110 MONOCOTYLEDON K8. 



524. Alpinia Galanga, L. 



i(. Leaves ;m<l floweriiif; spike, and detached flowers. 



Cultivated in the Koyal BotanicJil Gardens, Peradeniya, 

 Ceylon. (C. P. 3729.) 



525. Alpinia mutica, Rozb. 



((. Leafy stem, with inflorescence. 



From a plant raised in hothouse at Clapham Common, 

 from seed received from S. Binnendyk, Java ; 

 gathered 18C9. 



526. Amomum angnstifolium, Sonnerat. {J. Daniellii, Hook, f.) 



a. Leaves and detached fruits and seeds. 



"No. 1170, Fernando Po. ; all through the forests ; Gustav 

 Mann;" received Jan., 18G2, with the flowers in 

 spirit. 



To this sheet a coloured drawing of the flower is attached, 

 " from a sketch by G. Maiui."— D. H. 



b. Root, leaves, inflorescence, dissected flower, and seeds 



ripened at Clapham. Raised from seeds sent from 

 Mauritius to the Paris Exhibition of 1867, under the 

 name of A. aiigudifoUuin. The plant flowered in 

 June, 1871. 

 Attached to this sheet is a coloured drawng of the flower, 

 sketched in the hothouse, Clapham Common, 20 June, 

 1876. "The plant agrees well with the figure among 

 RoxbiU'gh's drawings now at Kew." 



c. Leaves. 



Labelled A. nenwrosum, Bojer, Mauritius; L. Bouton. 

 Received April, 1863. 



d. Leaf and fruit spikes. 



A coloured drawing of the flower and an uncoloured one 

 of the fresh fruit, as well as a paper on A. nenwrosmn, 

 taken from the Journ. Linn. Soc, vol. xiii., p. 154, 

 155, accompanies this specimen. 



This sheet is labelled : A. DanieUii, Hook, f. ; Akassa, 

 River Nun, March, April, 1865 ; K J. L. Simmonds. 

 No. 2, also specimens in alcohol. 



