44 MOvANr.mA sioNot'V:<:.v. Jmomum, 



smooth on botli sides; from twelve to fifi^en hiches long, by three 

 or four bioad. Shrdlis sinnolU, margins coloured I'.nd rjsing above 

 the mouth into nu em;irg;inate Vi'^ul-d.—Spihes radical, compact, a 

 little elevated above the soil, obovate, av/.a of a goose-eg-, echiiiate 

 with the lojig, subulate, j^ale vellow polnis of the bractes, inner ca- 

 Ivxand upper segujcul of the exterior bolder of ihe coroi. — Biacies 

 numerdius, the erfericj/ imbricaled upward, obovate, dark-red, smooth, 

 long-subula'e, pointed, one-Hovvered ; the inner, or inferior cab.x, 

 apathiforra, opening on one side. — J'/ozeers large, yellow. — Calj/x 

 superior, three-cleft, .-eguienff tubulate, and n.ticli longer l!jfm ilse 

 tube of the corol. — Carol ; exterior l>ordfcr of three nearly efiual seg- 

 ments, tJie upper one end.ssubulately. Li/j oblong, often emarginate; 

 margins a little curled, deeper yellow thaji the exterior seginonts. 

 — Filament H'dt. Anther twc-lobed and crov ntd with ui entire 



crest. — Germ three-celled, wiih njauy uvula m each, attached to thf; 

 thick partitions, a little reaioved bo;n the ax:?. .bZ/y/e, stig^rna, aun 

 nectarial scales of Konig as in the ji'^""'- 



7. A. aromatlcum. li. 



Bens- I'lorung Elachi. 



A native of the valiies on the eai.te?n frontic-? of Bengal, v/here, a. 

 M'cll as in the Botanic Garden near Caleullu, it blossoms during the 

 hot-season, before the periodical rain?; begin ; and the fruit rii-en.-i in 

 September; the capsules are theti carefully gathered by thenative^, 

 and sold to the druggists, uho dispose of tl.cm for medichial and ^ 

 other purposes, where such s[)ices are \\anted, under the name of 

 Morung t'hi(:hi,orcordarnon; though the seed vessel of ihis species dif- 

 fers in form fro)n all hitherto described sorts of this drug; however 

 the seeds arc similar in tlu;ir shape and spicy llavour. 



Root tuberous, running for a small extent at a small depth under 

 the surface of the soil, &^c. a^s in the order. — Stems in tufts, erect, 

 or more or less oblkjue according to theii sitiiu'doii in the tuft, those 

 in the centre being nearly erect, while on the outside they bend out 

 considerably, all are covered with the sheaths of the Jeaves^ geueraf 



