58 MONTANDRI* MONOGYNIA. CostUS. 



in each, attached to the axis. St iff ma ciliate. Capsule oval, 

 size of a small olive, three-celled, three-valved. Seeds nu- 

 merous, lucid, black, enclosed in a large white ragged aril. 

 Embryo simple, sub-lanceolate, base truncate, embraced by 

 the perispenn : the upper half by the vitellus. 



COSTUS. Schreb. gen. No. 4. 

 Corolla with the interior border of one, campanulate, back- 

 cleft lobe. Filament lanceolate, with the double anther at- 

 tached far below its apex. Capsule three-valved, three-cell- 

 ed. Seeds Dumerous, arilled. Embryo simple, and furnish- 

 ed with both perispenn and vitellns. 



l.C. speciosu*. Smith in Trans, of Linn. Soc. 1.240. Linn. 

 sp.pl. ed. Willi, 1. 11. 



Leaves snb ocn etle, spirally arranged, oblong, cuspidate, 

 villous underneath. 



Tjana-Kua. Rkeed. Mai. U.p. 15./. 8. 



Teoana speciosa, Gfwtel. 9. 



Herba spiralis hiiaofa. Rumph. Amb. 6. p. 143. t. 64. f. 1. 



Suns. Hamooka. 



Hind, and Beny. Keoo. 



Banksia speeiosa of Dr. Koniy, See Retz. Obs. 4. 75. 



This is one of the most elegant looking plants of the natu- 

 ral order Scitammea. It is a native of moist shady places, 

 such as the low banks of water courses, &c. Flowers during 

 the wet season. 



Obs. Konig's description agrees so well with my plant, 

 that I have scarcely any thing to add : the chief differences 

 are, 



1st. Mine is generally from three to four feet high, ascend- 

 ing spirally, with the leaves spirally disposed up and round 

 the stem. 



2d. In this the spike is at all tunes erect, and rigid ; from 

 about three to six inches long. 



