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mag. 920 or 3 my.jn Pk S. Leone 1795. or 3 jn.jl W jn.jl R f.mr R S. Leone 1795.

Madagasc.

Madagasc. ...

R r.m Ann. bot. 1. t. 13 Rr.m Ex. bot. t. 111 Rr.m Sonn. it. 2. t. 137 ... or 3 mr.ap W Bengal 1819.

Rr.m Rh. mal. 11. t. 6 R s.l or 1 mr.ap W or 3 mr.ap Y 38 40 46 E. Indies 1819. R s.l Slo. jam. 1. t. 105 Bengal 1822. R s.l 52 55 59 History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 7. Roscoea, Named by Sir J. E. Smith, in honour of W. Roscoe, Esq., the accomplished historian of the Medicis, and the first botanist who elucidated the plants of the order Scitamineæ. The species are little known, but are both beautiful and curious. 8. Alpinia. After Prosper Alpini, an Italian physician and botanist, who practised at Cairo between 1580 and 1584, and died in 1615. Canne de Riviere, Fr. A splendid genus, requiring rich soil, a moist heat, and plenty of room. A. racemosa answers best when treated as an aquatic. 9. Hellenia. In honour of C. N. Hellenius, Professor at Abo, who, in 1798, published several academical dissertations. The same culture answers this plant as recommended for Hedychium. 10. Zingiber. From the original Indian appellation. Zingembre, Fr. Ginfer, Ger.; and Zinzer, Ital. Many of the specific names employed in the genus are derived from the vernacular names of the species. The roots of Z. officinale, and zerumbet, much used in the kitchen and in medicine, form a considerable export from our West India Islands. As a medicine, ginger is particularly useful in flatulent colic, debility, and laxity of the system, and in torpid and phlegmatic constitutions, to excite a brisker action of the vessels. The roots of ginger are taken up when the stalks fade, and, being first washed and scalded, are afterwards dried in the sun. This forms black ginger; the white sort is never scalded, but only washed and dried. When the root is to be ORDER I.

MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 38 Flowers large terminal in the sheaths of the top of the stem, Leaves ohl. acute sm. 39 Spike terminal comose, Bracteas colored longer than the flowers, Leaves oblong-ovate pubescent 40 Leaves sessile broad lanc. Panicle terml. Lip obl. unguiculated bifid, Caps. obov. smooth, Seeds few 41 Lip trifid, Leaves ovate-lanc. apex revolute, Caps. striated 42 Lip emarginate, Leaves lanceolate ovate very smooth [and bifid, Caps. sphær. open. on sides, Seeds few 43 Leaves lanc. short stkd. small, Rac. comp. droop. Lip broad 3-lob. lateral incurv. into a tube: external curled 44 Racemes terminal drooping, Lip bifid, Leaves lanc. acumin. Margins rough with little spinous teeth 45 Leaves linear-lanc. polished, Spike compound erect, Lip ovate-obl. apex curled and bifid 46 Racemes spiked, Lip round und. 2-lob. Caps. vill. Leaves obl. villous beneath 47 Racemes compound, Lip 3-lob. no spur, Caps. berried, Leaves narrow shining 48 Scape radical compound flexuose procumbent, Lip 3-lob. calcarate 49 Spike terminal oblong compactly imbricated with narrow sharp bractes 50 Leaves bifar. very remote scape sheathed radical, Bracts dry pointed perm. Cor. tub. Lip included, Anth. sess. 51 Nectary 2-leaved, Capsules spongy, Leaves smooth entire 52 Lip emarg. Leaves and colored capsules smooth, Style hairy 53 Spikes radical, Leaves stalked broad smooth, Ligula large, Lip fiddle-shaped 54 Segments of the corolla concave acute equal, Lip ovate concave 55 Leaves sub-sessile linear-lanceolate smooth, Spikes elevated oblong, Bracteas acute, Lip 3-lobed 56 Stems decl. Leaves bifar. sess. lanc. Spike long-ped. oval close obt. Bract. broad obov. obt. margs. col. Lip 3-lob. 57 Stem erect, Leaves narr, sess. Spikes compact cone-shaped, Bracteas ovate-pointed, Lip 3-lobed 58 Spikes lat. Bracteas ovate col. Segm. of cor. erect, Nect. 2-lob. 59 Spikes lat. Leaves short-stalked lanc. Spikes lax in the earth, Lip entire 60 Spikes lat. squarr. in the earth, Bract. narrow recurv. Lip 3-lobed 61 Nect. ovate entire, Leaves smooth on both sides 62 Nect. wavy sub-3-fid. Leaves pointed entire shining, Spike close 63 Nect. obsol. 3-lob. fringed wavy, Leaves silky beneath 64 Cal. short with 3 grnish. blunt teeth, Fil. sm. at back, Leaves lanc. hairy or sm. Spike turb. close, Br. obt. herb. 65 Nect. concave entire, Leaves long-ellipt. thick shining 66 Leaves rounded and stem very hairy, Flowers crisp 67 Dorsal segments of nectary lanc. acute: frontal 2 part. Segments obovate, Leaves oblong colored beneath 68 Dorsal segments of nect. obtuse obsoletely 3-lobed: frontal 2-lobed wavy, Leaves ovate pale beneath 70 Leaves stalked broad lanc. smooth, Spike central, Cor. with inferior segment very large and panduriform 69 Dorsal segments of nect. linear obtuse: frontal emarg. Leaves lanc. pale beneath 71 Leaves orbiculate ovate wavy woolly beneath 72 Leaves oval, Spike central, Anther crest jagged 73 Scape very short, Flowers heaped, Leaves distant ovate acum. entire smooth 74 Scape short, Flowers numerous close, Sterile stem simple, Leaves ellipt. lanc. pointed 75 Scape naked very short, Spike capitate, Leaves linear lanceolate 76 Scape branching lax, Leaves ovate 77 Leaves broad villous beneath, Spikes radical, Lip round oval, Crest broad truncated, Caps. 9 winged 78 Scape naked, Spike elong. Bract. inflated, Leaves broad lanceol. 79 Leaves lanceol. smooth, Spikes obovate echinated, Lip oblong 67 73 76 63 65 68 and Miscellaneous Particulars. preserved in syrup, it is taken up and scalded before fully grown. After steeping and washing in water, it is put in jars, and covered with a thin syrup. (Browne's Jamaica.) Z. zerumbet is used in the East in cataplasms and fomentations, but not as internal medicine. 11. Costus. From its name in Arabic, gosth. Jacquin has shewn that the costus of the moderns is not the same as the plant so called by the ancients. Costwurtz, Ger., and costo, Ital. All the species grow in woods in their native countries, and their roots partake somewhat of the qualities of ginger. 12. Kæmpferia. In honor of Engelbert Kæmpfer, the Japanese traveller; born in Lemgow in Westphalia in 1651; died in 1716. Zedoaire, Fr. and Grosse Galgant, Ger. This is a curious genus of low stemless plants, with tuberous roots, a pleasant aromatic smell, and sharpish taste. The root is purple without and white within, and is esteemed a stomachic and cephalic. When the plants are not in a growing state, they require little or no water; otherwise like bulbs which are kept always moist, they will not flower freely. 13. Amomum. From a, privative, and μωμoς, impurity, it has always been esteemed a powerful counter poison; or perhaps a corruption of phamâmâ, the Arabic appellation of the plant. L'amome des pedes, Fr. Ingwer and Gengiovo, Ital. Most of the species formerly included under this genus are placed by Roscoe under Zingiber.

