Kempferia.. : MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. : 17 
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Root biennial, tuberous, with numerous ramous fibres from every 
part.—Stems none — Leaves radical „numerous, sessile, linear-lanceo- 
late, keeled ; margins entire, and much waved; striated lengthways 
with darker and lighter coloured green, smooth. in every part; 6-8- 
inches long, and about one broad.— Spikes hid in the centre of the 
leaves, bearing from 4 to 6 large, beautiful flowers i in succession.— 
Bractes two or three to each flower; one or two interior embrace 
the germ laterally, the exterior one is larger, all much pointed, and of 
nearly the same length. — Calyx: superior, 0 one-leaved, half the length 
of the tube of the corol,. „opening “obliquely, (spathe like,) near the 
apex, whieh 1 isa gage mati piir y l; Tube very long, : and slen- 
done, Re as in À E 4 A 
and pistil as in thè last quoted species. i 
Obs. The root is used as a medicine for. cattle, by the fe ri 
Bengal. 
4. K. ie is Re? 
Leaves petioled, broad-lanceolate, smooth. ‘Spike central. Corol ; 
with the upper segments of the inner border — the inferior one 
much larger, and panduriform. ; 
Zerumbet claviculatum. Rumph. amb. 5. Be 179. t. FA" li and I 
could almost wish to quote Manja-kua, Rheed. mal. 11. p. 19. t. ii. 
although referred to already by Linneus for Curcuma rotunda, a plant 
Ihave never met with, if this be. not it. 
From Sumatra, this beautiful plant was icai D. Charles Compe p. 
bell to the Botanic Garden at falutis mhea it hlossomps during 
the rains; chiefly in August. > -4 rs Meee > 
Root perennial, tuberous like ginger, ien ofa a Vtlembly, bright yel- — 
low colour ; from this, straight, slender, fusiform, paler coloured ; pos : 
tions descend deep into.the soil .— Stems scarcely any ; height of ne 
plant about a foot and a half.— Leaves. bifarious, . petioled, obl bl 
acute, smooth; deeper green on the upper surface; veins p 
‘tas 
pretty. „conspicuous ; length nnii to, ed SEDE: 
