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KiEMPFERIA* Roscoeana 



M7\ Roscoe's Kceinpferict. 



MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord, Scitamineje. 

 KjEMPFERIA. — SuprH, vol. 2. fol. 173. 



K, Roscoeana ; tuberibus fasciculatis subsesslllbus oblongis ; caule nullo ; 

 foliis terrse decumbentibus suborbiculatis acutis supra variegatis ; flori- 

 bus paucis radicalibus fasciculatis erectis sessilibus ; limbo exteriore 

 breviore, interiof'e piano patentissimo, laciniis obovatis obtusis, antica 

 profundi bilobd. Wallich MSS. 



Radix coHstans tuberibus numerosiSj oblongis^ sesquipollicaribuSy feri 



sessilibuSy pallidis^ intus aqueo-albidisy inodoris, et insipidis. Caulis nullus 



nisi petioli foliorum brevissimi, dilatati, invicem imbricantes^ Folia bina, 



oppositUy evolutione cylindracco-convoluta et erecta, mox verb plana j paten- 



tissima, terrceque arct^ depressa, latissirne ovata, fere orbiculata^ acuta^ 



parum iindulatay memhranaceo - marginulatay Jirvfuiy subcarnosa^ opaca^ 



5-6'poUicariaf suprd ex arncene viridi . et purpurea fasciatim variegaia, 



propter punctula minuta mollia innumera ferb velutina, subtils pallida^ 



costd laid, basin versils prominentey nervisque pluribus gracilibus ad apicem 



convergent ibus ; basi rotundataj vel obsolete retusa. Floras inter bases 



foliorum radicaleSy erectiy pauci, sessileSy candidi, inodorij magni. Bracteae 



duce, lineari-lanceolat(B, hyalincBy unguiculareSy basi tubi calycique adpressm. 



Calyx brevis, subcylindricuSy obliqvk acutus, tenuissimuSf glaber. Tubus 



cylindricuSy sesquipollicaris. Limbus planus^ patentissimuSy diametro ferd 



bipollicari. Lacinige tres exteriores lineares,acut<e, unguiculares, subcequales; 



interiores obovat(B, obtuscBy pollicares; antijca major profundi biloba^ lobis 



rotundatiSy basi versils faucem leviter convexa et flavicans. Filamenta 



perqiiam brevia, summo tuba antich insertay gerentia anther am oblongam, 



subcristafamy obtusam, canaliculatam y inclusamy loculis marginalibus gra^ 



cilibus ; polline albido. Stigma cuneatum, pubescenSy antherd brevius. Wal- 



IfchMSS. 



** When I found this elegant and singular species it 

 M^as out of flower, but in perfect foliage. On my return to 



^ • Named in honour of Engelbert Ksempfer, a learned German, who 



travelled in the East in the end of the seventeenth century, and who was the 

 first to publish any important information upon Japan. 



