[this] species approaches nearest to "zingiber squarrosum" of william roxburgh, which i found abundantly about rangoon, but differs in having [much] broader, convex and ventricose bracts, ending in a very long cylindric point. it grows on the hills near the banks of the irrawaddy, about prome, on both sides of that river, where i saw it with unripe fruit [in] september. the plants which were introduced thence into the calcutta garden, blossom freely during the cold and rainy seasons. the spikes issue from the creeping roots, near the stems, or from the base of the latter, and are barely elevated above the surface of the earth; they are sometimes compound, that is, a spikelet is produced from one or two of the lowermost bracts. the whole plant possesses a very faint, though pleasant aromatic smell and taste.