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2. GALANGi, Willd. sp. i, 12. — Root tuberous, perennial; stems 

 erect, round, smooth, 6 to 7 feet high, leafy in the upper part ; leaves 

 lanceolar, smooth on both sides ; margins white and somewhat 

 callous ; panicle terminal, erect, oblong, branched ; flowers greenish- 

 white ; fruit size of a small cherry, obovate, smooth, deep orange- 

 red. The root is the Galanga major of the druggists ; truly wild 

 on Wag Donger, in the Warree Country. Syn. Galanga major, 

 Rumph. Amb. v, t. 63. Native name "Koolinjun." 



3. Calcarata, Roscoe in Linn. Trans, viii, 347. — Root stolo- 

 niferous fragrant; stems oblique, smooth, 2 to 4 feet high ; leaves 

 short-petioled, narrow lanceolar, fine-pointed, smooth on both sides ; 

 racemes terminal sohtary erect, com|)ound ; flowers numerous, large ; 

 the lip ovate oblong, deeply coloured with purple veins on a yellow 

 ground. Southern Goncan (Nimmo), but never seen by us. 



5. COSTUS, Linn. 



1. Speciosus, Smith in Linn. Trans. Soc. i, 240. — Stem some- 

 what spiral, round, 3 to 4 feet high; leaves subaessile, spirally 

 arranged, oblong, cuspidate, softly villous beneath ; bracts obovate, 

 obtuse, scarlet ; flowers very large, white. One of the commonest, as 

 well as handsomest, of the order. Syn. Tjana kua, Rheed. Mai. 

 xi, p 15, _/". 8 ; 1 Sana speciosa, Gmelin. ix ; Herba spiralis hirsuta, 

 Rumph. Amb. vi, p 143, t. 64, f. i; Banksia speciosa, Koenig; 

 Hellenia grandiflora, Retz. 



6. CURCUMA, Linn. 



1. Angtjstifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i, p 31. — Root with small, 

 oval tubers hanging to the fibres; leaves petioled, narrow-lanceolar, 

 very acute, smooth on both sides; petioles ,6 to 12 inches long; 

 spike radical, crowned with a tuft of oval, purple bracts ; flowers 

 large, longer than the bracts, bright-yellow. Ram Ghaut, spring- 

 ing up at the beginning of the rains. 



2. Decipiens, Dalz. in Hook Jour. Bot ii, p 144. — Root with 

 numerous almond-shaped tubers hanging from the fibres ; earlier 

 scapes lateral ; later, central, 6 to 8 inches lonji ; leaves broadly oval, 

 glabrous, rarely velvetty beneath, long-petioled ; floral bracts 

 saccate, purple; flowers twin, purple, the lip bifid with curled 

 margins. Mai wan ; flowers from June to August. 



. 3. Zedoaria, Roxb. Fl Ind. p 23. — Tubers of the root palmate, 

 yellow within ; leaves petioled, broad-lanceolar, entire, softly downy 

 underneath ; spike 6 to 12 inches • long ; coma of a beautiful rose- 

 colour; flowers yellow; lip obovate entire. The Concaiis; flowers 

 in May, when the leaves begin to appear. 



