248 cxLix. sciTAMiNEiE. (J. G. Baker.) [^Zingiher. 



other species, resembling those of HiicTienia glauca ; peduncle sometimes 1 ft. 

 Gorolla-tahe 1^ in. ; upper segment broader than the two others. Lip emarginate. 

 Stamen nearly as long as the lip. Capsule oblong. Seeds shining, black, and 

 3-5 partite, large, white. 



20. Z. Casumunar, Boxb. in Asiat. Bes. xi. 847, t. 6 ; Sort. Beng. 2 ; 

 Fl. Ind. i. 49 ; leaves oblong-lauceolate pubescent beneath, spiies oblong, 

 bracts ovate reddish, corolla-segments whitish, lip yellowish-white with a 

 deeply bifid midlube, basal auricles large oblong obtuse. Bosc. Scit. t. 86 ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 1426 ; Grah. Cod. Fl. Bomb. 207 ; Balz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 272 ; 

 Soran. Prodr. 27. Z. purpureum, Bosc. in Trans. Linn. 8oc. viii. 348. Z. 

 CUfiordise, Andr. Bot. Bep. t. 555. Z. montaniim. Link, in Bietr. 8p. i. 

 52. Amomum montanum, Kcenig in Betz. Obs. iii. 61. Casumanar 

 Eoxburghii, Colla Nov. Gen. Scit. in Comm. Taur. 1830. — Rumph. Sort. 

 Amboin. v. 154, tab. 65, fig. 2. 



From the Himalayas to Cexlon and Malay PENUfSTTLA. — Disteib. Widely 

 cultivated only in tropical Asia. 



Mootstoch perennial, bright yellow inside. Leafy stem 4^6 ft. Leaves 12-18 

 by 2-3 in. Spike oblong, 4-6 in., 1^-2 in. diam. ; peduncle 3-12 in. ; bracts 

 1-1-^ in. and nearly as broad, bright red or greenish-red. Corolla^tuhe as long as 

 the bract ; segments 1 in., upper broader and more concave. Lip with an orbicular 

 unspotted midlobe f in. long and broad. Stamen yellowish-white, shorter than the 

 lip. Capsule small, globose. — Z. Casumunar, Wall. Oat. 6563, includes three 

 species, none of them the true one and not in a state for description. 



21. Z. Parishii, Soolc. f. in. Bot. Mag. t. 6019; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate pubescent beneath, spikes oblong, bracts orbicular usually 

 cuspidate pale green with a red edge, corolla-segments yellowish-white, 

 lip obovate sulphur-yellow marked with brown spots and Hues, basal 

 auricles short obtuse. 



Tenasseeim, Q-rifflth, Parish. 



Leafy stem 3 ft. Leaves 4-6 by l-lj in., thin, bright green. SpiTce 2-4 in., 

 IJ in. diam. ; peduncle 3-4 in., with obtuse oblong sheathing bract-leaves ; bracts 

 densely imbricate, about 1 in. broad. CoroZZn-segnjents as long as the tube, about 

 1 in. Lip shorter than the corolla-segments, faintly emarginate ; basal auricles 

 broad, truncate. Stamen pale yellow, as long as the lip ; beak as long as the 

 anther. 



Sect. III. Pleuranthesis, Benth. Spike peduncled arising from the 

 side of the leafy stem. (Sp. 22.) 



22. Z. Clarkei, King, mss. ex. Benth. Gen. Plant, iii. 646. 



SiKKiM Himalaya ; alt. 3000-5000 ft.. Booh. f. Thorns. {Serb. Ind. Or. 3), 

 Clarke, King. 



Leafy stem 5-6 ft. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 12-18 by 2-4 in., finely 

 pubescent beneath. Spike lateral, oblong-cylindric, 3-4 in., cernuous ; peduncle 

 3-6 in. ; main bracts 1 in., oblong, obtuse, green, finally reddish, 2-4-fld. Corolla- 

 tube as long as the bract ; segments 1 in., pale yellow, upper one broadest. Lip as 

 long as the corolla-segments, oblong, yellow flushed with purplish -brown. Stamen 

 pale yellow, nearly as long as the lip. Capsule subglobose, membranous, shorter 

 than the bract. Seeds as large as a pea, brown ; aril small, white. 



Sect. IV. Dymczewiezla, Soran. (gen.). Spikes terminal on the 

 leafy stem. (Sp. 23, 24.) 



23. Z. capitatum, Boxb. in Asiat. Bes. xi. 348 ; FL Ind. i. 55 ; leaves 



