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_ 3d. There is nothing like a crown to the anthers ; and, 
4ih, The stigma consists of two, broad, glutinous lips, 
which gape wide while the pollen is shedding ; between 
them is evidently seen with the naked eye, the mouth of the 
perforated style; on the back of the upper lip are seen the 
two white glands mentioned by Konig. . I impute his not 
taking notice of the two large lips of the stigma, to his hay- 
ing examined the flowers sometime after they were gather- 
ed, when they coalesce. 
The -fresh roots are almost insipid. The natives make a 
preserve of them, which they deem wholesome, and nutri- 
tious ; the dry root does not at all resemble the Costus ara-. 
diene of the shops. 
ALPINIA. Schreb. gen. No. 5. 
‘Corolla with the interior border unilabiate. Anther dou- 
ble, naked. Capsule berried, three-celled. Seeds few, or 
many, arilled. Embryo _— ae fone wan: both 
— and vatellos, oe es ce 
SECT. I. Milercicence terminal. 
1. A ‘Galanga. Linn. sp. pl. ed. Willd: 1. 12. Roscoe in 
Trans. of Linn, Soc, 8. 345. ; 
. ‘Perennial. Leaves sessile, broad-lanceolar. Panicle ter- 
minal, Lip oblong, unguiculate ; apex bifid. Capsule obo- 
vate, smooth ; seeds few. 
Galanga major. Rumph, Amb. 5. t. 63. 
Sans. Koolunyoga, Dhumoola, i esccsaeaiis 4 Kool 
juna, Soogundha, Muhabhura-vucha. wae 
Hind, Koolinjan. yes Tce 
bis oe Kholinjan, or Khoolunjan, Soe a 
species. fr to the ‘Bossic vinden. near Calcutta, oe 
where the white: thrive remarkably well, and are in ble $01 
