gg aSONANlJRIA M0NOGYNIA» ArtlOmum. 



Opening in succession, and not very conspicuous. — Calyx, clavate, tu- 

 bular, dowrsy, three-toothed, length of the tube of the corol. — Tube 

 of theco7o/, slender, and slightly incurved. Exterior border of three 

 sub-equal pellucid divisions. Lip, or inner border, rather longer than 

 the exterior sreat border, somewhat three-lobed, wid-sacrenate, cuiied 

 margin ; middle lobe yellow, with two rosy lines leading up to it from 

 the mouth of the tube. — jPi/amew^ scarcely half so long as the border 

 of the corol incurved over the mouth of the tube. There is a slender 

 subulate horn on each side of the base of the tiiament, and neariy its 

 length. Anther double, large, fleshy, with a large, three-lobed, con- 

 cave crest; the infuudibuliform stigma rising through a deep groove 

 between the two polliniferous lobes. — Germ beneath, downy, ar.d 

 crowned with the twonectarial scales, within the base of die tube of 

 the corol ; in this species they are short, and truncated. 



Obs. The seeds are to the taste agreeably aromatic, and are used 

 by the Malays as a substitute for the true Cardamoinnm of Malabctr. 



Q. A. angustifoUiim. Linn. spec. pi. ed. Willd. 1. p. 8. 



Leaves broad-lanceolate. Spikes elevated, Hnear-obloiig, com- 

 pact ; clavate ^ractes oblong, rather pointed. Lip obovate, cuneate, 

 entire. Crest three-toothed. 



Anxommw angustifolium. iSonnerat it. £. /. 137. 



A native of Madagascar. From the island of Mauritius Captain 

 Tennent brought plants thereof to the Botanic Garden at Calcutta, in 

 1802 ; where they grow freely, and blossom at various tmies ot the 

 year. Every part of the plant, vvher bruised, or wounded, diffuses 

 a strong, but pleasant aromatic smell. 



Root perennial, tuberous, horizontal ; strong fleshy fibres, toge- 

 ther with runners, issue from the crown, or bulb ; by these runnera 

 the plant soon spreads, and by these it is easily multiplied.— .S'/ewi 

 numerous, straight, round, smooth, rising to the height of from six 

 to ten het.—Leaves alternate, bifarious, sub-sessile on their sheaths, 

 broad-lanceolate, tine-pointed, smooth on both sides ; length from 

 twelve to eighteen iaches, and from about four to six broad.— 



