368 JOUENAL OF THE EOYAL HOETICULTUEAL SOCIETY. 



G. Camphora Nees. Camphor.— Formosa, China, Japan. 

 C. Cassia Bl. (= Cassia lignea.) 



Obchideae. 

 Vanilla planifolia Andr. Vanilla.— Mexico. 



SciT AMINE AE. 



Curcuma longa L. Turmeric. — Tropical Asia. 



Amomum Melegueta Rose. Asia, Africa, Ceylon. 



A. masticatorium Thw. Asia, Africa, Ceylon. 



A. pterocarpum Thw. Asia, Africa, Ceylon. 



A. aromaticum Eoxb. Grains of Paradise. — India. 



Elettaria Cardamomum Mat. Cardamom. — East Indies. 



E. Cardamomum var. major Wh. 



Zingiber officinale Rose. Ginger. — Tropical Asia. 



Alpinia Galanga Wilid. Greater Galangale. — Java, Ceylon. 



A. officinarum Hance. Chinese Galangale. — China. 



Geamineae. 



Andropogon Calamus Royle. Sweet cane. — Central India. 

 A. muricatus Retz. Kus-Kus. — India. 

 A. Martini Thw. Citronella grass. — Southern Asia. 

 A. Nardus L. 



A. refractus R. Br. Australian Lemon grass. — Australia. 



A. Schoenanthus L. Scented Lemon grass. — Asia, Japan, Africa. 



A. flexuosus Nees. Malabar Lemon grass. — India. 



A. citratus DC. Lemon grass. 



SPICES, CONDIMENTS, ETC. 

 Imports into United Kingdom during 1908. 



Cinnamon. 







lb. 





£ 



From Foreign Countries 





92,000 



value 



2,000 



,, Ceylon 





761,000 





16,648 



,, Other Countries 





120,000 





3,200 







973,000 





21^848 





Ginger. 













cwt. 







,, Japan and Formosa . 





4,442 





5,700 



„ Other Countries 





420 



>) 



520 







18,000 





34,000 



,, West Indies 





13,000 





44,000 







35,862 





84,220 





Pepper. 













lb. 







Germany .... 





44,000 





588 



Netherlands .... 





286,000 





4,500 







847,000 





18,440 



France and French Colonies . 





68,200 





1,120 



Siam .... 





932,150 





18,820 



Japan and Formosa 





339,120 





6,820 



Other Countries . . . 





130,000 





2,600 







2,646,470 





52,888 



