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GENUS in* ZINGIBEE. 

 nonandria Monogrynla. Sex: Syat: 



Deriv. Tie Indian name. 



Gen. Chab. Calyx tubular : tube of the coroUa short, outer 

 segments of tbe limb equal, inner lateral ones none, Hp 3-lobed : 

 filament elongated above the muticous anther into a simple incurved 

 beak: ovary inferior, 3-celled: ovules numerous, horizontal, ana- 

 tropal : style filiform, wrapped round by the filament : stigma funnel- 

 shaped : capsule sub-baccate, 3-celled, 3-valved : seeds arillate, 

 nestling in pulp. — Herbs : roots tuberous, jointed, creeping : stems 

 annual : leaves membranaceous, distichous with closed sheaths : 

 spikes strobiUform, radical, solitary, composed of many 1 -flowered 

 bracts. 



(1) Z. sauAKBOSUM. fRoxb.J 



Ident. Eoxb. flor. Ind. I. p. 54. 



Ungra/o. Wight's Icon. t. 2004. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves lanceolar : spikes squarrose, half immersed 

 in the earth : bracts linear, with a long, waved, tapering point : 

 lip 2-cleft at the apex : flowers pink, the inner lip of the corolla 

 speckled purple-red and yeUow. 



Annamullays. Bolamputty hiUs, near Coimbatore. Flowering 

 from July to November. 



(2) Z. Zebumbet. fSmith.J 



Ident. Eoxb. flor. Ind. I. p. 47. 



8yn. Z. spurium, IToen. in. Ret%. ola. III. p. 60. — Amomum 

 Zerumbet, Willd. — A. sylvestre. Lam. — A. spuiium, Gmel. 



Engrwo. Wight 1. c. t. 2003.— Eheede Mai. xi. t. 13.— 8m. 

 Exot. bot. II. t. 112. 



Spec. Chae. Stems declinate : leaves sessile, lanceolar : spike 

 long-peduncled, oval, compact, obtuse : bracts broad-obovate, obtuse, 

 margins coloured : flowers pale sulphur. 



Annamullays. Peninsula. Bengal. Western forests. Flowering 

 in August and September. 



(3) Z. Cassumtjitae. (Roxh.J 



Ident. Eoxb. flor. Ind. I. 49. 



Syn. Z. purpureum. Rose, in Trans. Linn. Soe. 



EngroA). Bot. Mag. t. 1426.— Andr. Bot. Eep. t. 558. 



