FLORA INDICA. 



MONANDRIA MONOGTNIA. 



CaNNA Indka, Syjl. PL i. p. 2. Fl. Coch, 1. 13. FL Zeyl. i. Can- 

 nacorus, Kwnph. Amb. v. p. 177. t. 71. f. 2. Katu Bala, Rbeed. 

 Mai. ii. p. 85. 1. 43. Flowering Reed, Gerard, 39. Outlines of 

 the Globe,!, p. 316. — Inhabits all parts oi India, is found alfo in 

 Africa and South America. Called India?! Shot, from the form of 

 the feeds, of which the Catholics, and the Mahometan negroes, make 

 rofaries. 



Renealmia exaltata, Linn. Siippl. 79. Globba Sylveftris, major et 

 minor, Kwnph. Amb. vi. 140. tab. 62, 63. Grows in the wet 

 fields of Celebes, and, rarely, behind ViSloria caftle, in Amboina. The 

 fruit is of little ufe, but for its perfumed fcent j is greedily eaten 

 by the green parrots. The form of that of the Sylvejlris of lin- 

 gular growth. All the fpecies given by Rumphius have the Ternatic 

 name of Globba. 



Myrosma CanncsfoUa, Linn. Suppl. 80. Narukila, Rheed, Mai. ii. 6^. 

 tab. 34. 



Amomum Zingiber, SyJl.Pl. i. 2. Fl.Zeyl.^- Zingiber Maius, Ritmph.Amb. 

 V. p. 156. t. 66. f I. Inlchi, i^/^t-^^. Mz/. ii. p. 21. t. 12. Outlines,!. 

 p. 141. Gerard, 61. — Common to the hotter parts oi Africa, par- 

 ticularly on the Red Sea, on the Troglodytic coaft, the inhabitants of 

 ■which were called by the Arabs, Zingi, from whom the plant de- 

 rived its name. It was alfo brought from the neighboring Bar- 

 baria, as appears from Galen, lib. vi. Medic. Simpl. 



Zerumbet, 3. Fl. Zeyl. 2. Fl. Coch. i. 3. Lampucium, Ruftiph. Amb. v. 

 p. 148. t. 6^, f. 1. Katou-Infchi-kua, Rheed. Mai. ii. p. 27. t. 13. 

 Zerumbeth Ceu Zedoaria rotunda, Gerard, 34. 



Amomum 



