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was Polypodium Parafiicum. But I loft both 

 while I was carried back over the river. On 

 the trees grew : 



Lichen pulverulenhts viridis et albus, and un- 

 der it, 



Boletus caulefcensy coriaceus, pileo clnereo et 

 rubro. 



Calla Javanlca Joins lance 'olatls, and 



Amomum Zerumbet, or wild ginger; of 

 w^ich I made the following defcription: the 

 calyx is wanting, inftead of it are two cgg- 

 {haped braclece : the corolla is dipetalous : the 

 two filaments are (hort, filiform: the anther & 

 are long, of equal breadth, and fattened to 

 the fide of the corolla : the germen is cylindri- 

 cal and fhort : the Jlylus filiform, longer than 

 ihtjlamina : the Jligma is oblong: the capfula 

 is egg-ihaped, oblong, fiat on the inner fide, 

 obtufe on the outer, triangular, multilocular, 

 full of juice, white: the feeds are egg-fhaped, 

 narrow, red, covered, and about fix in num- 

 ber : the plant prows on fhady fliores : the 

 root is like that of ginger, and has long fibres : 

 theflalk is round with obtufe bracle<z, which 

 (lick very clofe to it : the flowers and fruit 

 make an oval catkin {ameniuni) : the radical 



leaf 



