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SCITAMINEAE. LXVIH. ZINGIBERACEAE. 



vaginam longitudinaliter lissam, rarissim 

 clausam, ore ligula instructam v. nutlam 

 formante , lamina plana , Iata , integerrima, 

 nervo medio valido, utrinqtie nervos secun 

 darios simplicissimos, obliqtios v. fere trans 

 versos , apice inctirvos exserente. Inllores 

 centia radicalis v. terminalis , densins la 

 xiusve spicata, raeemosa v. paniculata. 



Flores Iiermapliroditi, irregulares , ii 

 axillis bractcariim spatliiformium, membra 

 nacearnm , nudi v. saepius bracteati. 



Perigomijm duplex, utrumque epigyntim 

 cxterius (calya^) brevius, plerumque co 

 loralum, tubuiosiim , tubo intcgro v. Iiinc 

 fisso , limbo tridentato v. plus minus profun- 

 de trifido ; i n t e r i 11 s (corolla) c r o 1 1 i n u m, 

 ttibulosum , t u b pltis minus longo , 1 i m b i 

 sexpartiti 1 a c i n i i s biseriatis , trib 

 terioribus subaequalibus, v. diiabus la- 

 tcralibus intcr se aequalibus, tcrtia antica (re 

 supinatione postica.) situ formaque nonniliil 

 diversa, interioribus lateralibus rarissi 

 me exterioribus conformibus , plerumque mi 

 nimis , dentieuliformibus v. plane abortivis 

 postica (labelto) majore v. maxima, plan; 

 v. interdum saccata, integra v. bi-triloba. 



Stamen unicum, ccrollac laciniae cxte- 

 riori posticae e rcgione labelli inscrtum. F i 

 I a m e n t u m linearc, planum v. carinatum, sae 

 pius ultra antberarum loculos longe lateqm 

 productum, indivisum v. lobatum, margiiiibns 

 nudtim v. appendicibus auctum, basi liberum 

 v. cum corollae laciniis interioribus coltaerens, 

 aut etiam antice cum labelli basi tiibulatiim. 

 Antliera bilocularis, terminalis , crecta v. 

 incumbens, aut plcrtimqtie filamento demis- 

 sitts inserta; loculis parallclis, plus nii- 

 nus a se remotis , marginalibus v. intramar- 

 giiialihus, toto dorso adnatis , basi solufis 

 muticis, v. in appendicem brevem calcarifor- 

 mem productis , longitudinnliter dehiscenti- 

 bus. Follin is granula globulosa, laevia. 



Ovamcm inferum , triloculare , rarissimc 

 bi- v. uniloculare. Ovula plurima , in lo- 

 culorum angulo centrali bi -pluriseriata, ho- 

 rizontalia, anatropa, in ovariis uni-bilocu- 

 laribus solitaria , c basi erecta. Stylus fili- 

 IVrrois, inter anlberae loctilos transiens , et 

 saepius ab iisdcm retentus, basi glandulis 

 carnosis epijynis, ut pliirimttm duobtis plus 

 mintis distinctis, rarius in anntilum vaginu- 

 laeformem conflucntibus, stipatus. S t i g m a 

 terminale, capitato-incrassatum, saepissime in- 

 ftindibuliformi - excavalum. 



Capscla infera, perigonii rudimcntis stt- 

 perata, membranacea v. rarius crustacea , in- 

 terdum baccata, trilocularis , loculicido- tri- 

 valvis, disscpimentis saepissime centralibus 

 dciuiim ab axi valvularum solutis, substantia 



diversis, rarissime bi- v. unilocularis, indc- 

 hiscens. 



Semiisa in frtictu tmi- biloculari in locttlis 

 solitaria, e basi erccta et eosdem replentia* 

 in fructti trilocitlari plnrima; stlbrotunda,pres- 

 sione mtittia angtilata , nuda v. arillo brevi 

 rarnoso, umbilicum basilarom excavattim re- 

 cludente stipata. Testa cartilaginea , sac- 

 pius rtigulosa, rhaphe et chalaza vix maniie- 

 stis. Albtimcn farinaceum, substantia ra- 

 diata, vcrsus iimbilicnni deficiens. Vitel- 

 lus carnosus, siibinfimdibiiliforiiiis, iunbili- 

 co contrarius, basi pro exsertione extremita- 

 tis radicularis embryonis perforatus. 



Emiirito orthotropus , axilis , teretiuscu- 

 ltis, apice a vitello vaginatus, ncc ei cohae- 

 rens, cxtremitate radiculari nnibili- 

 cnm attingente, e vitello exserta , nec ab al- 

 buminc inclusa. 



Amomeae omnes tropicae, pluri- 

 mae asiaticae, pauciores americanae, 

 in Africa rarissimae, ob tubera et rhizo- 

 mata succis propriis aromaticis v. rcsinosis 

 scatentia, ct embryonis vitelltim in plurimis 

 aromaticum celebrantur... Genera omnia dcnuo 

 accurate examinanda. 



SECTIO I. GLOBBAE Blttme Enum. 

 planl. Jav. I. 62. Herbae rhizocarpicae ; in- 

 floresccntia terminali , laxe paniculata , race- 

 mosa v. spicata. 



1«*1. KlollllR /,/W. Calyx laxe tulm- 

 losus, trifidtis. CoroIIae tubus grarilis, limbi 

 teriores subacquales, interio- 

 angustac v. minimac denticulifor- 



inlcgr 



lineare , 



r e s laterales 

 mes; labclli 

 tnbnlatnm. F 



elongatum , ultra anthc 

 ric appendiculatam baud productum. Ovarium 

 inferum, scptis incnmpletis unilorulare. Ovtila 

 in placcntis parictalilius tribus plurima, adscen- 

 dcntia, anatrnpa. Stylus filiformis, intcr an- 

 tbcriic liiruliis tiailsiciis ; stigma infiintlilllllifiir 



Capsula nniincularia, tvivalvis, valvis mc- 



dio seininifcris. Scmina plurima, arillata. 



Hcrbac asiaticae tropicae, annuae , humiles ; 

 fuliis distichis, membranaceis , lanceolatis , vaginis 

 fissis , injlorescentia terminali, laxc fasciculata , ra- 

 mosa v. spicata. 



Globba Linn. gen. n. 1287. Roac. in I.inn. Transact. 

 Tfl. 353. Scilam. t.40. Rot, Mag. t.USH. Smilh exot. Bot. 

 117. f a.c. Roku. Corom, t.228.229. Asial. Research. XI. 

 S. Blnme Enamerat. pl. Jav. I. €2. C a t i m b i u m Juss. 

 n. 62. _ Hurn Kouig in Betz. observ. III. 49. _ Co- 

 brottliR Don Cat. hort. cantahr. 1. C e r a t an t h e r a 

 Horneiu. Ilorl. hafn. I.2.etS. I o b b a m a r a n t i u a Linii. 

 i exot.Bot. t.103. Fisther in Act. JHoeq. I. 23. t.2. f. 



Krnu 



sp. Roxb. 



t. 230. Roi 



SECTIO II. ZINGIBERA Blume£n«»i. 

 plant. Jav. I. 41. Ilcrbae rliizocarpicae; ra- 

 dicibus carnosis, tuherosis, inflorescentia dcn- 

 se spicata. 



!«««. Zinglher GJRTN. Calyx tubn- 

 s, hinc fissus. Corollac tubus brcvis, lim- 



