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~ Class and Order. 
Monanpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
Anthera duplex. Filamentum extra antheram elongatum, 
apice subulatum, sulcatum. Stylus in sulco anther receptus. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
ZinGIBER Serumbet ; bracteis ovatis obtusis, laciniis corolle 
erectis acutis, nectario bilobato. Roscoe in Lin. Soc. 
Transact. 8. p. 348. Smith Exot. Bot. 2. p. 105. t. 112. 
Zincisrr Serumbet ; caule declinato, foliis approximatis ses- 
silibus lanceolatis, spicis compactis strobiliformibus. 
Roxb. in Asiat. Research. 11. p. 344. 
Amomum Zerumbet. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p.6. Persoon Syn. 
1. p.2. Jacq. Hort. Vind. 3. p. 30. t. 54. 
Amomum scapo nudo, spica oblonga obtusa. Hort. Cliff. 3. 
Mill. icon. 17. t. 26. Ehret Pict. t. 14.7.1. Murray 
nov. Comm. Goetting. v. 6. p. 26. t. 2. 
ZerumBet. Blackw. Herb. t. 402. 
Zineiwer latifolium sylvestre. Herm. Hort. Lugd. p. 636. t. 
637. 
Zinerwer spurium. Rets. Obs. 3. p. 60. 
Lampusum. Rumph. Amb. 5. p. 1A8. t. 64.f. 1. 
Katou Inscut-Kua. Hort. Malab. v. 11. p. 27. t. 13. 
This species of Gixcer isa native of the East-Indies, where 
it is found both wild and in gardens, but is not cultivated for 
culinary purposes, the root being bitter, and possessing a 
much weaker and less pungent aroma than the true Gin + 
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