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5. Zingiber Hgulalum. E. 



Leaves approximate, sessile, lanceolate. Spikes lax, oI)ovate, apex evf^n 

 with the earth. Bractes cuneiform. Lip sub-hastate. ;,! ,;.•>/; 



A NATIVE of Hindostan, where it was first noticed by Colonel Hai^p- 

 .lyipKE. ;Flovvers.durkig the rainy season ; .se^d ripe in December: 



6. Zingiber, rubens. M, 



Leaves lanceolar. Spikes lax/half immersed in sthe^ earth. ;Bracte§ linear- 

 lanceolate, straight. Lip narrow-ovate, entire. 



Sent by Dr. F. Buchanan, from the distrifb of '^ipigpir to this gar- 

 den, where it grows freely, and blossoms in August. 



7. • 'Zingiber squarrosum. R. 21 u'.y.. .:_.:, w .■, .-^ ;.>i;- 'io • .a.i-,.-.^,.:,, ■ 



Leaves lanceolar, fSpikessquairrose, 'half immersed in the earth. Bractes 

 linear, vidth long, taper, waved, recurved apexes. Lip 3-lobed ; apex bifid, 



A native of PegUt where it ripens its seed in December. From Ran^ 

 goo?i Mr. Felix Garey sent the -fresh roots, entire capsules, and ripe 

 seeds to this garden, where the plants from both the seeds and roots grow 

 freely, and the latter blossorned jn August, . . 



"" .- . ■■^*^x-' Sect. 2. Spike ierminaL -'■'' "'i'^'' ' ■■^" 



8. Zingiber cap-itatum. i?. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, ^tem-clasping. Exterior bractes lanceolate ; in- 



■ ierior ovate. ■' ,■,,,/. 



A NATIVE of Hindostan, where .it was also first noticed by .Colonel 

 Hardwicke; and^ (with the last^) sent to the botanic garden at Calcutta, 

 under the Hindu name Jen^li-adrac, ■ It blossoms in the, early part of the 



rains ; and the seed ripens abundantly iii,$eptember and O^ober. 



