— 57 — 



in Madura (see above). Rumph mentions the name "p/zo" as a Balinese 

 synonym of "giring". Locally in Randu blatung-getasand Ngarengan (Rembang) 

 the name "giring", is given also to a quite other species, having a central 

 spike and a" red leafrib in the older leaves, described above as Curcuma 

 euchroma, Val.; and Roxburgh (18 20, 34) cites this name, quoting Rumph, 

 for C. viridiflora, Roxb., a species collected in Sumatra (Bencoulen). 



Curcuma Zedoaria, Rose. C. Zerumbet, RoxB. Cor. pi. (1791) 111 t 201 ; 

 Flora indica (1820) p. 32. — Roscoe (1828) t 109 — Ridley (1899 et 1907) 

 descr. proparte, citatis exclusis. 



Bulbus magnus, elongato-conoideus. Rhizomata numerosa per totum 

 circuitum bulbi exorta, brevia, raro elongata, medio incrassata versus apicem 

 attenuata apice obtusissima, rami numerosi, mox iterum ramulosi, saepe 

 doliformes, basi constricti saepe rectangule patentes, extus plumbea vel 

 juniora dilute pallide flavescentia, fere alba, juvenilia intus pallide citrina, plero- 

 mate paullum intensius colorato cortice et apice alba, vetusta pallide mellea. 



Radices e bulbo nascentes, numerosi, partim filiformes, partim rapiformi- 

 incrassati. Tuberi filipenduli vulgo numerosi, magnitudine van'i, interdum 

 permagni, fibris vulgo brevibus; intus pallidi. 



Gaulis mediocris. Folia elliptica et oblongo-lanceolata, brevipetiolata, 

 basi valde attenuata in petiolum decurrentia, suberecta, intense viridia, supra 

 macula pinniformi lata, intense atropurpurea a basi inde usque ad apicem 

 in utraque parte costae pertensa, costa ipsa rubra vel medio viridescente. 



Petiolus sensim in vaginam puberulam continuus ; ligulae lobi vix arcuati, 

 angulo obtusissimo divergentes, ad marginem vaginae fere perpendiculares, 

 cum ilia hirsuto-ciliati. Scapus illi C. xanthorizae similis sed vulgo minor, 

 bulbo novello ex apice rhizomatis enascens, vagina superiore saepe magna 

 lanceolata apice mucronata, adnata, apice basi spicae appressa. 



Spica laxe bracteata, bracteis magnis latissimis, basi circ. dimidio 

 adnatis, pursas latas haud valde convexas basi angustatas sistentes. Bracteae 

 inferiores latissime ovatae apice rotundae, summo apice brevi-ssime constricto 

 obtusissimo, in vivo paullum producto patulo; pars libera appressa erecto- 

 patula marginibus incurva et canalem apice dilatatam sistens. 



Bracteae comae duplo longiores quam latae, apice obtusae haud vel 

 obsolete mucronatae, breviter vel brevissime adnatae, apice vix ciliatae 

 ceterum plerumque glabrae, rubro-purpureae vel purpureae. Bracteae florentes 

 pallide virides apice vulgo purpureae et interdum purpureo striatae. 



Bracteola parva, tubum coroUae paullum superans, hyalina rosea. Calyx 

 brevis distincte obtuse 3-dentulus, albus; corollae tubus brevis amplus. Va 

 floris longitudinis aequans, ostium faucis latissimum annulo piloso crasso. 

 Faux lata. Labellum fere rotundum, lobo mediano apice fisso, lobulis imbricatis. 



