bracts all pale green, 

 flowers pale yellow. 



Maiat Peninsula, WalUch. 



Rootstock oblong ; fibres not bearing tubers. Leaves 6-8 to a tuft ; petiole 

 deeply channelled, 6-10 in. ; blade 6-8 by 3-4 in., cuspidate, base rounded, darker 

 green along the veins. Peduncle much shorter than the petioles. Spike oblong, 

 3-4 in. J bracts all similar, very obtuse, spreading at the tip. .Flowers rather 

 longer than the bracts. Corolla-segmenis ovate or oblong ; staminode short and 

 broad; lip J in., broad, obscurely emarginate, both primrose-yellow, 



28. C. petiolata, Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 37 ; rootstock small, leaves oblong 

 base rounded, flower-bracts green, those of the coma purple or lilac, flowers 

 yellowish-white. Bosc. Scit. t. 100 ; Soran. Prodr. 23 ; Moolc. /. m Bot. 

 Mag. t. 5821. 0. cordata. Wall. Fl. Asiat. Bar. i. 8, 1. 10; Cat. 6598; 

 Soran. Prodr. 23 ; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4435. C. cordifolia, Boxb. Sort. 

 Beng. 1. 



BuEMA, Pegu, and Tenassebim, Roxlurgh, &c. 



Rootstock with a few sessile tubers, pale yellow inside, and many at the end of 

 fusiform fibres, icaves 4-6 to a tuft ; petiole i—1 ft. ; blade 6-9 in., thin, cuspidate. 

 Peduncle much shorter than the petioles ; spike i ft. by 2 in. diam. ; flower-bracts 

 14 in., very obtuse, spreading at the tip ; those of the coma similar in size and 

 shape, but brightly coloured. Flowers nearly as long as the bracts. OoroHo-tube 

 nearly an inch long ; upper segment convex, cuspidate; lip suborbicular, defiesed, 

 emarginate. 



29. C. Xtoscoeana, Wall. PI. Asiat. Bar. i, 8, t. 9j Gat. 6S97; 

 rootstock small, leaves oblong rounded at the base, bracts of the flowers 

 and coma both bright red, flowers yellowish white. Hook, in Bot. Mag.'t, 

 4667 ; Lem. Jard. Pleur. t. 327 ; Horan. Prodr. 24. C. coccinea, Wall. mss. 

 Hitchenia Eoscoeana, Benth. in Oen. Plant, iii. 643. 



BuEMi and Pesct, Wallich. 



Roostoch without sessile tubers, but with many small ones at the end of the fibres. 

 Leaoes 6-8 to a tuft; petioles J-IJ ft.; blade 6-12 in., cuspidate, bright green, 

 darker along the veins. Peduncle short, hidden by the sheathing petioles ; spike 

 6-8 in., by 2-3 in. diam. ; bracts very obtuse, adnate at the sides and Rpreading at 

 the tip ; those of the coma similar in size, shape and colour to the lower ones. 

 Flowers about as long as the bracts. Corolla 4 in. diam., segments oblong, sub- 

 equal ; limb J in. diam. ; staminodes oblong ; lip orbicular, entire. 



IMPBRPECTIT KNOWN SPECIES. 



C. KuEZii, King mss. ; nearly allied to C petiolata, but leaves larger, petioles 

 longer, scape longer, bracts more imbricating, and their tips less spreading. — 

 S. Andaman Islds. 



