20 CO *OMONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Curcuma. 
7. K. linearis. Wall. i20 : 4 
~ Caulescent. - Leaves sessile, dks stig Flow. | 
ers terminal, few... Crest entire. 
Differs from the preceding species in thine a iihi wre, 
Leaves scarcely one-third of an inch broad, tapering ‘into a filiform 
point.—Ligule divided to their base into two linear spreading seg- 
ments, which give the leaves the ébpscafiots of. Meine: stipuled.— . ; 
Sheaths close. T 
Obs. In the structure of their dtt thin: iid Haha 
* flowers these two plants are so much like Kempferia, that I have not 
considered myself warranted in separating them; though the cha- 
racter of that genus as it now stands differs in the shape of the crest, | 
which in our plants is perfectly. entire; -and on this account, resem- 
bling that of Costus. Their, ‘general babit p par take ; of th that of Globba. 
If fate e examinations, ‘especially, o f living specimens, should con- 
firm them as species of Kampferia, the generic SIM ctor of this ge- 
nus,as wellas of Costus, mi üg perhaps be advantageously modified 
in respect , to the shape. o the filament, and the species of the form- é 
er arranged in. the following. manner. 
E. Stemless, : with. a divided crest, 5 angie 
mt L—K. B Vus - mieu with à an entire 
2,—ovalifglia, pa 6 Ife a ee. “forest 
; ..S.—rotunda,. : a E 7 —linearis 45$ qois ati P. 
K di pm =e ou. wate ue 
i^n CURCUMA. Lom genept. ed. Sdrei- No. 8 8. a 
sels with both borders three- ther » ba 
TENS Capsule three-celled! Seed numerous, aril 
simple, and eed with boil perisperm' ‘and vit Mi ii 
Bulbs Ibs and palmate tubers aaa sn rovat iia 
sad-lanceolar, a dark purple cloud down the mid- 
- Flowers shorter than their bractes. 
