70 MONANDRI V MONOG^ M \. . llphlHl. 



8. A. spicata. R. 



Spike terminal, oblong-, compactly imbricated with narrow 

 lanceolate, acute bractes. 



A native of Sumatra, from thence introduced by Mr. 

 Roxburgh into the Calcutta Botanic garden in 1803. Isilie 

 slowest growing' and smallest of the genus in this garden. 

 Flowering time the close of the rains. 



Root ;ix in the oilier species. Stems arising 1 in an oblique 

 direction to the height of about two feet, when from two to 

 three years old the flowers appear, and after their functions 

 are performed, the stems decay. Leaves bifarious, sessile on 

 their sheaths, broad-lanceolar, fine-pointed, surfaces and 

 margins smooth, from six to twelve inches long. Sheaths of 

 the leaves smooth, ending in a long, bifid, or simple lignla. 

 Spikes terminal, strobililbrm, compact. Bractes, theexterior 

 imbricate, ensiform-lanceolate, one-flowered, outside slightly 

 villous. Interior or inferior calyx, one-leaved, sub-cylindric, 

 length of the perianth proper, mouth obliquely truncate, 

 outside villous. Calyx superior, like the inner bracte, and 

 of the same length, 8cc Carol, exterior border of three, 

 very acute, linear-lanceolate segments. Inner or //'/> uncer- 

 tain, as the only two spikes I have yet seen did not expand 

 sufficiently, to allow me to ascertain its form. Filament 

 short, anther large, of two, long linear lobes with the style 

 sunk between them. Germ oval, very hairy, three-celled, 

 with numerous ovula in each, attached to the axis. Style 

 slender. Stigma large, consisting of two* gaping,: unequal 

 lobes. 



SECT. II. Inflorescence radical. 



9. A. cardamomum. R. 



Scapes from the base of the stem, compoundly flexuose, 

 procumbent, lap three-] obed*, with calcarate-base. 



Amomuni repens, seu Cardamomum. Wood, v. 2. p. 365. 

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