24 MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. CurC^tMU 



petalled ; at the base tubular. Tube short, widening a little ; 

 its mouth shut with fine yellow pubescent glands; throat 

 ample. Border double ; exterior of three pale pink-coloured, 

 erect, oblong divisions ; the upper one more pointed, and in- 

 cumbent over the anther and part of the two upper divisions 

 of the inner border. Inteiior somewhat ringent, three-parted, 

 fleshy, yellow; the lower lobe or lip longest, obovate, entire, 

 projecting with a crown and erect margin, while a broad ele- 

 vation of a deep yellow colour runs along its middle; upper 

 two divisions obovate, and with the upper segment of the ex- 

 terior border, forming a complete covering or dome over the 

 anther. Filament short, inserted between the two upper divi- 

 sions of the inner border of the corol. Anther two-lobed, each 

 ending in a long, sharp spur at the base. Germ inferior, &c. 

 as in the last. Style filiform. Stigma three lobed, with a per- 

 foration in the centre. 



Obs. The plant when in flower is highly ornamental, i'ew 

 surpassing it in beauty; at the same time it possesses a con- 

 siderable degree of delicate aromatic fragrance. 



Dr. Woodville's observation and quotations, at page 362 

 of his JMedical Botany, induce me to think that the roots of 

 this plant are not only the longer species of the Zedoaria 

 found in the shops; but also the shorter or roundish, their 

 form and size depending on the manner in which they may 

 have been cut for drying*: and I have lately learned from 

 Sir J. Banks, that the dried root of this species agrees well 

 with Zedoaria rotunda. 



The Hindoos use the roots as a perfume, and also medi- 

 cinally ; they are soul in their shops, under the Arabic name 

 Jndwar, or the Bengalee cne of Bun Hnldi. When fresh as 

 well as when dry, they are of a pale yellow colour; and pos- 

 sess at all times an agreeable fragrant smell, and warm, bit- 

 teri: h, aromatic tas-te; whereas the roots of Kampferia rotun- 

 da possess little or nothing of these sensible qualities, and are 

 withal too rare in every part of India, w here I have been, to 



