62 MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Alpinia. 



manent than in the other species, and of a dull green colour, hiding the 

 calyx. — Cali/x shorter than the bracte, open on the underside, biden- 

 tate. — Cor ol ; exterior border of three oval, nearly equal, white seg- 

 ments ; lip somewhat three-lobed; lateral lobes large and incurved in- 

 to a tube round the stamina ; exterior narrower, with a bifid apex, col- 

 our a beautiful mixture of crimson and yellow, with a paler belt on 

 each side. — Filament short, with two curved spurs at its base. Anther 

 double, linear. — Germ oval, three-celled ; MMth many ovula m each, 

 attached to the inner angle. Stigma funnel-shaped, sub-ciliate. 



4. A. malaccensis. Roscoe in Trans. Linn. Sac. 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 spheriodal. 



Maranta malaccensis. Linn. Sp. PL ed. Willd. 1. 14. 



Galanga malaccensis. Rumph. amb. 5. p. 176- t. 71. /. I. 



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

 from thence sent, by Mr. W. M. Maddern, to the Botanic Garden 

 near Calcutta, where it blossoms in April and May, the very hot- 

 test time of the year ; and ripens its seed in the rains. 



Root perennial. — Stems numerous, (within four years, a single 

 root encreased so much, as to produce about fifty,) from six to ten 

 feet in height; those in the centre erect, in the circumference bend- 

 ing out ; in two, three, or four years, the stoutest blossom, ripen 

 their seed and decay. — Leaves bifarious, petioled, lanceolate, acute; 

 margins often waved, and slightly fringed with short brown hairs ; 

 upper surface smooth; under downy; length from two to three 

 feet, and from three to eight or nine inches broad. — Sheaths smooth, 

 embracing the stems completely, ligula ovate, obtuse, entire, vil- 

 lous. Petioles (I mean tiie space between the ligula and leaf), about 

 three inches long and chainiciU d. — Racemes terminal, solitary, erect, 

 always simple; from six to twelve inches long. Peduncle round, and 

 villous. Pedicels short, villous, one-tlowered, the largest sometimes 

 droop a little from the weight of the tiov\ crs. — Livolucre of two, or 



