On the Cultivation of Rare Plants. 



late Right Hon. Charles Greville, and it is now in the 

 collection of Messrs. Jenkins and Gwythee, where it 

 flowered last June. 



Curcuma Longiflora. MSS. Curcuma rubescens. Roxb. 

 in As. Res. v. 11. p. 19. 



This species was introduced by Robert Williams, Esq., 

 in 1805, in whose stove one of the imported roots flowered 

 twice, the following year, both before the leaves - appeared, 

 and again from the middle of the leaves in autumn. I be- 

 lieve it is more tender than many others, all the plants at 

 Mill Hill having perished by too much wet after the leaves 

 decayed. Off-sets however from a plant, which I luckily 

 brought to Mr. Charles Greville, are now in many 

 collections about London. 



KiEMPFERiA Plantaginifolia, MSS. Kaempferia Ga- 

 langa. Sims in Bot. Mag. n. 850. cum Ic.—Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2. 

 p. 3. Kaempferia sessilis. Koenig. in Retz. Obs.fasc. 3. p. 62. 



A native of mountainous districts beyond Chittigong, from 

 whence the roots are brought down to the Bengal markets by 

 the Jumma Mugs : it is pretty hardy, if kept dry after the 

 leaves decay ; for I cultivated it several years before I had 

 a stove, in my father's kitchen window. I have no guess 

 what induced Linnaeus to give it the erroneous name of 

 Galanga. 



KiEMPFERiA Versicolor. MSS. Keempferia rotunda. 

 Sims in Bot. Mag. n. 920. cum Ic.—Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2. p. 3. 

 Keempferia longa. Jacq. Hist. Schonbr.v. 3. p. 37- 1. 317. 



From a painting of this plant, made by Eh ret for the 

 late Marquis of Bute, I find that it was introduced by that 



