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at the base by the usual subulate germinal processes, and in the stigma, which has a bifid process rising from 
the apex of the style, at the back of, and connate with the lips of the stigma ; which, it is not improbable, 
- answers the same purpose in this genus, as the subulate processes at the base of the style do in other genera. 
That the same apparatus exists in other. species of Costus, appears from Dr. Roxburgh’s description of 
C. speciosus (in Flor. Ind. 1. 57.) « The stigma consists of two broad glutinous lips, which gape wide while the 
pollen is shedding; between them is evidently seen, with the naked eye, the mouth of the perforated style; on 
the back of. the upper lip are seen the éwo white glands mentioned by Konig. I impute his not taking notice of 
the two large lips of the stigma, to his having examined the flowers some time after they were gathered, when 
they coalesce.” 
The inhabitants of Martinique make a decoction of the stems and roots, which they esteem a salutary and’ 
refreshing beverage. 
REFERENCES. 
. Flower before it opens. 
. Outer bracte. 
. Inner bracte. 
. Calyx. 
1 
2. 
3 
A 
5. Sections of upper lip. 
6. Lower lip of corolla. 
7. Filament and anther. 
8. Style and stigma. 
9. Stigma. 
10. Ditto in front, kstghay wpracn 
11. Ditto in profile, 
12. Germen. 
