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the two lateral obliquely ovate, the three alternate, outer, 

 linear ; all spreading. Stam : filament one, linear, below 

 convex, above channelled, ascending, a little longer than the 

 corol ; arising from the throat of the tube, at the base of the 

 lower division. Anther oblong, erect, channelled above, with 

 a double pollen bearing line. Pist : Germ below, obtusely 

 three cornered ; crowned with a gland, conical, two cleft, style 

 capillary arising at the base of the gland, towards the lower 

 side ; concealed within a furrow in the lower side of the tube 

 and of the stamen. Stigma funnel shape, very small, at the 

 tip of the anther. 



I have not seen the ripe fruit, and believe it does not 

 bring its seed to perfection at Prince of Wales's Island. It 

 is cultivated in gardens for the beauty and perfume of its 

 flowers. 



According to Dr. Eoxburgh's arrangement of the scita- 

 mineous plants, this will be a Koempferia, and approaches 

 very near to, if it be not the same with his Koempferia speciosa. 

 Gandsulium, Eumph. 5, t. 69, f. 3. Hedychium coronarium, 

 Koen. ap. Ketz. Fasc. 3, No. 20, p. 73, Willden p. 10. 



In mine the tube of the corol is longer and more slender ; 

 and the divisions of its exterior limb are linear. 



4. Amomum taraca, Eoxb. 



Leaves sub-petioled, oblong ; panicle terminal ; interior 

 division of the corol two lobed, with lobes emarginate and 

 curled." Hellenia alhtghas,' Willden p. 4. Heritiera allughas, 

 Eetz. obs. fasc. 6, p. 17, t. 1. This is also called by the Malays 

 Ghungkenam. The fruit very hot and fiery. The root pound- 

 ed is applied as a remedy in Tinea capitis. 



Curcuma. 

 C. longa, Turmeric. Mai. Koonhut. Cultivated. 



DIANDEIA— MONOGYNIA. 



Eranthemum. 



Leaves : in threes round the stem, lanceolate, smooth, 

 spikes verticelled, axillary and terminal; verticles three flowered. 



R. A. Soc, No. 53. 1909. 



