68 MONANDRiA MONOGYNiA. Jlpinia. 



celled, with many oviila in each, attached to the inner angle of the 

 cells. Stigma funnel-shaped, ciliate. — JSectarial scales nearly four- 

 sided, with apices crenulate. 



8. A. spicata. R. 



Spike terminal, oblong, compactly imbricated with nai row lanceo- 

 late, acute bractes. 



A native of Sumatra, from thence introduced by Mr. Roxburgh 

 into the Calcutta Botanic Garden in 1803. Is the slowest growing 

 and smallest of the genua in this garden. Flowering time the close of 

 the rains. 



i?L»o^ as in the other species. — Sterna arising in an oblique dnec- 

 lion 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 Ian- 

 ceolar, fine-pointed, surfaces and margins smooth, length from six 

 to twelve inches. — Sheaths of the leaves smooth, ending in a long, 

 bifid, or simple ligula. — Spikes terminal, strobiliform, compact. — 

 3ractes, the exterior 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. — Calj/x superior, like the inner bracte, and of the 



same length, &c Carol, exterior border of three, very acute, linear 



lanceolate segments. Inner oilip uncertain, as the only two spikes I 

 have yet seen did not expand sufticiently, 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'm each, attached to the axis. Sti/le slender. Stig- 

 ma large, consisting of two, gaping unequal lobes. 



Sect. 2. Injiorescence radical. 



9. A. cardamomum. R. 



Scapes from the base of the stem, compoundly flexuose, procum- 

 bent. Lip three-lobed, with calcarate base. 



