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254 CXXXVII. ZINGIBERACE.tE. [Curcuma.<br />
(I) C. zedoaria Roscoe Scitam. t. 109; Ridl. Mat. ii. 21. C.<br />
zerumbet Roxb. As. Res. xi. 33; Corom. Pl. t. 101.<br />
Rhizome large fleshy, orange inside. Leaves paired, lanceolate<br />
green with a purple central splash, 18 in. long, 6 in. wide. Scape<br />
outside the leaf tuft; peduncle 18 in. long. Spike 6 in. long or<br />
more. Bracts about 20, lower ones green, tipped pink, upper ones<br />
lanceolate, deep crimson. Flowers 4 in a bract. Calyx '25 in.<br />
long, hairy. Corolla tube I in. long, yellowish white, lobes '5 in.<br />
long. Staminodes oblong. Lip oblong-obovate, bilobed yellowish,<br />
tipped orange. Anther spurred. Hab. Common in waste ground<br />
and abandoned cultivation. Singapore, Penang, Kedah. Distrib.<br />
India, Malay isles. Native name: Temu Kuning.<br />
CULTIVATED SPECIES.<br />
C. DOMESTICA Valeton Bull. J ard. Bot. Bttitellz. XXXVlll. 31.<br />
C. longa Koen., Ridl. and other authors. This is the local<br />
Turmeric, Kunyit of the Malay Peninsula. Native of<br />
Java. The original C. longa Linn. is altogether dubious.<br />
C. domestica has a rhizome deep orange colour inside, short<br />
leaves of a light green and a short spike of green bracts<br />
about 4 in. long, the uppermost usually tipped pink. Flowers<br />
pale cream with a strong yellow bar down the lip. It supplies<br />
the Turmeric used in curries and is also used as a dye.<br />
C. MANGGA Vaieton l.c. 50. Temu Pauh. Rhizome yellow inside<br />
with smell and taste of wild carrots. Leaves long with a<br />
purple splash in centre or entirely green. Spike produced<br />
outside the leaves. Lower bracts white, median green,<br />
terminal bracts violet red. Sparsely cultivated.<br />
I have never seen this in flower.<br />
C. XANTHORHIZA Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 25; Valeton i.c. 61. Tcmu Lawas.<br />
Rhizome deep orange inside. Leaves deep green with a purple<br />
central feather. Spike lateral, scape short. Bracts pale green<br />
edged red, uppermost red violet, base green striped. Distrib.<br />
Java.<br />
C. AERUGINOSA Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 27; Valeto1t l.c. 65. Tcmu hitam.<br />
Rhizome grey polished, inside bluish. Leaves glabrous green<br />
with purple central bar. Scape separate from leaves. Upper<br />
bracts hairy red violet lighter below, mucronate. Flowers<br />
short, broad. Petals and tube dark pink red, inner parts<br />
yellow, middle of lip deep yellow. Distrib. Java, Burma.<br />
9. CONAMOMUM, Ridl.<br />
Stout tall plants with a woody stilted rhizome. Leafy stems<br />
tall. Leaves oblong-Ianceolate. Scapes peduncled from rhizome
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