 AMOMALS. 49 GINGERWORTS. 
2. 0. Zedoaria Roxburgh.—(Rounp Zepoary.) 
_ Tubers long, palmate, yellow inside ; leaves sessile, silky beneath, broad, 
whole coloured ; spikes radical, comose, rose-coloured ; flowers pink, 
shorter than the bracts. 
Habitat. Tropical Asia. 
Quality, Rhizome warm, aromatic, bitter. 
Uses. As Curcuma longa ; as a tonic. 
3. C. Zerumbet Roxburgh.—(Truz Zeposry.) 
Tubers palmate, straw-coloured inside; leaves green, stalked, broad, 
stained with purple in the middle; spike radical, comose, purple ; 
flowers yellow, concealed by the bracts. 
Habitat, East Indies. 
Quality and Uses. As in the last. 
Etettaria. Rheede. 
Stems perennial. Inflorescence radical, loose. Lateral inner lobes of 
corolla minute. Filament not 
extended beyond the anther. 
. E. Cardamomum Maton.—(Car- 
DAMOM.) 
Root with fleshy fibres ; leaves 
lanceolate, villous above, silky 
beneath, with villous sheaths ; 
Scapes radical, prostrate; flowers 
gteenish-white ; lip obovate, 
slightly 3-lobed, streaked with 
x violet. 
Habitat, Malabar. 
ity. Seeds an agreeable aromatic WW 
Pe. without acridity. 
= Uees, An adjunct to stimulant cordial 
Natural Order, farants; Maran- 
tacee (V. K., p. 168.) 
Prevailing Quality. Insipid ; dia- 
phoretic, 
Canna. Linneeus. 
- Ovules 00, horizontal. Style peta- 
id, straight. Stems simple. 
wers red, orange, or yellow. 
- 0. edulis Ker. — (Tous LES 
Mois 2) Fig. 83. 
3 eae! es purple; leaves broad, 
Oe ooth, glaucous; corolla tri- : . 
‘partite, eae. with oval oblong retuse segments, of which he mats 
__ Sne is much the shortest ; lip linear, revolute, emarginate. , 
Fig, 83.—Flowers of Canna edulis. 
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