40 MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA, Amomum,. 
ly three-lobed, yellow; and about as long as the» exterior 
border, Filament broad, particularly, toward the base, — 
where it has’a small coloured hornlet on each side, . Anther 
double, surmounted. with a large, three-toothed  coronet. 
Germ clavate, obscurely three-sided, three-celled, with many 
ovula in each, attached to the partitions, Stigma funnel- 
shaped, somewhat bilabiate. Nectarial bodies of Konig 
are here aterm and Jonger than in the other species, 
a a ‘aiiieaseas es } 
Leaves sub-sessile, condatellebnbolate Spikes obasiibe) is 
even with the ground. Lip oval, ventricose. Crest amply — 
three-lobed. Capsules echinate. — re ; 
A native of the Malay Archipelago. ult was raised from 
seed sent to the Botanic garden at Calcutta by Mr. W. Rox- 
burgh, in 1802, where the plants blossom in April and May; 
and ripen their seed in October and November. _ 
Root. perennial, tuberous like ginger, with many, thick; 3 
fleshy fibres. Stems a little recurvate, the thickness of a 
walking cane, slightly pubescent ; from five to ten-feet high. 
Leaves alternate, bifarious, very short-petioled, cordate-lance- 
olate, mucronate, smooth, dark green; generally from twelve 
to eighteen inches long, and from three to four inches broad. 
Sheaths half stem-clasping, villous on the. outside, hagas 
short, and of a semi-lunar shape. Seapes issuing fi 
base of the stem, under the surface of the ground, cwliere i. 
joins the root, diverging a little way under the surface of the 
earth, invested in oval, fleshy scales; those next to the spike 
longer, and more pointed. — Spikes obovate, rising obliquely 
among, or near the stems, just so much as to elevate its 
flower-bearing apex above the surface of the earth, Flowers 
numerous, and expand in succession ; prevailing colour deep 
orange. Bractes; exterior sinitabelaih Inear-oblong, length 
of the tube of the corol ; inner tubula with two-toothed mar=_ 
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