— 5 — 



Fuligineüs, sooty Sacc. 11 — 154 and 455, and Fumosus, smoky, Sacc. 6 

 the same colour, but very much diluted. 



III. Yellow colours (201 — 300). CiY/-/nus = lemonyellow Sacc. 24 = 201, 

 pure yellow-Su//7/2U/'£i/s-brimstoneyellow Sacc. 25 = 226, second yellow- 

 Flavovireus Sacc. 33 = 251, green-yellow. 



IV. Green colours; (301 — 400): Viridis Sacc. 35 = 301 and 326, pure 

 green. Prasinus, smaragdine Sacc. 36 = 31 \-Aerugineiis, verdigris = 336 and 

 341, resembles also 366, 397, 353 D. This color with different tinges occurs - 

 in young rhizomes of C. aeruginosus.-Atrovirens, Darkgreen Sacc. 34 is the 

 deepest abatement of green 330. Glauciis, seagreen Sacc. 38 is about 378 A. 



V. Blue colours; (401—500): Cyaneus, brightblue, Sacc. n. 41 . is not as 

 pure as 401 and 426.- Caeruleus, pale blue Sacc. 42 = 411.- Caesius, 

 eyeblue is 428 B and 428 C, both dilutions of the 'second abatement of 

 pure blue. Atrocyaneus, prussian blue, Sacc. 40 = 430, fourth abatement 

 of the second pure blue, but 455 and 480, abatements of violetblue answer 

 as well.- Plumbeus, lead coloured Sacc. 44 = 423.- Ardesiacus Sacc. 45 = 425. 



VI. Violet colours (501 —600). Violaceus, violet Sacc. 47 is 512 (once 

 abated, twice diluted violet, while the more pure purple tinges 501 — 521 and 

 526 — 546 are wanting in SAGCARDO)-Atroviolaceiis, darkviolet Sacc. 46 is 

 about b28-Vinosus, vinous, Sacc. 50 is one of many tinges of red violet, 

 551 etc.- Lividus, livid Sacc. 49 = 5d7-Lilacinus, lilac Sacc. 48 a very 

 light pure violet 0546-Purpureus, blood-coloured Sacc. 13 = 576, red-violet. 

 Atropureus, Dark purple. Sacc. 12 is a much abated red-violet = 554, etc. 



Curcuma Linn. '). 



Linn. Musa Cliffortiana (1738), excl. description. 

 § 1. Diagnose. This genus is perfectly defined by two of its characters, 

 viz. the Structure le. of the staminal apparatus and 2e. of the inflorescence. 

 The inflorescence is a strobilaceous spike consisting of numerous large 

 concave bracts adnate with the lower half of their inner margins to the 

 backs of those immediately above and forming pouches which contain two 

 to seven flowers each, embraced laterally by their membranaceous cymbiform 

 bractlets and composing a sessile cicinnus, the flowers of which expand 

 successively. The uppermost bracts of the spike are longer than the mean 

 bracts and differently coloured while some of the top ones are always sterile. 



') According to Dryander (1793, 212), the definition of Curcurma given by LiNNAEUS 

 in Musa Cliffortiana (1736) and in Gen. Plant, (1797), etc. does not refer to the two 

 species named in spec. PI. (1753) but to the figure of Rheede (1692, 11 t.ll), repre- 

 senting: Kaemferia pandurata L. Therefore Curcuma L. is strictly speaking a synonym 

 of Kaemferia. But Linnaeus comprehended under this name also C. longa and other 

 true species of the genus, and therefore the name Curcuma may be retained, under 

 refutation of the description. 



