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* Curcuma ferruginea Roxb. ; H. S. 563 ; B. P. ii. 1042. 
Village^thickets near Shibpur. 
* Curcuma rubescens Roxb. ; H., S. 564 ; B. P. ii. 1042. 
Village-shrubberies, general. 
Curcuma longa Linn. : H. S. 565 ; B. P. ii. 1042. 
v. Haldt. 
Cultivated generally. 
Curcuma Amada Roxb. ; H. S. 564 ; B. P. ii. 1042. 
v. Am ad a. 
Cultivated generally. 
548. Zingiber Adans. 
Zingiber Zerumbet Sm. ; H. S. 562 ; B. P. ii. 1045. 
v. Maha bar bach , nar kachur . 
Cultivated and as if wild in village-shrubberies, native of S. E. 
Asia. 
Zingiber Casumunar Roxb. ; H. S. 562; B* P. ii. 1045. 
v. Ban-ada. 
Cultivated and as if wild in village-shrubberies and on abandoned 
sites in the Sundribuns ; native of India. 
Zingiber officinale Roscoe ; H. S. 561 ; B. P. ii. 1045. 
v. Adrak , ad a. 
Cultivated sparingly; native of S. E. Asia. 
549. Costus Linn. 
* Costus speciosus Sm. ; H. S. 572; B. P. ii. 1045. 
v. Kust , keu. 
In village-shrubberies and shady waste places. 
550. Alpinia Linn. 
Alpinia Galanga Sw. ; H. S. 570; B. P. ii. 1047. 
v. Kulanj an. 
In gardens, occasionally. 
* Alpinia Allugkas Roscoe ; H. S. 570 ; B. P. ii. 1047. 
v. Taro } taruko . 
Muddy river banks, general. 
551. Canna Linn. 
Canna indica Linn.; H. S. 576. var. oricntalis B. P. ii. 1047. 
v. Sbha jaya } sarba jay a. 
