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ALPINÍA calcarata. 
Upright flowering Alpinia, 
MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. ` 
Nat. ord. Canne. Jussieu gen. 62. 
,. ,SCITAMINE®, Brown prod. 305. 
ALPINIA. Cal. superus, tubulosus, brevior, ore subtrilobo. Cor. 
tubulosa limbo duplici; exteriore tripartito submeguali: interiore dissimili, 
inter laterales exteriorum inserto, unilabiato basi utrinque denticulo 
aucto. Stamen fauci intra laciniam anticam extetiorum — insertutti, 
Filamentum lineare extra antheram non elongatum. Anthera filas 
inento adnata, biloba lobis distinctis, parallelis, bilocularibus, per 
axin longitudinalem dehiscentibus, sutura marginibus inflexis dissepl- 
mento, demim obsoleto, insertis. Pollen globosum, leve. — Corpuscula 
(stamina sterilia) parva teretiuscula basin styli stipantia. . Germ. 3-loc. 
loculis polyspermis, ovulis angulo interno gemino ordine affixis. Stylus 
filiformis longitudine filamenti iu sulco antherm receptus. Stig. dilatatum 
cavum obsoleté 3-gonum. Caps. 8-loc., 3-valv., polyspertna, carnosa. 
Sem. subrotunda, mutud pressione angulata, arillata. Infor. paniculata 
, "e laxé racemosa, caulem terminans. ^ 
Herba uromatica. Radix perennis sepiìs tuberosa, repens. Caulis 
simplex. Folia simplicia, 1-nervia, venis acutangulis, creberrimis, 
simplicissimis; petiolo vaginanti, vaginá hinc fissili, ora indè ligulam 
(Graminearum instar) productâ. Bractea communes caduca; partiales 
spathacee, cucullate. Brown loc. cit. 305, 906. (Excerptim ê caractere 
ordinis). 
A. calcarata, nectario ovato-oblongo apice semibifido, folijs ensiformi- 
bus, capsula hirta. Roscoe in linn. soc. transact. 8. 347. Hort. 
Kew. ed. 9. 1. 5. 
Renealmia calcarata. Andrews's reposit. 421. 
Globba erecta. . Redouté aa pls, dales, teretes, supernè versis 
ndix fibrosa, repens, caules plures, pedales, teretes, n 
bescentes, gwad digiti minoris. Toliorum lamina angustiìs lanceolata, 
pane. Inflorescentia erecta, com; yosito-racemosa ; pedunculis 2-3:floris, 
racteg partiales subdiaphane, albicantes. Flores albo, luteo, et punicce 
varii, (Ex Redoutmo.) 
The Scitaminee of Linnaeus correspond with the Canna ; 
of Jussieu. From the last Mr. Brown has drafted a portion 
of the genera, and collected them into a separate order, 
to which he restores the appellation of Scitaminea, pre- 
fixing that of Canmez, to the small assemblage which 
is left, The first he characterizes by the aroma inherent 
in the plants which compose it, an interior and exterior co- 
