.*<rtW6«/". MtlNANORJA MONtouYMIA. 47 



Root luberoui, bieuiuai. — Stems erect, aiul oblique, isivested in 

 the smooth sheaths of the leaves ; generaliy three or four ieet high, 

 and annual. — Leaves sub-sessile on their long;, vagiaated sheaths, bi- 

 farious, linear-lanceolate, very smooth above, and nearly so under- 

 ixenth.-Sheaihs smooth, crowned wilh a l.ifid stipulary ligula. — 

 Peduncles radical, solitary, a little vtnioved from die stems, from six to 

 twelve inches long, enveloped in a few obtuse sheaths, the upper- 

 most of which som?.times end in tolerably loni;- leaves. — Spikes, ob- 

 long, the size of a man's th.unih. — Ih-ades. Rtterior imbricated, one- 

 ilowered, obovate ; '^moolh, nitnibranacebus-boidered, faintly stiiat- 

 ed lengthways. Inleiior solitary, euveioping the germ, perianth, and 

 the greater part of the tube of the curol.-— /'/orccvs rather small, 

 when compaied with the rest of this naiinal ord- r. — Calyx superior, 

 one-leaved, opening on one side, apex thiee-toothed. — Corol, with a 

 doidjle border; exierior of three, nearly equal, oblong segments. Lip 

 thrce-h)bed, and of a daik })urple colour. j\ectarial lilamenis of 

 Koenig large, subulate, line-pointed. — Filament short. Aiithei- ob- 

 long, double, crow iied with a long, curved, tapering, grooved hornlet. 

 — Germ o\al, three-ceiled, with many ovula in each. -S(yZe filiform. 

 Stigma funnel-shaped, ciliate, lodged just under the apex of the horn- 

 let of the anther. This famous plant is too well known to require 

 any further description. 



£. Z. ierumbet. RoscQe in Tram, of Linn, Soc. viii. S48. 



Stems declinate. Leaves bifarious, sessile, lanceolar. Spike long- 

 peduncled, oval, compact, obtuse. Bructes broad-obovate, obtuse, 

 margms coloured. Lip diree-looed. 



Amomum Zerambet. Linn. Sp. Vi. cd. IVillU. 1. 6. 



Katou-lnschi-Kua. Rkeed. Mai. ll.j>. i>7. tab. lo. 



Lampujum. Ru/iiph. Arab. o.j). 148. tab. 64.Jio-. i, 



Zinziber spuiium. Kon. in Rctz. ubs. 3. (50. 



Beng. Butch, or inahab«'ree-butch. 



Found wild in the woods about Calctitta. Flowering time the 

 rainy season ; the seeds ripen in November and December. 



