446 



(2) A. NtiTAKs. (Roscoe.J 



Ident. Roxb. flor. Ind. I. p. 65. 



A. aurioulata, Rose. Scit. — Costus Zerumbet, Fers. — Grlobba 



nutans, Zinn. — G-. sylvestris, Humph. 



Engrm. "Wight 1. c. t. 2027.— Bot. Mag. t. 1903.— Andr. Bot. 

 Eepos. t. 360. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves lanceolar, short-petioled, smooth : racemes 

 compound by the lower pedicels being two or three flowered, droop- 

 ing : lip large, ovate, cordate, obscurely 3-lobed at the base : middle 

 lobe curled on the margin : ovary hairy, oval, 3-celled : capsule 

 slightly hairy : flowers rose, lip orange on a dark crimson ground. 



Silhet. Coromandel. Plowering iu April and May. 



(3) A. CALCABATA. fRoscoe.J 



Ident. Roxb. flor. Ind. I. p. 69. 



JEngrao. Wight 1. c. t. 2028.— Bot. Reg. t. 141. -.-Bot. Rep. t. - 

 241. 



Spbc. Chae. Root stoloniferous, fragrant : stems oblique : leaves 

 short-petioled, narrow lanceolar, finely acuminated, smooth on both 

 sides : racemes terminal, solitary, erect, compound : flowers nu- 

 merous, large, lip ovate-oblong, deeply coloured with purple veins 

 on a yellow ground. 



South Concan, flowering in the hot season. 



(4) A. Allttshas. (Roscoe.J 



Ident. Roscoe in Linn. Trans, viii. 346. — Roxb. flor. Ind. I. 61. 



Syn. Hellenia Allughas, Idnn. — ^Heritiera Allughas, Koen. 



Engrm. Rheede Mai. xi. t. 14.-^Bot. Rep. t. 501. 



Spec. Chae. Stem erect, slightly compressed, entirely covered 

 with the sheaths of the leaves: leaves oblong, glabrous, paler 

 beneath : panicle terminal, bending to one side : flowers numerous, 

 large, rose-coloured : capsule globular, smooth, black when ripe. 



South Concan. Coromahdel. Silhet. Assam. Flowering in 

 June and July. 



(5) A. Gaianga. (Willd.) 

 Ident. WiUd. sp. I. R.— Roxb. flor. Ind. I. p. 59. 



Syn. Maranta Galanga, lAnn. — ^Amomum Galanga, Lour. 



Engrao. Rumph. Amb. v. t. 63. 



Spec. Chae. Root perennial : stems erect, round, smooth, 6 — 7- 



