MONANBROUS PLANTS. m 



The colour of the root, and its similarity tp saffron^ have indeed suggested appellatloi;!?. fof the 

 iufmericljL io more tha.a one language. Thus it has been named Crocus hidicus, and hy the Portu-. 

 guese Saffran de terra. The Persian, Arabick and Malay names of it are all relative to its yclloAr 

 dj^e or golden colour, and so in general are the Sanscrit synonyma. The familiar term, Haridrd, 

 whence the Yernacular names of it in most countries of India are taken, is explained by etymologists 

 as also bearing allusion to the colour, ' brighter than a tawny hue (hart) J Note by the Presidents 



II. CvKCVMA Atnada. R. ,, . •,...,,.;,,. 



Bulbs conicj and with the palmate tubers inwardly pale yello;ve. Spike 

 rscanty, few-flowered. Leaves long-petioled, broad-lanceolar. The whole 

 plant uniform green, :'l\, .a^jsi^u i ; » ■ - > A 



3'enwojni m?inga. Mumph. amjj. 5, p. 169. . -^^^ ^, .,.,•< I ,-..;i. 



Amada of the Bengalese, which ^igm^es Mango-ginger; the fresh root 

 ;pdskessing the peculiar smell of a green mango, which alone will distin- 

 guish this species from every other I have yet met with. Dr. Carey 

 ©bserves, that it is also known by the name Kajula-gauree, and used hy 

 the natives to excite appetite, when lost by long weakness. 



A NATIVE of Bengal. Flowering time the rainy season., The natives 

 eat tlie root in their curries, and use it medicinally, 



""12,. Cvviz\3^!i viridijlora,. i?. ,;; 



Bulbs oblong, and with the palmate tubers inwardly deep jelloyr. Leaves 

 long-petioled, oblong. The whole plants (spike and coma/) uniform 

 green, 

 Tommon giring. Rumph. amh. 5. p. 169. 



A j^ATivE pf Sumatra. From thence Dr. Charle^ Campbell sent thp 

 plants to this garden, under the iWiz/ojy n^me Tprnmon, the rqot of which, 

 he observed, yield the Malays a yellow die; though the colour is paler 

 -than th-at ^f C.longd. The odour is^aisp Ypry different; tlie plant much 

 larger and entirely green, even the coma of the.spi^^, ;>yhip{iJ^jll.fhe 

 ^'restis the most highly coloured part. \(i\^ .-^iiioLJi) 



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