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The second species has a woody stem, six or 

 seven feet high, sending out weak branches : 

 the leaves are opposite, sessile : the flowers ter- 

 minating in small clusters; they have long slen- 

 der tubes, divided into four segments at top, and 

 arc white, without scent. It is a native of the 

 East lot . 



Culture. — These plant* may be increased by 

 seeds, when they can be procured from the coun- 

 tries whcix iIkvjtow naturally, as they do not per- 

 fect them in this climate. They should be sown 

 in small pots as soon as they arrive, andbe plunged 

 into a hot-bed, when they arrive in autumn or 

 winter seasons, the pots being plunged in the 

 tan-bed in the stove ; but when they come in the 

 spring, it is best to plunge thein in a tan-bed 

 under frames. The seeds sometimes come up 

 in about six weeks, if they are quite fresh ; other- 

 wise they lie in the ground four or live months, 



or longer. The earth should therefore not be 

 thrown out of the pots till there are no hopes 

 of their growingi When the plants, come up, 

 and are fit to remove, they should be each planted 

 in a separate small pot, filled with light earth, 

 being preserved in the green-house or stove. 



They may also be increased by cuttings, which 

 should be planted during the summer months, 

 in small pots, and plunged into a moderate hot- 

 bed, covering them close either w ith bell or hand 

 glasses, to exclude the external air, shading them 

 carefully from the sun in the heat of the dav 

 until they have put out good roots, when they 

 should be parted, and each put into a separate 

 pot, treating them as the seedling plants. Mr. 

 Curtis thinks it probable, that these plant; die 

 less tender than is supposed. 



They afford variety among other stove orgn eu- 

 house plants. 



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KADANAKU. See Aloe. 

 LEM PFERIA, a genus containing plants 

 of the herbaceous perennial flowery kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Monar.dria 

 Monogyma, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Scitaminece. 



The characters are : that the calyx is a su- 

 perior perianthium, obscure : the corolla is one- 

 petalled : tube long, slender : border flat, six- 

 parted : the three alternate divisions lanceolate, 

 equal: the othertwodivisionsovate; theupperone 

 two-parted: the divisions obcordate : all equal in 

 length : the stamina have one membranaceous 

 filament, subovate, emarginate; anther linear, 

 doubled, entirely adnate, scarce emerging from 

 the tube of the corolla : the pistillum is a round- 

 ish germ : style the length of the tube : stigma 

 two-plated, roundish: the pericarpium is a 

 roundishcapsule, three-sided, three-celled, three- 

 valved : the seeds are several. 



The species cultivated are: 1. A'. Galanga, 

 Galangale ; 2. K. rotunda, Round Krempferia. 



The first is an annual, stemless, juicy plant : 

 the root is bulbous, palmate, creeping, with ovate 

 smooth lobes, aud awl-shaped thick simple fibres: 

 the leaves are broad-ovate, forming a ring next 

 the ground, quite entire, smooth, with many 

 longitudinal grooves, dark green, on short mem- 

 branaceous, subterraneous petioles, embracing 



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the inner ones: the flower radical, solitary, 

 sessile, juicv, very white, with a large violet spot 

 in the middle. It is a native of the East 

 Indies. 



The second has the roots somen hat like those 

 of the first, but shorter, grow ing in large clusters, 

 covered with an ash-coloured skin, but within 

 white: from the roots arise the leaves, which 

 fold over each other at their base : they arc six or 

 eight inches long, and three broad in the middle, 

 gradually ending in acute points; the flowers 

 arise immediately from the roots, each having a 

 spatha at bottom cut into two segments, which 

 closely embrace the foot-stalk : they have six 

 petals, the three lower which decline downward 

 are Ions; and narrow, the two upper are divided 

 so deeply as to appear like a flower with four 

 petals, and the side petal is bifid : thev arc 

 of mixed colours, blue, purple, white, and 

 red, having a fragrant odour. It flowers in 

 July and August, and is a native of the EasJ 

 Indies. 



Culture. — These plants are increased by parting 

 the roots, and planting them out in the spring, 

 before they send forth new leaves, in pots of light 

 rich mould ; keeping them in the hot-house, 

 giving water plentifully in the summer, but 

 sparingly in the winter season. 



They afford variety in stove collcctijns* 



