gll DESCRIPTION OF " ": 



Guzr. A'du. 



Cashm. Aduru. ,,.■.;. 

 ^. .. Fenjab. Adarac. Adra. A'di. 



; . .1^., . ^ ,^^ Marhat, A'Ie» 



Cam. Alia. 

 , ^ Telang. Allami, 



Arab, Zenjabil. 



Malab. A'le, IncM. Rtf&Bft. Ifinji. iKoMPK, 



Malay. Halya, Alea. Rumph. Alia. HiowisoKo' 

 Among the Sanscrit synonyma of ginger, S'rtngavera (signifying' hom-sliaped',) or, as it !s 

 pronounced in some places, S rtngabera, has atoarked affinity with the Greek Z;yy/gfpX5, th&^Lait'tl 

 Zino^iber, and even the Jrabick Zenjabil ; as well as v/ith all the names which the drug obtains la- 

 the various languages of Europe. This affinity of the Arabick and European names had been 

 lono- a<To remarked by Garcias. Its origin is now traced to the ancient and learned language of 

 India. 



The plant and fresh root ars in Hindi called Adrac 2t,\iS. Add from the Sanscftt A'rdraca and' 

 A'rdra; and the dry root is named by int)fSt/»rf?£tnttations S'trnVh ov SunVh from the Sanscrit S un.- 

 thi or S'unVhi. The etymology of these terms seems to indicate the contrast of wet and dry; for 

 such is the radical sense of the words A'rdra and S'unVh: but Sanscrit grammarians esplain the first 

 as alluding to the moisture which ginger induces on the -tongue; and the other as indicating the 

 virtue which it is supposed to possess of drying up phlegm^ Note by i'he President. 



2. Zingiber Zerumhet. Moscoe in Trans, of Linn. Soc, S. 348. 



Stems declinate. Leaves approximate, sessile, lanceolar. Spikes compact^ 

 strobiliform, much elevated, oval, obtuse. Bractes broad-obovate, obtuse | 

 margins coloured. Lip 3-lobed. 



Amomum Zerumhet. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. \. 6. 



Katu-inshi-kua. Eheed. mul. M. t. 13. 



Zingiber spurium. Retz. obs. 3. 60. 



Lampujura. Rumph. amh. 5. t. 64. /. L 



A NATIVE of various parts of India. Flowering- time the rainy season. 

 Seeds ripen in November, and December, by which time the plant has 

 perished down to the root. 



* ZINGIBER ^ERtTMBET. 



Katu.inschi-kua. Rheed. Lampujang. Rumph. 

 This plant was supposed by Rumphitjs to be the Zerumhet j-^^^z Wdhmj^, -w&o - assisted 



