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flowers, which expand in succession for a long time after the. first, 
—Calyxz superior, colour of the bractes, three-toothed. —Corol with 
a double border; exterior three-parted, pale pink, with deeper rosy 
apices; upper piima oval, incumbent; lower, two linear-oblong, 
xevolute, with the 3picen rounded. Inner 4 p large, ovate-cordate, Qb- 
scwrely three-lobed, lateral lobes. Aucurved. into a large companys 
late tube ; apex of the interior | lobe bifid, margins curled; at the base 
are two spurs which, embrace, the. base ofthe style, colour of the whole . 
a mixture of deep orange y yellow, with a dark crimson „ground; and 
veins.— Germ.beneath, oval, hairy, three-celled, with many ovulain 
each, attached, to the inner edge. of. 
first expansion.of the flower erect through the fissure ofthe apex « 
the ‘anther ; ; afterwards, as the style, lengthens, its a : Anyo- 
lute; and throws the- -stigma under the anther.—N. "tar 
.&wo, square, fluted, fleshy bodies Within the tube, on the apex o be 
germ, embracing the base of the style.. . sig 
Obs, This is no doubt one of the most gaudy of our East Indian 
Scitamineg. At multiplies itself by the root very fast, grows quickly, 
and continues to panes its numerous, large, elegant, drooping | pa- 
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Leaves short-petioled, Ae polished. Racemes erect, 
r our d. lap three-lobed, base spurless. Capsule buried. Seeds 
numerous, angular. Aril evanescent. s : 
Found, indigenous i in the forests oF Prince of Wales Island. by Mr. 
W. Roxburgh, and from thence introduced i into ‘the Botanic Garden 
near Calcutta, . where it flowers about the beginning of te rains, 
. and ripens its. seed. from October till January. — 
; Stems numerous, erect, involved i in the sheaths of the leaves, from 
four to six feet. high, generally biennial, as they do not perish tá 
after the. seed is ripe.— Leaves alternate, bifarious, short-peti 
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narrow-lanceolar acute, polished, and entire, from ten to i ^n 
