246 cxLix. sciTAMiNEiE. (J. G. Baker.) [Zinyiber. 



long and broad, very dense, globose, subsessile ; bracts much imbricate, outer 1 in. 

 Coro«a-tube as long as the bract ; segments ovate-lanceolate, a little shorter than 

 the tube. Lip a little shorter than the corolla-segments ; midlobe obovate-cuneate, 

 lateral orbicular. Stamen as long as the lip. 



Sect. II. Iiampuziuxn, JEoran. Spilces produced from the root- 

 stock on more or less elongated peduncles with sheathing scariose bract- 

 leaves. — Species 12-21. 



* Leaves glabrous beneath. 



12. Z. intermedium, JBaker; spikes globose, bracts lanceolate, 

 corolla-segments pale red, lip orbicular reddish-black finely spotted, basal 

 auricles oblong. 



North Khasia Hiiis ; at Bhorlasa, alt. 3500 ft., Clarke. 



Feduncle slender, 2-6 in. ; bract -leaves several, small, sheathing, obtuse. Spilee 

 very dense, globose, li-2 in. ; bracts membranous, convolute, li in. Coj-oKa-tube 

 as long as the bract ; segments 1 in., lanceolate. Lip as long as the corolla-seg- 

 ments. Anther with a dark red beak. — Spike and bracts as in sect. Cryptanthium, 

 with a produced peduncle. A plant from Silhet in Herb. Wallich under Z. Cassu- 

 munar may be this species. An allied plant collected by Prain in the Naga hills has 

 oblanceolate- oblong leaves above a foot long, a, slender erect peduncle as long, and 

 bracts rather longer than in Clarke's plant. 



13. Z. o£Scinale, Mosc. in Trans. Linn. 8oc. viii. 348; Scit. PI. t. 83; 

 leaves lanceolate glabrous beneath, spike oblong-cylindric, bracts greenish 

 suborbicular cuspidate, corolla-segments greenish, lip small purplish-black, 

 mid-lobe orbicular, lateral ovate. Soxb. in Asiat. Bes. xi. 345 ; Sort. 

 Beng. 1; Fl. Ind. i. 47; Wall. Cat. 6564; Qrah. Cat. Fl. Bomb.%07 ; 

 Eoran. Prodr. 27 ; Bentl. Ss Trim. Med. PL t. 270. Z. Missiouis, Wall. 

 Cat. 6565. Amomum Zingiber, Linn. Sp. 1 ; Jacq. Hort. Vind. i. t. 75. 

 Curcuma longifolia, Wall. Cat. 6612, in part. — Bheede Mart. Mai. xi. 21, 

 t. 12 ; Bum/pA. Amboin. v. t. 66, fig. 1. 



Widely cultivated in Tbopicai Asia ; native locality unknown. 



Rootstock biennial, bearing many sessile tubers. Leafy stem 3-4 ft. Leaves 

 6-13 by 1 in., tapering gradually to the point. Spike 2-3 by 1 in. diam. ; peduncle 

 \-\ ft. ; bracts about 1 in. CoroJZa-segments lanceolate, subequal, under an inch 

 long. Lip shorter than the corolla-segments. Stamen dark purple, as long as the 

 lip. — "Very rarely flowers, and have never seen seeds," Boxiurgh. 



14. Z. Griffitliii, Baker; leaves oblong glabrous beneath, spikes 

 cylindric shortly pedunoled, bracts ovate obtuse bright red, lip yellowish- 

 white 3-lobed. 



Malacca, Griffith {Eew Distrib. 5731), Maingay. (K. d. 1564.) 



Leafy stem 2-3 ft. Leaves 6-8 by 2-3 in. Spike 4-6 in., 1 in. diam. ; peduncle 



very short ; bracts 1 in., lower orbicular, 1 in. broad. CoroHa-tube as long as the 



bract ; segments obtuse, under 1 in. 



15. Z. g'racile, Jack, in Malay Misc. i. 1 ; leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 glabrous beneath, spike oblong-cylindric, bracts ovate acute red, flowers 

 yellowish-white, lip 3-lobed, midlobe bifid. Horan. Prodr. 27 ; Hook. Bat 

 Misc. i. 273. 



PENAua, Jack. 



Leaves 6-7 in., bright green. Scape a foot. OoroZIa-segments longer than the 

 lip. — No authentic specimens of Jack's plant exist, but King's 7954 and 1027 S. from 

 Perak, and HuUet's 854 from Mount Ophir are probably the same species. They 



