Zingiber. MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA, M7 
ed with a very large, curled, semi-lunar crest. Germ:vil- 
lous, nine-ribbed,. three-celled, &c. as in the genus. Cap- 
sule Jong, narrow, ovate-oblong, three-celled, three-valved, 
" surface even and smooth, colour a brownish-red, inside. deep- 
er and brighter, Seeds many, obovate, black, and pretty 
smooth, aril white and fleshy. Embryo simple, erect, length 
of the seed, and furnished with both — and vitellus, , 
w 
ZINC GIBER. 
Corolla with host interior border unilabiate.. Anther dou- 
ble, crowned with a single, horn-shaped,, curved. beak. 
Capsule three-celled, three-valved. . Seeds. many, arilled. 
mbryo simple, and furnished with both ere and vi- 
art. : Co Gat 
SECT. I. Spikes radical. 
1. Z. officinal, Roscoe in Trans, of Linn. Soc. viii. 348) 
 Leaves.sub-sessile, linear-lanceolate,. smooth, _ canes ele- 
al oblong ; bractes acute. Lip three-lobed. : 
. Amomum Zingiber. Rinn, sp, pl. ed, Willd. 1. 6. 
_ Sans, Ardrukum, Shringuverum. 
_ Arab, Zenjabil. , 
e: Beng. and Hind. Adraht or Ada, The dry rot Soom, 
“ ebhicaal Inschi ies Rheed, Mal, revi 21, t 12, ata 
_. Zingiber majus. Rumph. Amb, 5. p. 156, t. 66. fig. 1.. 
This plant is universally known, and cultivated over all 
the warmer parts of Asia ; where to be found indigenous I 
know not. Flowering time the rainy season ; but it is. very 
setie found: in that ants nor have I ever met + wage 
ee ga out ie beet 
