352 DESCRIPTION OF 



examiiiej there is a perisperm, or albumen ; and vitellus. The embryo is 

 generally an inverted crescent, more or less perfe(51, with a straight por- 

 tion, the radicle, from the middle of its convex, or underside, pointing 

 to the umbilicus of the seed , ( so y • ) 



I. Alpinia Galanga. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Wllld. 1. IS. 



Leaves sessile^ broad-lanceolar. Panicle terminal. Lip oblong, with bifid 

 apex/ linear claWj and two conic coloured glands at its base. Germ with 



■- two-seeded cells. Capsules obovate, smooth, few-seeded. 



Galanga major. Rumph. amh. 5. t. 63. 



Alpinia Galanga. Eoscoe in Trails, of Linn. Soc. 8. 345. 



A NATIVE of the Malay Archipelago. From Sumatra Dr. Charles 

 Campbell sent plants to this garden in i8oo: where they flower during 

 the hot season ; and ripen their seed, though very rarely, in November. 

 The seed vessel is small, obovate, smooth, deep orange red, does not 

 open spontaneously, and cannot contain more than two seeds in each cell, 

 (that being the number in the germ,) which are three-fourths covered 

 with a white aril. To the taste they are bitter, and nauseous. These 

 circumstances induce me to believe it to be Rumphius's plant, but I doubt 

 whether any one of KcEnig's Languds's can be referred to this. For the 

 same reason I would exclude Loureiro's A. Galanga. 



By the assistance of Sir Joseph Banks, and Dr. Combe, it has been 

 found, that the root of this plant is the real Galanga major of our shops 

 (in London.) 



:\ ALPINIA GALANGA. ■:.->■' 



Lanquas. Rumph. •. ; , 



Arab. Kholinjan, Khulinjan. 



Sans. Culanjana, Culanja, Sugandha-tacha, MahabKarj-vachd. 

 Hind. Culinjanj Culenjin, Culijan, 



