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the month of July or Augufi : it rifes by a (lender ftem to the height of about three 

 feet from the ground, and fhoots into a great number of branches that grow gradu- 

 ally lefs as they afcend, and are difpofed in an oppofite order as well as the leaves 

 from whofe alae they commonly {hoot. The generic characters of this plant are as 



follows. 



1 



Periantium . Triplex ; exterius parvum bipartitum, lacimis ahgujlis ere fits acu- 



tis; medium quinquephyllum minus , interius minimum mono- 

 phyllum quinquepartitum, laciniis ereflis acutis. 

 Corolla. Monopetala nutans tubulata ringens £? lateraliter compreffa , tubus ad 



bafem angujlus, ultra ampliatus falcatus j limbus in duas lacinias 



riori anguf- 



profunde fefius, fup 



ntegrd & leniter re Jit 



divifd majori re&d 



Stamina. Filamenta duo infe 



perius porrefia, & longitudine fit 



bo adnata fuperne libera, fub labium fu 



anth 



Piflillum. Germen oblongum t Jlylus Jimplex /bngitudine & pofitione jlaminum 



1 



fiigma Jimpl 





Pericarpium. Capfula compreffa obverse-cordata, bilocularis, bivalvi 

 Semina. Orbiculata y compreffa, folitaria. 



UTRICULARIA 



1. 





Foliis capillaceis ramofis, fcapo ajjurgenti nudo Juperne 







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The fmaller Utricularia with a branched ftalk, and capillary leaves. 



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This elegant little plant is very common in all the ftagnated waters about the 

 Ferry, and in the parifh of St. George's : it feldom rifes above four inches from the 

 root, and bears a beautiful fucceffion of fmall yellowifh flowers. 



ZINZIBER 



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I. 



Foliis Janceolatis, Jloribus fpicatis, fcapo florifero partialii 



Amomum Scapo nudo, Jpicd ovatd. L. H. C. 6c Sp. PI. 



Zinziber & Gingiber Ojfl & Zingiber. C. B. Slo. Cat. 60. 



Zinziber Angujliori folio fcemineo, &c. Thez. Zey. & Jnfchi. H. M; 



Part xi. 1. 12. 



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plant fometimes is cultivated with great care in our fug 



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quently furnifhes a confiderable branch of their exports 



but as the demand 



and the price very changeable 



fo regularly planted as fo valuable a com 



modity ought to be : It is propagated by the fmaller pieces, prongs, or protubera 

 of the root, each of which throw up two different items , the firft bears the leaves, 

 and rifes fometimes to the height of three feet, or more, though its ufual growth 

 feldom exceeds fixteen or eighteen inches : when this fpreads its leaves and grows to 

 full perfection j the fecond ftalk fprings up, which is alfo fimple, and furnifhed 



only with a few fcales below, but at the top is adorned with 



dim fquamofe 



flower-fpike ; and feldom rifes above two thirds of the height of the other 



The plant thrives beft in a nc 

 grows fo luxuriantly in fuch 



coo 



foyl 



(that lately cleared is the beft,) and 



that I have fometimes feen a hand of ginger 



weigh near half a pound (a) : it is, however, remarked that iuch as are produced 



more 



:layey foyl 



fhrinks lefs in fcalding, while thofe raifed in the richer free black 



moulds are obferved to lofe more confiderably in that operation 



The land laid out for the 



f thi 



firft well cleared and hoe'd 



then flightly trenched, and planted about the month of March or April: it rifes 



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(a) The larger fpreading roots are called Hands in Jt 



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