$54 Mr. Roscoz's New Arrangement of the Plants of the 
A. Afzelii. Scapo brevissimo, floribus aggregatis, foliis distanti- 
.bus ovato-acuminatis integerrimis glabris.. 
Amomum exscapum. Sims. 
Fig. Annals of Botany, No. 3. tab. 13. 
CURCUMA. 
Anthera duplex, bicalcarata. Filamentum qeialiormoe triloba- 
tum, medio antheriferum, SOS 
Tas. XX. Fig. 12. 
This genus is not less distinguished from Amomum and Zingi- 
ber (with which it has often been confounded) by its general 
habit and inflorescence, than by the parts of its fructification. 
In all the species the leaves are radical; but Zingiber and Amomum 
are both caulescent. Curcuma flowers from a simple scapus. 
The flowers are enveloped in large loose bractez, and not in com- 
pact scales a as in ue. From some circumstance, not easy to 
four barren stamina ange one fertile Stamens. a ppouedirity. which 
no subsequent inquirer has been able to discover. Mr. Dryander 
supposes that the generic character of Linneus was derived from 
his Curcuma rotunda, the Manja Kua of the Hortus Malabaricus*, 
which I have already referred to as Kempferia ovata. 
c. Zedoaria. Foliis ovatis acuminatis, bracteis emarginatis. 
. Amomun Zedoaria. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 1. 7. 
iE Rheede Hort. Mal, v. 11. tab. 7. 
eens Obs. p. 8. "one the above igure t to be the 
P * Trans, of Lim. Soc; vol. 2. did eat s TM | 
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