MONANDROUS PLANTS. M 



any other part. The chara6leristic crest of the double anther, large 

 and bifid, or bidentate. Kcenig's nectarial bodies subulate. The stigma 

 infundibuHform ; and i\iQ germ 3-celled, with many seeds in each, attached 

 to the axis. The ripe seed vessel has not been seen, so rarely do they 

 arrive at that state ; I cannot therefore say Whether the seeds are arilled, 

 or naked. 



I. K;EMPFERiA Gulauga. Zinn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. 1. 15^ 



Leaves sessile^ subrotund. Spikes central. Upper segments df the innS^ 



border of the corolla oval, 

 Sonchorus, Rumph. ainb. 5. t. 69. /. S! 

 Katsjula-keleiigu. Rheed. nial. 11. /. 4}^, 

 Alpinia. sessilis, Retz. abs. 3, p. 62, 

 Ghandra-mula of the Bengalese. 



I HAVE only found this plant in its cultivated state. Kcenig found if 

 wild in the vicinity of Malacca. In Bengal it blossoms durihg the rainy 

 season. 



Sir Joseph Banks has been so kind as to ascertain that the dried root 

 df this plant is unknown to the druggists in London. 



Note by Dl*. Carey. 



'* This^ plant, which is said to be very common on the mountainous districts beyond Cha/gong^ 

 *' is called Camala. I find on further enquiry, that it is cultiyated by the Jumma MugSy and by 

 *' them brought down and sold in the markets, under the above name, to the people of Bengal, 

 *' who use it as an ingredient in their betle," 



^. KiBMPPERrX rotunda. Linn. sp. pt. ed. Willd. t. IB. 



Leaves oblong (coloured. ) Spikes radical, and before the leaves. Upper 

 segments of the inner border of the corolla lanceolar, acute. 



Malan-kua. Rheed. mal. 11. t. 9. 



tthuchampaca, Asiatick Researches. 4. p. 949. 



Bhuchampac^ or Bhuichampa of tlic Ren gal esc. 



