‘Tas. 5600. 
KAMPFERIA Rosca@ana. 
Mr. Roscoe's Kempferia. 
Nat. Ord. Sctraminpz—Monanpria Monoeynr. 
Gen. Char. Calyx tubulosus, hine fissus. Corolle tubus elongatus, fili- 
formis ; limbi laciniw exteriores angustw, equales, laterales patentes, pos- 
tica fornicata, interiores multo majores; labellum planum. Filamentum 
breve carinatum ; anthera mutica, connectivo producto. Ovarium 3-locu- 
lare; ovula plurima. Stylus filiformis, a filamento receptus; stigmate ur- 
ceolato ciliato. Capsula 3-locularis, loculicide 3-valvis. Semina oo, aril- 
lata.—Herbe Indice, habitu Cucume, bracteis sepius 2.fariam imbricatis, 
rarius saccatis. Endl. 
Kamrreria Rosewana ; acaulis, tuberibus fasciculatis subsessilibus ob- 
longis, foliis horizontaliter patentibus suborbiculatis obtusis v. sub- 
acutis, marginibus minute undulatis opacis subcarnosis, superne luride 
viridibus colore saturatiore zonatis v. variegatis, floribus paucis sessi- 
libus radicalibus fasciculatis erectis albis, petalis obovatis obtusis, 
antico profunde 2-lobo. 
Kamprerta Rosewana. Wall. in Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1212. 
Now that the beautiful foliage of many new and little 
known Scitaminee is bringing them into notice as objects of 
horticultural interest, it is important to give figures of the 
well-established species, of which the present is one of the 
oldest and most beautiful. Though belonging to the same 
genus as the aromatic Galanga and the Zedoary, both highly 
prized in Hindoo medicine, perfumery, and cookery, the pre- - 
sent species has no sensible qualities in its root or leaves, 
and its only claim to notice resides in its beautifully-mottled 
foliage. It is a native of Burma, was discovered by the late 
Dr. Wallich in 1826, and sent to the Horticultural Gardens, 
where it first flowered in 1829. The Royal Gardens are in- 
debted to Messrs. Veitch for the beautiful specimen here 
figured, which has continued flowering in a tropical stove for 
several weeks. 
SEPTEMBER Ist, 1866. 
