Quid. ^. MONANDRIA MÓNOGYNLKE. 5? 
COSTUS. Schreb. gen. No. 4. 
Corolla with the interior border of one, campanulate, back-cleft 
lobe. Filament lanceolate, with the double anther attached far below 
dts apex. Capsule three-valved, three-celled. Seeds numerous, aril- - 
led. Embryo simple, and furnished with both qq and vitellus. 
ch C. speciosus. Smith in Trans. of Linn. Soc. 1.240. Linn. Sp. Pi. 
ed. Willd. 1.11. 
.— Leaves sub- sessile, spirally ori pou — vilkas un- 
derneath. - 
- -Tjana-Kua. Rheed. mal. 1. Pr 15. fs E 
-siana speciosa. Gmel. 9. : 
Herba ena hirsuta. Ron amb. 6. > 343.1. 64, n ae 
Sans. RAR : :, Kemooka. 
Hind. and Beng. Keoo. 
Banksia speciosa of Dr. Konig, see Retz. obs. 4. 75. ; 
This is one of the most elegant looking plants of the vituni or 
der Scitaminea. It is 2 native of moist shady places, such as the low 
banks of water courses, &c. Flowers during the wet season. 
Obs. Kinig’s description agrees so well with my plant, that I have. 
scarcely any thing to add: the chief differences are, 
ist. Mine is generally from three to four feet high, mida spi- 
rally, with the leaves spirally disposed up and round the stem. _, 
2d. In this the spike is at all times erect, and rigid; from about 
3 three to six inches long. 
3d. There is nothing like a crown to the anthers; and 
4th. The stigma-consists of two, broad, glutinous lips, which gape 
wide while the pollen is shedding; between them is evidently seen 
with the naked eye, the mouth of the perforated style; on the back 
of the upper lip are seen the two white glands mentioned by König- 
impute his not taking notice of the two large lips of the stigma, to 
nis having examined the flowers sometime after they were gathered, : 
_ when they coalesce. 
The fresh roots are mee insipid. The natives make a preserve 
