SM DESCRIPTION OF 



ALPINIA CARDAMQMUM. 



Eiettafi. Rheed. 



Sans. E'I4, Sucshma-ela, DFavidi, Truti, Coraogi, Upacimchi &c. ■' ■ ' 



Hind. E'lachij Il4chij E laicbi, Ch'hoti Jachi, GujrMi elaobU 



Beng. and Or. Elalch, 



Cflshm. Lochiel. 



Malab. Ela. Elettaru Rheed. Ailum chedi. RokBo 

 , ' Marh,at. E,Ia, Gujratt'hi ilachi. 



€arn. Erare, Eraci, Chiri yalacc|. 



Telang. Sanna jallaccio 



Arab. Kakulah, Hal. 



Pers. m\. 

 Two sorts of Cardamoms, denominated in various languages large and small, are distinguished by 

 the Hindi names oi Purbi dLnAGuzrdti E'ldcki, or Cardamojas produced in the east of Hindostan 

 and, in Guzrat. The S qnscrit ^yvionym^ make the- small, sort to be the prod^iction of Dravida or the 

 southern part of the peninsula of India. It is the seed of this plant, which is a native of the moun- 

 tains near Cochin and Calicut. The largCiSort, .accojjdifig lo thc^Oie^c/^?/ synenyraa, is a production 

 of Triputi. Note by the President. 



!. A'i.PiNiA spicata. M. 



.Spike terminal^ oblong,, compactly imbricated with narrow-lanceolate, 

 acute bracteSo 



A NATIVE oi- Sumatra.^ sRd the smallest of the g,enus I have yet seen. 

 It was brought by Mr. W. Roxburgh from Bencoolen to this garden in 

 1803 ; and at the -close of the rains of 1808 it blossomed for the first time^ 



, and was then only about two feet high. 



10. GLOBBA. 



^|:jj,, Ct^AH. Ct^rxj^/a with interior border two-lobed, or none. Filament rerj 

 long, curved; base tubular^ and winged with a cuneiform lip. Anther double 

 (appendicled, or naked.) Caj)Si(?e one-celled,, 3-valved. 5eerfs many, attached 

 to 3 parietal receptacles. 



"" As RoscoE observes, in his new arrangement of the Scitaminean plants, 

 no genus in the whole order is more strongly marked than Globba; 

 though certainly the Linnjean description .could never have led to a 



