568 ZINClBERACEyE 



7. nromaticum, Roxb. (Jl.ind. I, p. 45 ; ed. Carey, \,p. 44 ; — Spreng. I. c.) 

 CS(t^^ iilolt^t Morung-elachee. Morung Mountains. Fl. middle-sized, 

 pale-yellow, the lip tinged with red down the middle, H. S- ; fr. Sept. 

 Seeds spicy, by the natives used for medicinal, and other purposes. 

 {Roxb.) 



8. sericeum, Roxb. {fl. ind. 1, p. 46; ed. Carey, 1, p. 45 ; — Spreng. I. c.) 

 % Khassya Mountains. Fl. large, white, the centre of the lip varie- 

 gated with pink veins on a yellow ground, R. S. (Roxb.) 



9.corynostachyum, Wall. (pi. as. rar. 1, t. 58.) '4. Teak Forests along 

 the rivers of Martaban. Fl. large, white, with the centre of the lip 

 yellow, R. S. Introduced in the garden here in 1810. (Carey.) 

 Elettaeia, Rheed. (Endl. gen. pi. I, p. 223.) 



1. Cardamomum, White and Maton. (Linn. soc. trans. 10, p. 254. — Alpi- 

 nia Cardamomum, Roxb.fl. ind. \,p. 70 ; ed. Carey, \,p. 68 ; Corom. pi. 

 Z,t. 226; — /. Grah. Cat. B.pl.p. 206 ;— Spreng. syst. \,p. 14.— Amo- 

 mum repens, seu Cardamomum, Wood. 2, p. 365, t. 131. — A. repens, 

 Roscoe ; — Willd. ; — Sonner. — A. racemosum, Lam. — Cardamomum 

 minus, Pharm. lond. andedin. — Cardamomum, Buch.journ. Mysore, 2, 

 p. 336, 510; 538, and 3, p. 225.— Elettaria, Rheed. \\,t.4, 5.) -ilSltt^ 

 Eldich. *^^t^ Elachee. 2/. Hilly parts of Malabar and Travancore. 

 Introduced at Poway in Salsette. Cultivated about Soonda Soopa, 

 south of Dharwar. Fl. large, pale greenish-white, with the lip marked 

 chiefly in the centre with purple-violet stripes. Was introduced into 

 H. C. G. in 1809, but had not fl. up to 1814. Produces the well-known 

 Cardamums. 



2.punicea, Schult. (Mantissa. — Alpinia punicea, Roxb. fl. ind. I, p. 73; 

 ed. Carey, \,p. 71: — Spreng. syst. I, p. 15.) 2|. Sumatra. Fl. large, 

 crimson, March and April ; fr. 0. 



3. costata, (E ? Cardamomum medium, Schult. Mant. — Alpinia costata, 

 Roxb. Corom. 3, t. 252. — A. Cardamomum medium, Roxb. fl. ind. 1, 



p. 74 ; ed Carey, 1, p. 72 A. media, Spreng. syst. 1, p. 14.) '2/. 



Khassya Mountains. Fl. large, red, fragrant, June ; fr. Sept. 



4. linguiformis, Schult. (Mant. — Alpinia linguiformis, Roxb. Corom. 3, t. 

 W'6; fi. ind. 1, p. 75; ed. Carey, 1, p. 73; — Spreng. syst. I, p. 

 15.) % Interior of Bengal. Fl. red, with the lip yellow, and down the 

 centre a little red, R. S. ; fr. 0. 



Hedtchium, Kon. (Spreng. syst. ), p. 3, No. 7; — Endl. gen.pl. 1, p. 

 224.) 

 X.coronarium, Kon. (Spreng. syst. 1, p. 9; — Roscoe Scit. ; — Bot. Cab. 

 6, t. .WJ.—Retz. obs. 3, p. 78;— Sm. exot. bot. p. 96, t. 107.— B. 

 M. 19, t. 708 ,—B. Cab. t. 51 ; Lam. ill. t.\,f.Z ;—Roxb. fl. ind. 

 I, p. 10 ; ed Carey, \, p. 9 ; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 205 ; — Rumph. 

 5,t. 69,/. 3.) ^^31 ft'^ Doolal-champa. 4. Moluccas. Coromandel. 

 Penang. Tavoy. Bengal, (Serampore.) Khassya Mountains. Assam. 

 Nepal. Fl, large, pure white, very fragrant, R. S. ; fr. C. S. 



