C 920 ] 



ICempferia Rotunda. Round-Rooted 

 Galangale. 



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C/tf/} j»i/ Order. ■ 



MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Generic Charatler. 



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

 tulis, unica bipartita. Stigma, 2-lamellatum. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms, 



K^EMPFERIA rotunda; foliis lanceolatis petiolatis. Flor. 



Zeyl. 9. Mat. Med. p. 35. Sp. PL 3. Willi. 



15. Reich. 5. IVoodville Med. Bot. 361. /. 



*Z%' Roxb. Corom. PL 

 KjEMPFERIA longa. Jacq. Bart. Schoenb. 317. Redoute 



Lit. 49. 

 ZEDOARIA rotunda. Bank. Pin. 36. Rait FUJI. 1340. 



Blackzveily t. 399. 

 MALANKUA. Rheed. Mai. 11. p. 17. /. 9. 



We have no doubt but that this plant is the K/empferia 

 rotunda of Linn.eus, and as little that it is the fame as is 

 figured by Jacquin in his magnificent work the Hortus 

 Schoenbrunnenfis, andfinceby Redou te in his Liliacees under 

 the name of K ,-em pferia longa. Upon what grounds J acq u i n 

 considered it as a different fpecies we can form no conjeclure. 

 the flowers appear early in the fpring, fomc time before 

 e leaves, and have a very pleafing (cent, efpecially as they 

 dry. Tliey grow immediately from the root, feveral in fuc* 

 ceilion, but feldom more than one or two are open at the fame 

 • ime. Xhe organs of fructification are very fimilar to thpfe 



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