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K.EMPFERIA GALANGA. GaLANGALE, 

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Oafs and Order, 



MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Generic Characler. 



CaL obfoletus. Cor. 6-partita : laciniis tribus majoribus pa- 

 tulis unica bipartita. Stigma bilamellatum. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



KjEMPFERIA Galanga; foliis ovatis feffilibus, laciniis co- 

 rollae externis lanceolato linearibus. 



KjEMPFERIA Galanga. Spec.Plant.fr Willd.\§. Reich.fr 

 Hort. Cliff. 2. /. 3. 



ALPINIA fejilis. Kcenig apud Retz. fafc. 3. p. 62. 



SONCORUS. Rumph. Amb. 5. p. 173. /. 69. /. 2. 



WANHOM. K<empf. Amaen. 901. /. 902. 



KATSJULA kelenger. Rheede Malab. 11. p. 81. /. 41. 



Loureiro, in his Flora Cochin-Chinenfis, has obferved, 

 that the lower fegment of the corolla, defcribed and figured 

 by Linn ^us, in his Hortus Cliffortianus, as bifid, is in reality 

 four-toothed j and Profefibr Marty n, in his Gardener's and 

 Botanift's Dictionary, has altered the defcription accordingly, 

 but our plant has the lower inner lacinia divided, into two 

 obovate fegments, and in every refpeft correfponds with the 

 defcription of Linnaeus. 



The roots of Galangale were formerly kept in the apothe- 

 cary's (hop, but in modern practice are totally difregarded. 

 They appear however to be pofiefled of considerable ftimu- 

 lating powers, and may therefore have deferved fome of the 

 reputation they have acquired in the Eaft, although of little 

 value when dried and brought to our markets, where fmular 

 and far more efficacious drugs abound. 



Introduced in 1728, by Charles Dubois, Efq. but is now 

 very rare. 



Our drawing was taken at Mr. Woodford's, at VauxhalU 

 in Auguft laft. 



