18 MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA.  _Kempfer'ia. 
-«» Root -biennial, tuberous, -with, numerous ramous fibres — 
from every) part. Stems none. ‘ Leaves radical, numerous, — 
’ sessile, linear-lanceolate, keeled.;' margins entire, and much 
waved ; striated lengthways, with darker and lighter colour- 
_ ed. green, smooth in every part; from six to eight inches long, 
and about one broad. Spikes hid in the centre of the leaves, 
-bearing, from four to six large, beautiful flowers: in succes-— 
sion.  Bractes two or three to each flower; one or, two inte- 
rior embracethe germ laterally, the exterior. one is larger, all 
much. pointed,,and of nearly the same length, Calyx supe- 
rior, one-leayed, half the length of the tube of the: corol, 
opening. obliquely,, (spathe-like,) near the apex, which is a 
single acute-point, Corol; tube. very. Jong, and, slender, 
elevating the border about two inches. above the penrths 
border double, &¢,:as in. K. rotunda,: Neetarial filaments of 
Konig, stamens, and pistil as in the last quoted, species. . mt 
_ Obs. . The root is used as a medicine for, eases hv the 
people of Bengal, owe 
» 4, K. pandurata. .R. 
ag) Leaves petioled, broad-lanceclate, seek “Spike seatek 
Corol, with the upper segments of the, inner border —. 
‘the inferior one much larger, and panduriform. si 
- Zerumbet claviculatum. Reenphe Arb, he me 172. ¢..69. £1 1; 
aks I could almost wish to quote Manja. a, Rheed..Mal. — 
11. p..19. t. ii, although referred to already, By Linneousfor 
Curcuma — tT ew I have never met with, if this be 
notit. Bs oe 
_ From i ‘thie beautiful pias was sent by Dr. Charles 
Campbell to the Botanic garden at ny where it seo 
soms during the rains, chiefly in August.» ey, 
Root perennial, tuberous: like! ginger, iecedianshinty 
sesh yellow colour; from this, straight, slender, fusiform, _ 
paler coloured portions descend deep into the soil Stems 
vada ewe ahs the lan. about« footanda hale 
