5(f uovA^ii^zf- MOA'oaYNiA. Ztngibsre 



10. Z. narginaiic-.-.z. R<. 



Leaves coosilejlanreclate ;/%«/« large and membranaceous. Spike 

 teriKiiiaL Bracis3 c'ccvate, with transparent, membranaceous r.iar-- 

 gin. Neclari/ three-iobed. 



11. 2, elatum. R, 



Leavec bifarious, linsarj recuri'f.d. Spikes terminal^'lanreolar, com-. 

 p3Ctly imbricated with lanceobite, one-flowpred bractes. 



A nijhve of the mierior o( Bengal ; in the Botanic Garden it blos- 

 soms in J'l!;/ and August, and the seeds ripen in September and 

 October. 



Rod tuberous, as in common ginger, but inwardly yellow; From tlie 

 tubers proceed the proper root.^, many of which end in oblong, paler 

 f-oloiired tubers, as in Curcuma. — Slems herbaceous, straight, from 

 four to five feet high, including the spike. — Leaves bifarious, linear, 

 recurved, smooth above ; withmanj'adpressed, short, soft, white hairs 

 underneath ; from twelve to eighteen inches long, and only one incli 

 broad. Shecths a little hairy ; month crowned with a very narrow, 

 membranaceous process. — Spikes terminal, solitary, of a narrow lan- 

 ccolar shape, six inches long, and three in circumference, every part 

 compactly imbricated with lanceolate, one-flowered bractes, which 

 are an inch audahalfIong,andalitt!e hairy on th;; outside. — Bractes:, 

 ittteriory or inferior perianik shorter and broader than the exterior, 

 but like them stiff, and a little hairy. — Calyx superior, white, smooth ; 

 mouth unequally toothed, little more than half the length of the brac- 

 tes. — Carol exactly as in the other species, only considerably longer : 

 the colour a tolejable bright, lively yellow. — Stamina with a thoi 

 ^lament, and very long curved beak crowriing the liaear two-lobed c.t- 

 iher.—Neciarial bodies subulate.— Gerwi oval, hairy, three-ceiled, 

 with numerous orwZa in each, attached to the axis. Stigma ciliate. 

 Capsule oval, size of a small olive, three-celled, tluee-valved.— ,Scs(/* 

 rumerous, lucid, black, enclosed in a large white ragged aril.— is.vj- 

 bryo simple sub-lanceolatc, base truncate^ embraced '.^y tlit; peiii- 

 perm ; the upper half by the xitellm» 