B3 14. CURCUMA. W. 80 Zedoária Ros. 81 Zerúmbet Roxb.

TURMERIC. broad-leaved Zedoary MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

Scitamineæ. Sp. 16-18.

CLASS 1. 82 æruginósa Roxb. green-rooted 83 rubéscens Roxb. reddish 84 cæsia Roxb. cæsious পপপপপ or 3 ap.au R E. Indies 1797.

Rr.m Bot. mag. 1546 clt 3 ap.au Y E. Indies 1807.

Rr.m Bot. mag. 2000 or 5 ap.au R.Y E. Indies 1807.

Rr.m or 3 my.s Y E. Indies 1805.

Rr.m or 1 ap.jn Y Bengal 1819. R s.l 85 comósa Roxb. many-flowered or 2 my R.Y E. Indies 1819. R. s.l 86 eláta Roxb. tall or 3 my Cr E. Indies 1819. R s.l 87 ferruginea Roxb. sweet-rooted or 1 my Y E. Indies 1819. R s.l 88 leucorhiza Roxb. white-rooted or 1 my R.Y 89 xanthorhiza Roxb. yellow-rooted 90 rubricaúlis Lk. red-stemmed or 4 my R or 1 my R 91 angustifólia Roxb. narrow-leaved or 3 jl Y E. Indies 1819. R s.l Amboyna 1819. R s.l E. Indies 1822. R s.l E. Indies 1822. R s.l 92 viridiflóra Roxb. green-flowered or 2 jl.au Y.G Sumatra 1822. R s.l 93 petioláta Roxb. long-stalked or 2 au Y Pegu 1822. R s.l 94 Amáda Roxb.

Mango-ginger clt 2 ap.jn R.

Bengal 1819. R s.l 95 lónga Ros. long-rooted clt 2 au E. Indies 1759.

R s.l Jac. vind. 3. t. 4 15. GLOB'BA. Ros.

GLOBBA.

Scitamineæ. Sp. 3-11. 96 marantína Ros. round-headed 97 sessiliflóra B. M. sessile-flower'd or 98 Careyána Roxb.

Dr. Carey's পপপ or 1 jl.au Y E. Indies 1800.

R. s.l Ex. bot. 2. t. 103 1 au Y 2 Pegu 1807.

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