gM DESCRIPTION OF ' 



A NATIVE of Chittagojig; from thence introduced into the botanic gar- 

 den at Calcutta, where it flowers in April and May. 



This is the most stately, and most beautiful of our scitamineoiss plants. 

 The flowers are particularly large, with the bra6les, and exterior border 

 of the corolla, pure, smooth, lucid white ; and the large lip variegated with 

 crimson, and yellow. 



4, Alpinia nutans. Roscoe in Trans, of Linn. Soc. 8. S46„ 



Leaves lanceolar^ short-petioled^ polished. Racemes , terminal^ drooping', 

 • Lip obscurely three-Iobed, ( laterallobes incurved into a tube. ) Capsules 



spherical, opening down the sides. Seeds a few^ round; aril white; 



(nectaries square and truncate. ) 

 Renealmia nutans. Andr. Bot. repos. 5, t. 360„ 

 Globba nutans. Linn. sp. pL ed. Willd, \. 153, 

 Poora-nag-champa of the Hindus, 



A NATIVE of the interior parts of Bengal. From Dinajpur Dr. Wm, 

 Carey sent plants to this garden, where they are perfectly at home, pro- 

 ducing quickly from the same root, numerous, luxuriant stems, of from 5 

 , ,to 8 feet in length, and as thick as a manV finger ; flower abundantly du- 

 ring the hot season, ( March, April and May,) and the seed' n pens in Odo- 

 ,.ber and November. The seeds possess a small degree of spicy. warmth. 

 'The root is also odorous, and is sometimes carried W EH'g'ldfid for Galan- 

 ga major. In this the apex of the anther is bifido Stigma large* with hairy 

 callous lips. 



5. Alpinia mutica. R.- ,.,, ,.,. ^^ ,,..,,. jr,- :,.;,',:s., . ,.,.! - ...... , -■- 



Leaves short-petioled, narrow-lanc6olar, poHshied. Macemes terminal, erect, 

 compound. Lip 3-lobed; base spurless. Capsule berried. Seeds numerous, 

 angular; aril evanescent. 



Found by Mr. W. Roxburgh in the forests of Prince oi Wales' Island, 



