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III. Some Account of Aucklandia, a new Genus of Cotnopdte, believed to pro- 

 duce the Costus of Dioscorides. By Hugh FalconerTm/)., Superintendent 

 of the Hon. East India Company's Botanic Garden at Saharunpore. ( om- 

 municated hy J. F. Royle, M.D., F.R.S. 8f L.S. 



Read November 17th, 1840. 



Ord. Nat. Composite, Tr. Cynareas, Subtr. Carlinea, DeCand., Prodr. 5. p. 351. 



Aucklandia. Falc. 

 Char. Diff. Capitulum homogamum. Antherarum caudae lanato-plumosa\ Pappi pa/ere 

 aequaliter biseriales, plumosa?, basi ternatim quaternatimve cohferentes, in anmilum de- 

 ciduum concrete. Acheenium glabrum. 



Char. Gex. Capitulum homogamum, multiflorum. Involucrum ovato-globosum, imbriea- 

 tum, multiseriale : squamis oblongis, adpressis, cum acumine calloso patulo in sctam 

 desinente. Heceptaculum convexum alveolato-fimbrilligerum. Corollulte aequales 5- 

 ridre, tubo elongato gracili basi subdilatato, fauce longiuscule ampliata, lobis linearibus 

 asqualibus. Anther® apice breviter appendiculata^ basi in caudas lanato-plumosas pro- 

 ductaa ; filamenta glabra. Styli rami elongati, liberi, divergentes. Achcenium glabrum, 

 obovatum, crassum. Pappi palea aequales, biseriales ; setis phimosis, basi ternatim 

 quaternatimve cohaerentibus, in annulum deciduum concretis. 



Herba orgy alls, perennis, alpicola, in montibus Cashmeeriensibus copiosissime, obvia ; radice 

 cr asset, subfusiformi-ramosd, valde aroma tied; caule simplici erecto stricto folioso ; tbliis 

 alternis, amplissimis, sublyratm pinnalifidis, lobo terminali maximo hastaio-cordato 

 erose dent at o, dentibus seta terminatis ; capitulis terminalibns, sessilibus, 5-8 aggrega- 

 tes ; floribus atro-purpureis. — Radix Costus dicta in medicind veterum et Arabicd cele- 

 berrima, et Asiaticis hodiemis in usu frequentissimo, dm sed /also a Linnao et aliis a 

 Costo Arabico inter Scitamineas provenisse autumata. 



Aucklandia Costus. Fate. 



Habitat passim in elatis apertis montibus circa Cashmeer ad altitudinem S000-9000 ped. 

 supra marc. Floret Julio; fructus maturescit Octobri. (Vidi viv. spont. tloreut. et 

 fructif.) 



