. Amomum. |. MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 9 
Sheaths embrace about three quarters of the stem, are smooth, and 
“rise in an obtuse process, (ligula,) above the insertion of the leaves. 
—Scapes from the bulb, or base of the stem, where it unites with 
the root, rather slender, from six to twelve inches long, and closely 
imbricated with many, mucronate, smooth, sheathing scales. — Spikes 
linear-oblong, about the size of a-man's thumb, imbricated with si- 
milar, but larger seales than those ofthe scape; the inner more 
deeply coloured.-— Flowers few, pretty large, and possessed ofa 
» strong spicy fragrance.—Bractes ; proper two to each flower, linear- 
oblong, inserted round the base. of the germ, like an inferior peri- 
; anth.— Calyx superior, deep blood red, smooth on both sides, slit two 
-thirds on the outside, apex obscurely three-toothed—Corol. Tube 
Basie? about as long as the bractes." Exterior border red, consist- 
ing of one large, erect, oblong, concave segment, which protects the — 
anther and stigma ; and of two inferior, very narrow segments. Lip 
obovate-cuneate,' entire, or slightly three-lobed, yellow; and about 
as long as the exterior border — filament broad, particularly: toward 
thé base, where it has a small, coloured hornleton each side. Anther 
double, surmounted with a large, three-toothed. coronet.—Germ 
clavate, obscurely three-sided, three-celled, with many ovu/a in each, 
- attached to the partitions. Stigma funnel-shaped, somewhat bilabiate. 
» Necturiat bodies of esp are here a and ems — the 
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“atò the Botanic Garden at Calcutta by Mr. W. Roxburgh, in 1802, 
^ where the plants blõssom in — and muss cd théir seedin 
"October and November. - 
-18 Roöt perennial,” tuberous like ginger, vit many, thick, fl 
^ übies.—Stezis alittle recurvatey. the thickness of a; walkin 
