4S ■ :\1C<NA.\'L.IXA nOUOG'Y^i-iA.. ^ingilji-r. 



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Root, bleuuial, tuberous, as iu gingt-r, extcrniili', whiti.-h • inter- 

 nally pale yellow, autl of a bitter aromatic taste.— .S7e;«s aiiDual, ob- 

 lique, about three c; four feet higli, completely invested iu the 

 sheaths of the lerives. — Leaves bifarious, sessile, broad-lanceolate, 

 entire, 3aiot)th, wuvcJ ; veuu^ numerous, sleiiiier, parallel ; deep- 

 green above, pale uiulernedth. — Sheaths crowuvd with a large, hn>inl 

 membranaceous, einarginate iignla. — Pedu/ult oolitary, a. little !■;■- 

 moved from the steuis, erect, troni twelve to cvventy-four uiciiei 

 long, enveloped in imbricated aheatlis. — ^!>)n'At;i' oval, obtuse, or with 

 a round ejccaviition on their apex, about the si/e of a goose-egg. — 

 Brades (or scales of the spike) the exlcnor one-Howered, imhri- 

 catsd, broad-obovaie, obtuae, with a broad membranaceous border.^ 

 Interior (or pro})er) solitary, one-tlowered, enveloping the germ, pe- 

 rianth, and most oi tiie tube oi the coi oL— i'V'oa't'r.j large, pale, of a 

 sulphur colour. — CVi/i/'.r superior, one-!eaved,sheathn>g the lower half 

 "of the tube of the coroi. — Coral -^ exterior /;o/fl'£'r three-parted, &c. as 

 in the genus. Inierbr, or Up broad, with the later;ll lobes thereof 

 particularly large; middh: division i'.vo-jiiuted ; tho)^ are all beauti- 

 fully curled, and of a paie yellow cidour, iSticUirialJilanieuts of Kchtig 

 as iu the order. — .iilaimnt scarcely any. Ant/ier large, double, with 

 its long", curved horn prcjeciing over tiie lip. Stij^ma fuiniel-shaped, 

 fringed with long, distinct hairs. 



5. Z. Cassunuiiuir. R. 



Straight, Leaves sessile, linear-lauceolate. Spikes radical, strobili- 

 foiin, oblong, acute. Bractes obovate, acuminate. Up iLicc-lobed. 



Sana, ^fj- asfi^^^ Ymia ArihuVuin. 



Hind, aud Be,'ig. Bun Ada, (wild ginger.) 



Teliiig. Karpushpoo, (smell turmerick.) 



A native of Coroinandel, Bengal, and Bahar. Flo\<eii!ig time 

 July and August, seed ripe in November and December. 



-Root perennial, tuberous, furuiyhcd with long, white, tieshy 1<- 

 bres, and jointed like ginger, but much larger ; when Ifesh of a deep 

 yellow ; possjessing a strong, not very agreeable, camphoraceous 

 smell, aud warm, spicy, bitterish taste. Stems annual, erect, round. 



