244 cxLix. sciTAMiNE^. (J. G. Baker.) [Zingiber. 



lanceolate, corolla-segments red, lip oblong much spotted and streaked 

 with red ou a pale ground, basal auricles smaU rounded. Bosc. Sett. t. 88 ; 

 Soran. Prodr. 28. 



Khasia Hills, S. f. %■ T. {Serb. Ind. Or. 10), aarke. Ben&ai ; Enngpore, 

 Samilton. 



Leafy stem stout, 6-8 ft. Leaves 12 by 4r-6 in. or more. Spike very dense, 

 globose ; peduncle 1-4 in. ; inner bracts Ij in. Coroda-tuhe as long as the bracts; 

 segments 1 in., lanceolate, subequal, bright red. Lip nearly as long as the corolla- 

 segments, yellowish-white, copiously spotted and streaked with minute dots and 

 lines of red-purple. Stamen as long as the lip, beak of the anther bright red. 



3. Z. roseum, Bosc. in Trans. Linn. 8oc. viii. 348 ; Scit. PI. t. 87 ; 

 leaves pubescent beneath, bracts pale red outer ovate inner lanceolate, 

 corolla-segments pale red, lip oblong-cuneate whitish unspotted, basal 

 auricles very small yellow rounded. Boxh. in Asiat. Bes. xi., 347, Fl. 

 Ind. i. 50 ; Wall. Gat. 6570 ; Moran. Prodr. 28. Amomum roseum, 

 Boxh. Coromand. PI. 1. 126. 



NoKTHEEN CiRCAES, Roxburgh. 



Leafy stem 3-4 ft. Leaves 8-12 by 3-4 in. Spike very dense, oblong ; peduncle 

 very short; inner bracts 1^-2 in. Corolla-tahe whitish, 2 in.; segments 1 in., 

 lanceolate, subequal. Lip shorter than the corolla-segments ; margins recurved, 

 crisped. Stamens arching over the lip and equalling it in length ; beak as long as 

 the anther, as in the other species. 



4. Z. Nimmonii, Dalz. in Hooh.Kew Joum. Pot. iv.(1852) 341 ; leaves 

 pubescent beneath, bracts red-striped linear-oblong or lanceolate, corolla- 

 segments reddish-yellow, lip yellow emarginate, basal auricles small 

 rounded. Dalz. S( Gihs. Bomb. Fl. 273; Soran. Prodr. 28. Alpinia Nim- 

 monii, Orah. Cat. PI. Bomb. 206. 



CoNCANS ; common in the mountains, Nimmo, Dahell. 



Leaf stem 4-5 ft. Leaves 1-1^ ft., 6—12 by 2-3 in. broad. Spikes subglobose ; 

 peduncle very short ; bracts glabrous, l-lj in. CoroUa-t\xhe as long as the bracts ; 

 segments lanceolate. Lip obovate-cuneate, faintly emarginate. Oapsule the size 

 of a pigeon's egg. — Nearly allied to Z. panduratum. 



5. Z. Wig'htianum, Thw. Enum. 315 ; leaves pubescent beneath, 

 bracts green outer ovate inner lanceolate, corolla-:segments pale, lip 

 obovate-cuneate pale yellow veined and spotted with purple, basal auricles 

 small ovate. Z. squarrosum, Wight To. t. 2004, non Boxb. 



Tbavanoobe ; abundant in the Anamallay forests, &e. Cetlon ; common in 

 the forests up to 4000 ft. 



Leafy stem 4r-6 ft. Leaves 13-18 by 3-4 in., oblong-lanceolate. Spikes oblong 

 or snbglobose; peduncle very short; flower-bracts IJ in., pubescent. CoroUa-ttihe 

 as long as the bract ; segments subequal, under 1 in. Lip nearly as long as the 

 corolla-segments, emarginate. Stamen shorter than the lip, arching over it, as in 

 the other species. Oapsule 1 in. — In a specimen from Thvvaites the spike is terminal 

 on the leafy stem, thus connecting sections Qryptanthium and Dymczewiczia. 



6. Z. Iiarbatuin, Wall. PI. Asiat. Rwr. t. 56 ; Cat. 6567 ; leaves 

 pubescent beneath, bracts reddiph-green ovate cuspidate, corolla-segments 

 whitish, lip obovate-cuneate white emarginate, basal auricles very small. 

 Soran. Prodr. 28. 



BuEMA, WallicTi. Pestj, McClelland. 



Leafy stem 2-3 ft. Leaves oblong, 6-8 by 1^-2 in. Spike 1^2 in. very dense, 

 ovoid ; peduncle very short ; bracts 1 in., ovate with a large green cusp, hairy all 



