11 MONAN-pRiA monogyn:a. EcBmpferia. 



ever point it out as the largest^f the genus. The sessile, undivided, 

 and acute lips distinguish it from the other species. 



KJEMPFERIA. Linn. gen. pi. ed. Schreb. No. 9- 

 Corolla with a long, slender tube, and both borders three-parted. 

 Anther double, with a two-lobed crest. Capsule three-celled, many-^ 

 seeded. 



1. K. Galanga. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. 1. 15. 



Leaves sessile, round-ovate-cordate. Spikes central. Upper seg- 

 ments of the inner border of the corol oval. 



Katsjula Kelengu. lllieed. mal. W.p. 81. t. 41. 



Alpinia sessilis. lion, in Retz. obs. 3. p. 62. 



Soncorus. Rumph. amb. 5. p. 173. t. 6Q. f.1. 



Sans. ^^ '^^^T, Ch?/ndrff-niooh'ka. 



JBeng. Chzaidra-moola, or Kumula. 



A native of various parts of India,* and common in gardens also. 

 Flowering time the rainy season. 



Root biennial, tuberous, with fleshy fibres from the tubers. — Stem 

 none. — Leaves radical, petioled, spreading flat on the surface of the 

 earth, round-ovate-cordate, between acute and obtuse; margins mem- 

 branaceous, and waved ; upper surface smooth, deep green ; below taper 

 and somew hat woolly, streaked length ways with ten or twelve slender 

 lines. — Pe/io/es hid in the earth ; in short they are only cylindric sheaths 

 embracing those within, and the fascicle of flowers, their mouths be- 

 ing crowned with a membranaceous process.— P/ozyers collected in 

 small fascicles, of 6-12, within the sheaths of the leaves, expanding 

 in succession ; pure, pellucid white, except a purple spot on the cen- 

 tre of each of the divisions of the inner border, or lip. — Bractes three 

 to each flower; a larger exterior; and two within at the sides ; all are 

 linear, acute, membranaceous, and half the length of the tube of the 



* This plant, which is said to be very common on the mountainous districts beyond 

 Chittagong, is called Kumula. I find on further inquiry that it is cultivated by the 

 J comma (mountain) Mugs, and by them broix?ht down and sold in the markets to 

 the people of Bengal uutler the above naaie, who use it as an ingredient in their be- 

 tie. Ed. 



