= | : MONANDRIA  oóoYNIA. 
a part of the perisperm, ofa Fovidish shape, hard 
chop | 
F caters; NH de: white — Calyx superior, ETTA 
E than the tube of the corol, three-cleft, and like the bractes very perish- 
: able Corol y Tube short, the three exterior segments of the border | 
E forma vault over the suthgs, they are linear-oblong, and nearlysequal. | 
P Lip broad-oval ,emargináte ; mar marginscurled ; ; white, with a little yellow - 
in the centre.— Filament short. Anther linear, crowned with am en- 
- ^ tire, broad, ‘truncate, pure white crest.— Germ short:pedicelled; three- 
1 celled, &c. dás in the’ genus.— Capsules ovate-oblong, size of a nuts ee 
3 meg, hee e bee Un but 1 have not observed them sepa- — 
: us, bitóra and diei. 
g- 
` bryo sub-cylindric,its apex immersed in the vitellus, ana e base atthe’ 
Obs. The seeds of this plant are insipid, whereas those of Amomum 
1 - umbilicus. 
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4 
E 
of Cardamom. 
E. | cde 
FG AS A A ud qo dein ch 
EC Leaves lanceolar, ‘smooth. " Spikes ind cinia vit a 
3 ug subuilate point of the bractes, calyx, and : JMPPEF Segment of th : 
of the corol. Lip oblong : 
E WA Div of the lower range of n mountains En E the pl 
E «of Bengal on the north, where i it grows. on i the degen 
. 9f water between the hills. Fi lowering t in the B 
E. ; near Calcutta, ecd and an 
of the ‘soil, &c. as in the genus, and amply furnished. with jun 
strong fibres. — Stems erect about. three or four feit igh 
as thle d as s the litile finger. — Leaves s alternate, 
E eaths, narrow-lanceolar, finely acuminate, deep gres 
pers tuberous, creeping at; a. small ‘distance. dde. the 
- ma. rimum, which is nearly allied to it, are aromate, ae pus fora sort 
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