318 



ENTTMEBATION OF [Zingiber ace<s. 



• Hab. Ehualagoddo, near Eatnapoora, at no great elevation. 



2-4-pedale. Folia (in meis specim.) circiter 6 poll, longa, 1-1 ^ poll, lata, petiolo 

 4 lin. longo. Rkizomata repentia, cum pedunculis brevibus, squamts rotundatis 

 bracteisi\\\t rufescentia. Flores lutei, rubro-tincti. 



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Sect. %-^Florihus laxe spicatis velpaucis. 



6. A. pulchellum, Thw. ; foUis oblongis, -atrinque acutis, membra- 

 naceis, minute reticulatis, prater eostam subtus pilosam glabris, petio- 

 latis ; liquids bifidte lobis brevibus, rotundatis ; peduncuhs elongatis, 

 procurabentibus, raraosis, squamis oblongis obtusis subriabris amplec- 

 tentibus tectis ; floribus quam bractea; multo longionbus ; antherce 

 crista majuscula, semicirculari ; capsulis rotundatis, leviter 9-costati3. 



c.v. 2736. 



3000 



feet. 



1-2-pedale. Folia ^-2 ped. longa, 24-5 poll, lata, petiolo |-8 poll, longo. 

 Corolla laciniffi exteriores piiberulte, inter se subscquales, Imeares, obtuse, paJliaffi, 

 venis 3 fulvis. Labellum rotundatum, roseo-purpureum, disco flavo, 3-lobuni, lobo 

 intermedio retuso. Jnfhera loculi glabri, ad apicem vix divergentes, cmta roseo- 

 purpurea. Capsula 6 lin. in diam., rubrae. 



7. A. hypoleucum, Thw. ifoliis oblongo-lanceolatis, utrinque acutis, 

 acuminatis, supeme glabris nitidis, subtus adpresse canescenti-pilosis, 

 petiolatis ; liffula brevi, obtusa, apice biloba ; sca2)is secus rhizoma re- 

 pens elongatum sparsis, brevibus, 3-floris ; capsulis rotundatis, 9-c03- 



tatis. — c.p. 3532. , x- f 



Hab. Damp forests of tbe Central Province, up to an elevation ol 



4000 feet. 



2-5-pedale. Folia i-2-pedaIia, petiolo 1-3 poll, longo. Fractea ovata;, retusse, 

 jimcroiiulatfe, pallida;, glabrae, floribus multo breviores. Corollcs lacima; extcnorea 

 albidfc, inter se suba;quales, oblongse, obtusie, SEcpe mucronatas. Labellum rotun- 

 datum, rctusum, disco flavo rubro-tincto. Jntkera loculi glabri, ad apicem vix cu- 

 vergcntes, crista semilunari. Capsula rub roe, poUicares. 



6. ELETTARIA, Ebeede. 



Sect. 1. — Spiels laxifioris. 



1. E. Cardamomum, White, (Blume, Enum. i. p. 51 ; Miq. Flor. 



Ind. Bat. iii. p. 600, cum syn.) ,. p -r -no 



Yar.^ ifollis parum latioribus firmioribusque; capstihs fusiiormiDus. 

 £. major. Smith.— An Elettari, Eheed. Hort. Mai. xi. t. 6 P— c.p. ^«i- 

 Hab. Var. /3. Forests in the Central and Southern Provinces, up to 

 an elevation of 3000 feet. Norn. vulg. " Ensal." Var. a occurs m 

 Ceylon only as a cultivated plant ; it is called by the Cinghalese llata- 

 cnsal. . 



^A careful comparison of growing specimens satisfies me that the plants P™ducmg 

 respectively the round and the long cardamoms of commerce are not distinct spece 

 but merely varieties of the present species. In every essential particnlar the sw 

 ture is similar in the two plants, the only difference being that var. a, wliicn pi - 

 duces the round cardamom, is a little taller, with rather narrower and less nr 

 leaves, and that its fruit is more aromatic as well as different in form ^'O"} "';' • 

 var. 0. The seeds of both varieties are used by the Cinghalese to chew witn mt 

 bet«l, and as mediciues. 



