BOTANY. 



Class I. 



Mouan- 



Jria. 



6. Angusli folium. In the marshes of Madagas- 

 car. Peren. * 



7. Cardamomuin. In the shady parts at the 

 roots of the mountains in India. Peren. 



8. Villosum. In the wet mountainous parts of 

 India. Peren. 



9. Echinatum. Shady woods of India. Perot. 



10. Repens. In the mountains of Gate in Mala- 

 bar. Peren. 



11. Granum Paradisi. At the roots of moun- 

 tains in Madagascar, Guinea, Ceylon. Peren. 



* 12. Afzelii. Sierra Leone. Peren. 



; * 1 6'. Kacemosum. Woods of Peru. Peren. 



*14. Thyrsoideum. Woods of Pel u. Peren. 



*15. Uliginosum. Roscoe, Linn. Trans, viii. 353. 

 For species 13, 14, see Ruiz et Pavon Flor. Pe- 

 ruv. et Chil. i. p. 2. Species 9 is made a spe- 

 cies of Costus by Persoon. Species 3 is made 

 a species of Curcuma by Roscoe. 

 7. COSTUS. Cal. 3-fidus gibbus. Cor. 3-partita, 



ringens. Nectar, 2-labiatum : labio inferiore max- 



imo 3 lobo. 



1 . Arabicus. In the warmer parts of America, 

 and the East and West Indies. Peren. 



2. Spicatus. On the banks of torrents in the 

 mountainous parts of the Caribbean Isles, and 

 also in Brazil. Peren. 



3. Speciosus. In the East Indies.' Peren-, 



* 4. Scalier. Woods of Peru. Peren. 

 *5. Loevis. Woods of Peru. Peren. 

 *6. Argenteus. Woods of Peru. Peren. 

 *7. Zerumbet. China. Peren. 



*8. Spiralis. Jacquin, Ilort.Schonb. v. i. Tab. 1. 



For species 4, 5, 6, see Flor. Peruv. i. p. 2, 3. 



Species 7, see Wendland, Sertum Hannove- 



ranum, Fasc. iv. p. 3. Species 8, see Roscoe, 



Linn. Trans, viii. p. 350. 



10. MAUANTA. Cal. 3-phyllus. Cor. 3-fida. Nect. 

 3-partitum, lacinia tcrtia superiore latere antheri- 

 fcra. 



1. Arundinacea. In the warm parts of Ameri- 

 ca. Peren. 



2. Tonchat. In the woods of India and Cochin- 

 china. Shrub. 



3. Malaccensis. In Malacca. Peren. 



4. Comosa. fei Surinam. Peren. (Perhaps a 

 new genus.) 



* 5. Capitata. Peru. Peren. 1 See Flor. Peruv. 



* (). Lateralis. Peru. Peren. J i. p. 3. t. 8. 

 '7. Lutea. Jacq. Ic. Ear. v. ji. Tab. 101. 



* 8. Sylvatica. Bot. Card. Liverpool. 

 Species 1, 8, see Roscoe, Linn. Trans, viii. p. 



340. Species 3 is ranked under Alpinia by 

 Roscoe. 



1. CANNA. Cor. 6-partita, erecta. Nect. 2-parti- 

 tum, revolutum. Stylus lanceolatus, corollx ad- 

 natus. Cal. 3-phyllus. 



1 . Iiulica. Asia. Africa, and America, between 



the tropics. Peren. 



'2. AnguslifoUa. In America between the tro- 

 pics, in wet and shady places. Peren. 



3. Glauca. Carolina, in wet places. Peren. 



4. Juncea. China. Peren. 



.'5. Lutea. Bot. Card. Liverpool. 



* 6. Coccinea. Curt. Bot. Mag. Tab. 454. 



* 1. Patens. Aiton, Hort. Keu\ Peren. 



* 8. Flaccida. South Carolina. Peren. 



* 9. Paniculata. Peru. Peren. 

 * 10. Iridiflora. Peru. Peren. 



Species 9, 10, see Ruiz et Pavon, Flor. Perm, 

 et Chil. p. 1. ; and Persoon, Hyno^sis, p. 1. 

 Species 5, 6, 7, 8, see Roscoe, Linn. Trans. 

 vol. viii. p. 338. 



14. PiiKYNruitf. Cal. 3-phyllus. Petala, 3 osqua- 

 lia tubo nectarii adnata. Nectarium 1-phyllum, 

 tubo iiliformi, limbo, 4-partito. Caps. 3-locul. 

 Nuces 3. 



1. Capitatum. In the shady and wet parts of. 



Malabar, Cochinchina, and China. Peren. 

 13. THALIA. Cur. .5-petala : duo interiora minora. 

 Nectar, lanceolatum concavum. Drupa nuce uni- 

 loculari. Cal. triphyllus. 



1. Geniculata. South America. Peren. 



'2. CawKeformis. In Mallicollo, in the New 



Hebrides. Peren. 



">. Dealbata. South Carolina. Peren. 

 9. MYROSMA. Corolla 5-partita irregularis. CaL 

 duplex, exterior 3-phyllus, interior 3-partit. Cap*. 

 3-gona 3-locul. polysperma. 



1. Cannceformis. In Surinam. Shrub. 



SECT. II. The Germen inferior and four-celled. 



18. LOPEZIA. Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. 5-petala insqua- 

 lis. Caps. 4-locul. 4-valvis polysperma. 



1. Mcxicana, or Racemosa. Mexico. Ann. 



* 2. Coronata. Mexico. Ann. 



SECT. III. The Germen superior. 



15. PHILYDRUM. Spatha 1-flora. Cal. 0. Cor. 

 4-petala irregularis. Caps. 3-locul. polysperma. 



1. Lanuginositm. In the wet grounds of Co- 

 chinchina and New South Walts. Peren. 

 * 2. PygmKitm. New Holland. See Brown's 

 Prodramus, p. 264. 



16. CUCULLAHIA. Cal. 4-partitus. Cor. 4-peta'a 

 inseqiialis calcarata. Filamcntum petaliforme. An- 

 tkera locuiis discretis ! 



1. Excelsa. In the woods of Guiana. Shrub. 



17. QUALEA. Cal. 4-partitus. Cor. dipctah. 

 Bacin ? 



1. Hosca. In the woods of Guiana. Shrub. 



2. Ccerulea. In the woods of Guiana. Shrub. 



19. USTEHIA. Cal. 4-dentatus : lacinia nnica reli- 

 quis multo majore. Cor. infundibuliformis 4-den- 

 tata. Caps. 1. locul. 2-sperma. Semina arillata. 



1. Guineensis. Guinea. Shrub. 



The Usteria of Cavanilles belongs to the class 

 Didynamia, and is called Maurandia by Jac- 

 quin. 



SECT. IV. Monosperma:, or with one Seed. 



20. BOERHAAVIA. Cal. margo intc-gerrimus. Cor. 

 1-petala, campanulata, plicata. Son. 1 nudum, in- 

 ferum. (Stam. I s. 2.) 



1. Erecta. Vera, Cruz, Jamaica, East Indie?. 

 Peren. 



