N. O. SOITAMINE.E. 1250 



oblong, bracts l-ljin., closely imbricate, ovate-oblong, tip 

 rounded, glabrous, green, bright-red in fruit. Margins membran- 

 ous. Calyx-tube lin., appressed to the corolla-tube, 3-toothed, 

 glabrous. Corolla-tube 1-J-in., segments ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate ; lateral smaller, arlnate to the base of the lip. Lip shorter 

 than the corolla-segments, 3-fid ; lobes obtuse, median, longest ; 

 anthers glabrous. Style glabrous; stigma minute, funnel-shaped; 

 mouth ciliate. Fruit lin., long, oblong. Seeds ^in., long, ob- 

 long, black. Flowers very pale, the lip rather darker. 



Uses : — This wild ginger has the aromatic flavour of Z. 

 Officinale, mixed with some bitterness. The rhizome is used 

 like the officinal ginger. It is employed as a hot remedy for 

 coughs, asthma, " special diseases," worms, leprosy and other 

 skin diseases. (Baden-Powell.) 



1246. Z. Casumunar, Roxb., h.f.b.l, vi., 248. 

 Roxb. 17. 



Sans. : — Van-ardraka. 



Vern. :— Ban-ada (H. & B.) ; Nisa, Malabari halad (Mar.) ; 

 Karn allamu, Kvlra pasupn, Karpushpai (Tel.). 



Habitat : — From the Himalaya to Ceylon and Malay Penin- 

 sula, Konkan. Southern Maratha Country, Western Ghats, 

 Kanara, widely cultivated. 



Root-stock perennial, bright-yellow inside. Leafy stem 

 4-6ft. Leaves 12-18 by 2-3in., oblong-lanceolate, pubescent 

 beneath. Spike oblong, 4-6in. l|-2in. diam. ; peduncle 3-12in. ; 

 bracts ovate, l-ljin. and nearly as broad, bright-red or 

 greenish-red, or reddish. Corolla-segment whitish ; lip un- 

 spotted, yellowish-white, with a deeply bifid, fin., broad and 

 long, mid-lobe basal; auricles large, oblong, obtuse. Corolla-tube 

 as long as the bract ; segments lin., upper broader and more 

 concave. Stamen yellowish-white, shorter than the lip. Capsule 

 small, globose. 



Uses : — It has a similar reputation to the officinal ginger, 

 and in the Konkans is considerably used as carminative 

 stimulant in diarrhoea and colic, (Dymock.) 



