16 MONANDRiA MONOGYNiA. KcEmpfena. 



only about half the length of the calyx. — Calyx above, one-leaved, aa 

 long as the tube of the corol, somewhat gibbous; apex generally 

 two-toothed, and of a dotted, purplish colour. — Corol. Tubelong, slen- 

 dei', cylindric, nearly erect, obliquely funnel-shaped tow ards the mouth. 

 Border double, both three-parted. Exterior divisions drooping, line- 

 ar, with margins involute, pure white. Interior border, the two up- 

 permost divisions erect, lanceolar, acute; colour also white, with 

 the margins slightly tinged with purple ; the remaining inferior one is 

 divided into two broad, obcordate, deflected lobes, of a deep purple 

 colour, particularly towards the centre, and base. — Nectarial Jila- 

 ments of Kiinig as in K. Galanga. — Filament short, erect, broad, in- 

 serted on the base of the uppermost two interior divisions of the co- 

 rol. Anther linear, and enlarged with an ovate, two-forked, colour- 

 ed, somewhat recurved crest. — Germ ovate. Style filiform. Stigma 

 fuunel-shaped. 



Obs. Woodville observes, at page 362 of his Medical Bota7iJ/, that the 

 roots of Zedoaria loiiga, and rotunda are both produced by the same 

 species of plant, and are indiscriminately used in the shops : the for- 

 mer, he says, are brought to us in oblong pieces, about the thickness 

 of the little finger; two or three inches in length, bent, rough, and 

 angular; the latter are roundish, about an inch in diameter, of an ash 

 colour on the outside, and white w ithin. I have never met with any 

 of the roots of this plant that agree with his description of the long 

 sort, and they are too small for the round; so that I must conclude 

 they are the produce of some other plant : at the same time Dr. Wood- 

 ville's observations on the same page, give me reason to think my 

 Curcuma Zedoaria may be the plant, which yields this round sort of 

 Zedoaria. 



3. K. angustifolia. R. 



Leaves radical, linear-lanceolate, waved. Spikes hid in the centre of 

 the leaves. Upper two segments of the inner border of the corol 

 linear, oblong, obtuse. 



Hind. KMnjan-boora, also MadM-nirbesha. 



A native of Bengals Flowering time the rainy season, 



