of Amomum exfcapttm s as figured in the Annals of Botanv, 

 voK i. pi. 13. 



The college of phyficians, both of London and Edinburgh, 

 upon the authority of Linn/eus, have referred the Zedoary 

 of the fhops to this plant ; but the form of the roots as they 

 occur at our druggifts correfponds much better with thofe of 

 Amomum Zeruvibct. But the roots of the larger Galangale, 

 which Loureiro fuppofes to be fold indifcriminately for Ze- 

 doary or Galangale, are, at leafl as they occur in our fhops, 

 totally different. Dr. Roxburgh thinks that his Curcuma 

 Zcdoaria yields the Zedoary ; and we have obferved, that the 

 ufual fophiftication of this drug is by mixing Turmeric 

 (Curcuma longa) with it. 



Being a native of the Eaft- Indies, it requires the warmth of 

 a frove. Propagated by cuttings. 



From the Bankfian Herbarium we learn that it flowered at 

 Spring-Grove in 1793, a year or two before which time, as 

 we are informed by Mr. Dry and er, it was introduced to 

 this country by Sir George Yonge, Bart. 



Our drawing was taken from a plant, at the Botanic Garden, 

 Brompton. 



