C4 .MOXANDRl A MOXOGVM A. .iipiniu. 



4. A. malaccensis. Roscoe in Trans. Linn. Soc. 8. 345. 



Leaves lanceolate, petioled, villous underneath. Raceme 

 terminal, simple. Lip obscurely three-lobed, with two spurs 

 at the base; lateral lobes incurved. Capsules obliquely 

 spheroidal. 



Maranta malaccensis. Linn. \/>. pi. ed, Willd. 1. 14. 



Galanga malaccensis. Humph, Ami. -">. p. 170. t. 71. f. 1. 



A most beautiful and stately plant, a native of Chittagong) 

 and 1 1 < tii thence sent b\ Mr. W. 31. Maddem, to the Bota- 

 nic garden near Calcutta, where it blossoms in April and 

 Ma] . the rerj hottest time of the year; and ripens its seed in 

 the rains. 



Il",,/ perenni J. Stems nnmerons, (^ ithin four years, u sin- 

 gle root increased mi much, as to produce about fifty,) from 

 si\ to ten feet in height ; those in the centre erect, in the cir- 

 cumference bending out; in two, three, or four yean, the 

 stoutest blossom, ripen their seed, and decay. Leaves bifari- 

 ous, petioled, lanceolate, acute; margins often waved, and 

 sli L litl\ fringed with -hurt brown hairs; upper surface 

 smooth; under down] ; length from two to three feet, and 

 from three to eight <>r nine inches broad, sheaths smooth, 

 embracing the stems completely; Hgula ovate, obtuse, 

 entire, villous. Petioles (I mean the space between the 

 ligula and leaf), about A three inches long and channelled. 

 R acemes terminal, solitary, erect, always simple ■ from six to 

 twelve inches long. Peduncle round, and villous. Pedicels 

 short, villous, one-flowered, the largest sometimes droop a 

 little from the weight of the flowers. Involucre of two, Or 

 three, caducous, boat-shaped haves embracing the raceme. 

 flowers very large, a pure smooth shining white, except the 

 inner border, or labium; which is a beautiful mixture of 

 orange and crimson. JBracles, (or inferior calyx), gibbous, 

 bursting on one side to the base, and partially on the other. 

 Calyx superior, one-leafed, gibbous, length of the bracte, 

 splitting into various portions. Corol ; exterior border of three, 

 oblong, obtuse, entire seg-ments, of which the upper is largest. 



