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ObdrbXLIX. ZINGIBERACE.fi On 



1708 , in pari — Drymyrbiieje, I 



— -• r. 305 l-i" . 



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I 'adogens u . I anther, and a vitelltu 



th( < m f iryo. 



matic tropical herbaceous plants. Rhizome creeping, often jointed. Stem t i 

 of the cohering I the leaves, never branching. I simple, sh 



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lamina often separated from the aheath by a taper neck, and having a Bingle milri? . 



which very numerous, simple, crowd ttanacut 



cither a dense spike, er a raceme, or a Bort of panicle, terminal "r radical. 1 I 



arising from «urmng Bpathaceoos membranous bracts, in which they usually lie in 



Calyx Buperior, tubular, 3-lobed, short Corolla tubular, irregular, with 



2 whirls ; the outer 3-parted, nearly equal, or with the odd segment sometii 



ently shaped; the inner (sterile Btamens) 3-parted, with the interim 



(labelhim) larger than the rest, and often 3-lobed, the lateral b 



nearly abortive. Stamens 3, distinct, of which the 2 lateral 



mediate one fertile ; this placed opposite the Iain-limn, and 



intermediate segment "f the outer series of the corolla Filament not . 



extended beyond the anther in the shape of a lobed <>r entire 



celled, opening Longitudinally, its lobes often embracing the u 



Pollen globose, smooth. Ovary 3-celled, sometimes imperii 



anatropal, attached to a placenta in the axis ; Btyle filiform, stign 



usually capsular, 3-celled, many-seeded, [sometimes by abortion 



berried (the dissepiments generally central, proceeding fn'in th 



last usuaUy separate from tile latter, and of a different textur I. Br.) S 



or angular, with or without an aril (albumen flourj 



cient near the hilum, R. Br.)j embryo u 



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the anther, inclosing the apex 



stamens at the base : .i. a transverse section of t'i 



Cardamomum Zeylanieum of l\ n .r.i ; 7. a s -how Uic embryo tested In 



ri tell us. 



