Zingiber.'] oxlix. scitamine^. (J. G. Baker.) 245 



over. CoT-oZZa -tube J-1 in. ; upper segment larger than the two side ones, concave. 

 Lip ^ in. Stamen as long as the lip. 



7. Z. squarrosum, Soxb. in Asiat. Bes. xi. 348 ; Eort. Bent/. 1 ; 

 Fl. Ind. i. 54; leaves pubescent beneath, bracts green lanceolate, tips 

 hooked, corolla-segments pink, lip ovate emarginate yellowish- white tipped 

 ■with lilac, basal auricles small spreading rounded. Wall. Cat. 6568 ; 

 Horan. Prodr. 28. 



BuEMA, Roxburgh ; Prome, Wallich. Pegu, F. Carey. 



Leafy sttm 2-3 ft. Leaves 12 by 3-4 iu. S'pike globose, very dense; peduncle 

 very abort ; outer braots short, ovate j inner about 1 in., pale green, tip distinctly 

 hooked. CoroUa-tube 1 in. ; segments lanceolate, subequal, about as long as the 

 tube. Lip shorter than the corolla -segments, distinctly emarginate, margins 

 deflexed. Stamen nearly as long as the lip. 



** Leaves glabrous beneath. 



8. Z. lig'ulatuin, Roxl. in Asiat. Res. xi. 348 ; Horf.. Beng. 1 ; Fl. 

 Ind. i. 51 ; Goroinand. PI. t. 253 ; leaves glabrous beneath, bracts pink 

 outer ovate inner lanceolate, corolla-segments pink, lip obovate-ouneate 

 yellowish-white unspotted, basal auricles small ovate. Moran. Prodr. 28. 



CoROMANDEL, Roxburgh. 



Leafy stem about 2 ft. Leaves 12 by 2-3 in., oblong-lanceolate. Spike dense, 

 subglobose ; peduncle 2-3 in. ; bracts about 1 in. Gorolla-tube as long as the 

 bract ; segments subequal, | in. j lip as long as the corolla-segments, margin crisped, 

 not distinctly emarginate ; basal auricles more or less acute. Stamen yellow, shorter 

 than the lip. Capsule oblong, 1 in. and more, bright red inside. Beeds blackish, 

 brown, with a nearly complete white aril. — Very near Z. roseu/m, 



9. Z, cernuum, Dah. in Booh. Kew Journ. Bat. iv. (1852) 342 ; leaves 

 glabrous beneath, bracts yellowish-green ovate or oblong obtuse, corolla- 

 segments buff-yellow, lip deeply bifid variegated pink and white, basal auri- 

 cles small red and yellow. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 273 ; Soran. Prodr. 28. 



CoNCAN J at Kam Ghat, Dalzell. 



Leafy stem curved, bright light green. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate. 

 Spikes ovoid ; peduncle very short. Lip beautifully coloured. Capsule smooth, 

 yellowish-white. Seeds red, striated, aril membranous. 



10. Z. panduratum, Soxb. Sort. Beng. 2 ; Fl. Ind. i. SB ; leaves 

 glabrous beneath, bracts red outer ovate inner lanceolate, corolla-segments 

 bright red, lip obovate yellowish-white unspotted, basal auricles small 

 rounded. Wall. Cat. 6569 j Horan. Prodr. 28. 



Pegu, F. Carey. Tavot, Otomez. 



Leafy stem 3 ft. Leaves 6-12 by 3-4 in. ; ligule very large. Spihe 2 in., very 

 dense, oblong ; peduncle very short ; inner bracts 1^ in., tip not hooked. CoroUa- 

 tube IJ in. ; segments 1 in., subequal. Lip shorter than the corolla-segments, 

 unspotted, not emarginate. Stamen as long as the lip. — Nearly allied to Z. roseum 

 & ligulatum. 



11. Z. pardocheilum, Wall, ex Voigt Mort. Suburb. Oalcut. 562 

 (name only) ; leaves glabrous beneath, bracts obovate-cuneate red-brown 

 truncate, corolla-segments reddish, lip deeply 3-lobed tesselated with dark 

 lilac on a yellowish-white ground. 



BuEMA, Wallich. 



Leafy stem stout. Leaves 12 by 3-4 in., oblong-lanceolate, acute. Spiies 2-3 in. 



