of the Monandrous Plants of India. 215 
pandurata. At the same time I have great pleasure in finding 
that the plant figured by Van Rheede, which had been classed as 
a Curcuma, but which I conjectured to be a Kempferia, is found, 
on such indisputable authority, to belong to that genus. 
If the foregoing remarks be well founded, few if any additions 
are in fact made by Dr. Roxburgh to the species of any of the pre- 
ceding genera; but this is amply compensated in the genus Cur- 
cuma, which, as he remarks, are the most easil y distinguished of all 
the scitaminean tribe, and of whose habit, growth, and inflores- 
cence he has given a very full and satisfactory account. Of this 
genus Dr. Roxburgh describes fourteen species ; eleven of which 
appear to be now first ascertained. In his arrangement of them 
some difficulties, however, present themselves. For his first sp. 
C. zedoaria, he refers to Willdenow, vol. i. p. 7, Amomum zedoaria, 
on a reference to which we find the Hort. Mal. xi. 7. cited for a 
figure of the plant, which Willdenow has characterized by the 
epithet bona; and as there is no other figure or author referred 
to by Dr. Roxburgh, we may presume the plant to be ascertained 
beyond a doubt. But on proceeding to his next species, C. ze- 
rumbet, we find the same plate of the Hort. Mal. xi. tab. 7, referred 
to by Dr. R. as a figure of this plant also; a circumstance which 
leaves us stillin doubt as to which of the two plants is there repre- 
sented. Forafurther explanation as to his Zerumbet, Dr. Roxburgh . 
has referred us to the figure in Rumphius Hort. Amboyn. v. tab.68. ; 
but this, again, is the very figure to which Willdenow has referred 
(with a query) for his Zedoaria. In order to clear up this diff- 
eulty, we must have recourse to other authorities, and fortu- 
nately these will furnish us with sufficient materials for that pur- 
pose. Mr. Salisbury, in his Paradisus Londinensis, has described 
four species of Curcuma cultivated in this country ; viz. 1. Longa, 
figured in the Hort. Vindob.of Jacquin. 2. The true Zedoary, accu- 
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