352 Mr. Roscox's New Arrangement of the Plants of the 
Intherto united under the common name of Amomum, yet further 
observations on living plants will be necessary to ascertain their 
specific distinctions. A specimen of the plant on which the 
genus Amomum was founded by Linnzeus is preserved in his her- 
- barium ; the flower of which I have, by the favour of Dr. Smith, 
had an opportunity of examining; and have no hesitation in 
considering it as a distinct genus from Zingiber, and as agreeing 
in its generic distinctions with the Amomum angustifolium of Son-_ 
nerat, and with several others which will be enumerated amongst 
the species. In the trilobate apex of the filament this genus 
may be thought to resemble Curcuma ; but the difference be- 
tween them consists in the anthera being placed in Curcuma on 
the middle segment ef the filament ; whilst in Amomum it oc- 
cupies the entire filament ; and in the Linnean specimen the two 
lobes of the anthera seem to be placed near the margins of the 
filament, and only to approach each other by their being rolled 
in to receive the style. To this it may be added that the middle 
segment or. the filament i is in some Bs eee = Amomum bifid. 
a5: Ea i 
A. cardamondi Er He dog | a 
Spica radicali etn: obovata, foliis obovato-ellip- 
ticis cuspidatis. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 1. 8. 
| Mino verum. Ger. emac. 1548. f. 6. 
Amomo legitimo degli antichi. Pona’ Baldo. 50. 
Cardamomum minus. Rumph. Amb. v. 5. 122. 
7'^teb.65. f. 1. Bont Hist. Nat; 196. cum icone 
- (exclusá capsulá, que c — medii est). 
cuc minus. Gert. tab. g^ | 
; + These synonyms have been | settled i gi inem i ios a comparison c a authentic 
specimens. : > A Sart | ; 
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