224 cxLix. sciTAMiNEJi. (J. G. Baker.) [^Kcetnpferia. 



Habit of K. secunda. Leafy stem 3-4.in., bearing 3-7 distiuctly-petioled oblique 

 oblong acute moderately firm gUbroas leaves 1-2 in, long. Bract 1 in., terminal, 

 solitary, shortly peduncled. Corolla-tube very slender, much shorter than the 

 bract. 



Snbgen. IV. Stacbyantbesls, Benth. Leafy stem produced. 

 Flowers many in a terminal spike. Lip bifid ; anther-crest quadrate 

 entire. 



22. K. scaposa, Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 642. Hedychium scaposam 

 Nimmo in Grah. Cat. PI. Bomb. 205 ; Wall, in JTew Journ. Bot. v. (1853), 

 375. Monolophus scaposus, DaZz. in Kew Journ. Bot. n. (1850), 143; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 273; Wight lo. t. 2030; Horan. Prodr. 22. 



OONCAN ; on the banks of rivulets, Qraham, &o. 



Bootitoci; tuberous, oblique ; root ■fibres long, slender. Leaves 12 by 2-3 in., 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, green above, paler and pubescent beneath, nai'rowed into a 

 deeply channelled petiole. Spiie 3-6 in., moderately dense ; peduncle long, slender, 

 naked ; bracts 1-1^ in., oblong-lanceolate, persistent, green. Cidyx loosely sheathing 

 the corolla-tube, above 1 in., minutely toothed. Coro22a-tube slender, 2-3 in., 

 segments short, lanceolate ; staminodes oblong, white, as long as the corolla segments, 

 shorter than the broad bifid lip, which is above an inch long. Capsule obovoid, red, 

 pubescent, the size of a sparrow's egg, 



9. KXTCHEMXA, Wall. 



Habit and inflorescence of Curcuma, bat bracts subooriaceous. Calyx 

 short, minutely toothed. CoroZ^o-tube slender, much longer than the calyx ; 

 segments oblong or lanceolate, subequal. Lateral staminodes petaloid, 

 free from the filiform filament ; lip orbicular or ouneate ; filament narrow- 

 as long as the Up ; anther-cells marginal on the broad connective, not 

 crested. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules many, superposed ; style filiform, stigma 

 turbinate. Ca/psule oblong-trigonous, finally dehiscing. Seeds ovoid, 

 arillate. — 'All Indian. 



1. 2S. g'lauca, Wall, in Trans. Med. Phys. 8oc. Calcutt. vii. 216 ; 

 bracts all with flowers, corolla-tube twice the length of the bract, segments 

 oblong, staminodes as long as the corolla-segments, lip ovate, filament 

 short. Soran. Prodr. 24. Curcuma glaucophylla. Wall. Cat. 6594 ; 

 Grah. Cat. PI. Bomb. 210. 



BuEMA, WalUch. 



Rootstock bearing only small tubers at the end of long slender fibres. Stem 

 3-4 ft. Leaves oblanceolate-oblong, 1 ft. or more by 4-5 in., narrowed gradually 

 from the middle to the base. Spike 5-6 in. ; bracts crowded, orbicular-cuueate, 

 1-li In., upper third spreading. Flowers white; corolla-tube 2 in.; segments 

 small, oblong, concave ; expanded flower 1 in. diam. Staminodes as long as the 

 corolla-segments ; lip ovate, not clawed, acute, obscurely emarginate ; stamen as 

 long as the corolla>segments. 



2. K. caullna, Baker ; upper bracts empty and enlarged, corolla- 

 tube half as long again as the bract, segments ovate, staminodes as long 

 as the corolla-segments, lip orbicular, filament very short. Curcuma 

 caulina, Grah. in Gat. PI. Bomb. 210; Balz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 275; 

 Lisboa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Mist. Soc. ii. 140, with fig. 



The ConciK ; abundant on the table-land of Mahableshwur. 



'RootstocJc ovoid, white inside, bearing large oblong tubers at the end of lon<» 



