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SCITAMINE-ffi. 
MUSACE.E. 
1. MUSA Linn. 
]. M. paradisiaca Linn.; Warb. in Engler’s Pflanzenreicli 1 (1900) 19. The 
banana. About 9 varieties are commonly cultivated in the river plain region, 
which can be classifled as follows : 
Subspecies 1. normalis O. Kuntze; Warb. 1. c. 20. Pulp edible only when 
cooked, seedless. T undoc, corresponding to Musa paradisiaca magna Blanco; 
Matdvia corresponding to SI. paradisiaca maxima Blanco; Batuan corresponding 
to SI. trogloditarum Blanco. 
Subspecies 2. sapient! urn (Linn.) O. Kuntze; Warb. 1. c. Pulp edible without 
cooking, seedless. Lacatdyi, corresponding to Slusa paradisiaca labatan Blanco; 
Bungulan, corresponding to SI. paradisiaca suaveolens Blanco; Slorddo, corre- 
sponding to SI. jjaradisiaca vioUicea Blanco; Gloria, corresponding to SI. para- 
disiaca tematensis Blanco; and LaMtndan corresponding to SI. paradisiaca ciiierea 
Blanco. 
Subspecies 3. seminifera (Lour.) Baker; Warb. 1. c. 21. Pulp scarcely edible, 
with numerous seeds. Saha, corresponding to Slusa paradisiaca compressa Blanco. 
2. M. sp. 
A wild banana is sparingly found in the river canons in the forests at an 
altitude of from 800 to 900 m., above the sea, sterile specimens only being ob- 
served. It probably corresponds to Slusa trogloditarum errans Blanco “Saguing 
mackin,” the “monkey banana,” and probably is a wild form of the cultivated 
banana. 
ZINGERBERACEiI3. 
1. CURCUMA L inn. 
1. C. zeodaria (Berg.) Roscoe; K. Sch. in Engler’s Pflanzenreicli, 20 (1904) 
110. Costus nigricans Blanco, FI. Filip, ed. 1 (1837) 3; ed. 2 (1845) 3; ed. 3, 
1 (1877) 5. Roscoea { ?) nigricans Hassk. ; K. Sch. 1. c. 425. 
(1267 Whitford) May; (6142 Leiberg) July. Common in the bamboo thickets 
below 100 m. British India and Malaya. 
Blanco’s Costus nigricans has not previously been satisfactorily identified, 
but is certainly referable to the above species. The description given by Blanco 
applies to our specimens while the habitat, time of flowering, and native name 
is the same. T., Barac. 
2. GLOB BA Linn. 
1. G. merrilli Ridl. Govt. Lab. Publ. 35 (1905) 83. 
(3869 Slerrill) August; (481 Whitford) July; (1598 Borden) August; (6158 
Leiberg) July, 1904. Along streams and on ridges, 300 to 1,000 m. Endemic. 
2. G. campsophylla K. Sch. in Engler’s Pflanzenreicli 20 (1904) 145. 
(1461 Ahern’s collector) July. Endemic. 
3. ZINGIBER Adans. 
1. Z. zerumbet (Linn.) Smith; K. Sch. 1. c. 172. 
(6089 Leiberg) July; (7028 Elmer) November. Common in bamboo thickets 
below 100 m. British India. 
4. AMOMUM Linn. 
I. A. elegans Ridl. Govt. Lab. Publ. 35 (1905) 84. 
(207, 300 Whitford) May; (3033 Borden) May. In shaded ravines 130 to 
600 m. Endemic. 
