CXIX. SCITAMINER. 961 
saceve.—Inner and outer perianth more or less combined, or each 
ew A hs i. Perfect stamens Pa ey d 
Perianth of 2 se gments, t the upper outer one -lobed at the dis 
the lower inner one much smaller ELE. Mousa. 
sora . Zi — cese.— Outer perianth or Ln 3-toothed or spathaceous 
inner perianth or corolla free from it, combined at the base with the filament into a 
tube. e opere fenis stamen and one large otal tks lower staminode or labellum 
oppos 
Ps in dense spikes with xp um on a short scape 
separate from the leafy stems or t 
Flowers 3 to 5 within each bract, Corolla with 2 inner lobes 
or petal 2. Curcuma, 
Flowers vod within each bract. Corolla without inner 
obes. 
la-lobes as long às the tube 3. AMOMUM. 
rra much longer than the lo 4. EnETTARIA. 
loose raceme or ree terminating a leaty stem. 
_, Labellum flat, spreading Erg 5. ArPINIA. 
te bract s, terminating 
say stem. fe a phe coti 
Ovary 3-celled. Labellum longer than "the ‘corolla. . . . 6. Cosrus, 
Ovary 2-celled. T«belhiar shorter than the corolla. . . . 7. TAPEINOCHEILOS. 
. Musacem,—Inner and outer perianth more or i com- 
bt or Pah 3-parted to the base. Perfect stamens usually fiv 
1. MUSA, Linn. 
. . Flowers usually unisexual. Perianth of 2 segments, the outer one 
formed of the 3 outer and 2 of the inner parts, tubular i in the bud but 
oe leaves forming a stem of considerable 
Aeight. Scapes protruding from the centre of de leaf-sheath. Pora 
clustered in the axils of woe coloured braets, — d a long terminal 
1 M. F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 132. « A. species of a 
height, very e stoloniferous, with the habit of M. paradisiaca ) 
which it is evidently very iei allied if really distinct. iin 
