(Justus. MONANDniA MOWOGYNiA. 37 



COSTUS. Schreb. gen. No. 4. 



CoruL'a with the interior border of one, campaniilate, back-cleft 



lobe- J^/7rtmcy/Manceolate, with the double ant^^r attached far belosv 



its apex. Cap!>:!k three-valved, three-celled. Seeds numerous, anl- 



led. E'/nbiyu Himpla, and furnished with both perisperm and vitellus. 



1 . C. speciosus. Smith in Trans, of Linn. Soc. 1 . 240. Linn. Sp. PL 



ed. Willd. 1.11. 



Leaves sub-sessile, spirally arranged, oblong, cuspidate, villous un- 

 derneath. 



Tjana-Kua. Rheed. mal W.p. 15. /. S. 

 Tsiana spcciosa' Gmeh 9- 



Herba spiraUs hirsuta. Rumph. anib. 6. p. U3.t. 64./. 1, 

 Sans, ^j^ :, Kemooka. 

 Hind, and Beng. Keoo. 



Banksia speciosa of Dr. Konig, see Retz. ohs. 4. 75. 

 This is one of the most elegant looking plants of the natural or- 

 der Scitaminea. 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 ditferences are, 



l6^ Mine is generally from three to four feet high, ascending spi- 

 rally, with the leaves spirally disposed up and round the stem. 



Qd, In this the spike is at all times erect, and rigid ; from about 

 three to six inches lonjr. 



3d. "^i here is nothing like a crown to the anthers; and 

 'U/i. The stigma consists of two, broad, glutinous lips, which gape 

 wide while the pollen is shedding ; between them is evidently seen 

 wilh the naked e\e, the mouth of the perforated stj/le ; 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 having examined the flowers sometime after they were gathered, 

 when they coalesce. 



The fresh roots are almost insipid. The r.atives make a preserve 



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