Amomum. -MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA, . 2B 
subulate, and much longer than the tube of the corel. Corol ; 
exterior border of three nearly equal segments, the upper 
one ends subulately. Lip oblong, often. emarginate; mar- — 
gins a little curled, deeper yellow than the exterior segments. 
Filament flat. Anther two-lobed. and: crowned with an en- 
tire crest. Germ three-celled, with many ovula in each, at- 
tached to the thick partitions, a little removed from the axis, 
Style, stigma and nectarial scales of Konig as in the genus, - 
7. A. aromaticum, Re 
Beng. Morung Elachi. 
A native of the vallies on the eastern frontier of Bengal, 
where, as well as in the Botanic garden near Calcutta, it 
blossoms during the hot season, before the periodical, rains 
begin; and the fruit ripens in September; the capsules are 
then. citrefilly gathered by the natives, and sold to the. drug- 
gists, who dispose of them for medicinal and other purpose; 
where such spices are wanted, under the name of Morung 
elachi, or cardamon; though the seed vessel of this species 
differs in form from all hitherto: described soxts of this drug ; 
however the seeds are similar) in: — and spicy fla- 
your. ern: tage Pout ot soo ene? 
| Root tuberous, running for a small extent at a small depth 
under the’ surface of the soil, &c. as in the order.’ | Stems in 
tufts, erect, or more or less oblique according to their situation 
m the tuft, those in the: centré being nearly erect, while on 
the: outside they bend out considerably, all are covered with 
the sheaths of the leaves, general height two to three feet ; 
duration from one to two years. Leaves bifarious, lanceolar, 
acuminate, ‘smooth ; from ten to twelve inches long, and from 
two to four broad. Spikes radical, imbricated, at first cla- 
vate, afterwards becoming roundish as the fruit advances. — 
Scape. from:'o one to ‘three, oes: EES ei 
