XCVI. 
CURCUMA AROMATICA. 
Aromatic Curcuma. 
if i Fens 
‘Canne, Juss. Gen. p. 62. 
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Sect. 11» Pericarpium -s-loculare, polyspermum. Anthera yr ew 9-locularis, 4-valvis. Stylus gra- 
cls, snter loculos antherz retentus. Stigma cy thiforme. 
Calyx 3-fidus latere nunc rupto. Corolle Tubus ventricosulus, barb clausus: Limbus exterior ws ro 
titus, interior 2-labiatus 5 L. superius incurvum, 2-partitum ; L. inferius recurvum, 
cinid medid minore. Filamentum latum. Anthera 2-calcarata apice calloso. acaules. olla 
fere Cannarum, multifaria. Flores in Thyrso, 2-4-ni. Pedunculus brevis, ante folia aut iisdem cinctus. 
Bractea 5-6 infra flores stipulacee : inde ad singulos fasciculos 1-rie, colorate, marginibus versus 
basin cum dorso proxime. superior? s_confluentibus in sacculum, ultime steriles: prater has 3 
singulos flores amplectens. Genera Scitaminea genitalibus us distinguere, in tyrocinio a Societate Linneand 
edito, tentavit celeberrimus Histortc us GULIELMUS pany et multa feliciter : icones autem Curcu- 
me et Philydri, nescio quo errore, prorsus false see sunt ; hoc insuper, er, pericarpio supero — ad alium 
Ordinem pertinent, nempe cum Wachendorfid, Xiphidio, Hasaodore, &c. associandu. 
C, foliorum laminis totis i ee lanceolatis, subtus pubescentibus: thyrso ovali, ante folia : 
anthera ultra loculos retu 
Gaidoar, sive Zedoarium alterum, &c. Vanek Syll. p. 23. 
Sponte nascentem in Ins. Luzon, locis opacis humidis, legit J. Kame. 
Floret apud nos Maio, paulo ante folia erumpunt. 
ted historian of LORENZO DI Mept- 
genera of this 
“* Ed io anche sono Botanico” may justly exclaim the celebra 
5 Transactions, has illustrated the 
Natural Order, by new characters, which are in n general very satisfactory. No plants are more in- 
resti snaceous or aromatic roots; and Father Kame informs us, that 
those of thi i 1 like the Zedoar for asudorific. 
_ those o this species are used like the Zeaoary, as ss aes Seed 
“his Zedoary, which is 
very 
3-lobed as Mr. Rosco describes it, nor has his figure the least resem 
neous genus known to me 3 but I have only examined in a 
Hi um, Alpinia, £1 
leaves of which are smooth with 
smooth leaves the petioles rd wich sip ee > thi here 
green, pubescent underneath are In the collection nts si lad ir 
Aa psf Coeome» Meton : ur thas teres out to be the third 
Root pale brown, very gratefully afome as ea tee herb when Se cle aa 
‘ticulated : fibres thick and fleshy. Flowers * _— er Zope the leaves, from. 2 
at the bottom of each fertile bracte. *' bie 
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