16 VX" MONOGYNIA. Kempferia, 
teat, or continuation of the filament above the anther. Stig- j 
ma funnel-shaped. Nectarial filaments of Konig two, fili- | 
form, erect, pretty long, embracing the lower part of the — 
— Pericarp ; \never saw it ripen. 
Obs. The roots possess an agreeable, fragrant smell, on 
somewhat warm, bitterish, aromatic taste; the Hindoos use — 
them not only as a perfume, but also enbdichnl dy: a are 7 
unknown to our -_ cil in —— 
"Oo 3 sb? Tit sp. pl. ed. Willd. 1. 1b. | 
~ Leaves oblong, coloured, Spike radical, appearing before 
‘the leaves, Upper segment — — = ese oa 
lanceolar, and acute. ce M 
Malan-Kua. Rheed. Mal. 11. p. 17. t. a ISL 1. 
Sans. Bhoo-chumpuca. See Asiat. Res. iv. 242. 
~~ Beng. and Hind. Bhooi-champa or Bhoo-champa, 
“This elegant plant is very generally foynd cultivated in — 
gardens on account of the beauty and fragrance of its flowers, 
and though no doubt a native of various parts of India, yet 
I cannot say where it is indigenous, Flowering time in our 
— March and April, at which — the — veal o | 
ties a foot apa eeeae from four to six 2 
broad. Petioles sheathing; united: into a pre eager 
~Curcuma.  Scapes just sufficient to elevate the flowers above 
the eatehs eniiced by a few common sheaths, of a greenish 
purple colour. Flowers sessile, from four to six to the ’— 
scape, or spike, very large, fragrant; colour of various — 
shades of purple, and white. Bractes two to each flower, ; 
surrounding the base of the germ ; the inner one has itsapex 
-two-parted ; the exterior, or longest is here only abouthalf — 
_ the length of the calyx, Calyx above, snpeesitee ae c 
as the tube ofthe’ coro, ‘seen - a 
