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3d. There is nothing like a crown to the anthers ; and, 

 4///. The stigma consists of two, broad, glutinous lips, 

 which gape wide while the pollen is shedding ; between 

 them is evidently seen with the naked eye, the mouth of the 

 perforated style ; on the back of the upper lip are seen the 

 two white glands mentioned by Konig. I impute his not 

 taking notice of the two large lips of the stigma, to his hav- 

 ing examined the flowers sometime after they were gather- 

 ed, when they coalesce. 



The fresh roots are almost insipid. The natives make a 

 preserve of them, which they deem wholesome, and nutri- 

 tious ; the dry root does not at all resemble the Costus ara- 

 bicus of the shops. 



ALPINIA. Schreb. gen. No. 5. 



Corolla with the interior border unilabiate. Anther dou- 

 ble, naked. Capsule berried, three-celled. Seeds few, or 

 many, arilled. Embryo simple, and furnished with both 

 perisperm and vitellus. 



SECT. I. Inflorescence terminal. 



1. A. Galanga. Linn, sp.pl. ed. Willd. 1. 12. Roscoe in 

 Trans, of Linn. Soc. 8. 345. 



1 Perennial. Leaves sessile, broad-lanceolar. Panicle ter- 

 minal. Lip oblong, unguiculate ; apex bifid. Capsule obo- 

 vate, smooth ; seeds few. 



Galanga major. Rumph. Amb. 5. t. 63. 



Sans. Koolunyoga, Dhwmoola, Teekshna-mool«, Koohm- 

 juna, Soogwndha, Mwhabhwra-vwcha. 



Hind. Koolinjan. 



Arab. Kholinjan, or Khoolunjan. 



Dr. Charles Campbell, at Bencoolen, sent the roots of these 

 species from thence to the Botanic garden near Calcutta, 

 where the plants thrive remarkably well, and are in blossom 



