Order I. 
MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
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38 Flowers large terminal in the sheaths of the top of the stem, leaves obi. acute sm. 
39 Spike terminal comose, Bracteas colored longer than the flowers. Leaves oblong-ovate pubescent 
40 Leaves sessile broad lane. Panicle terml. Lip obi. unguiculated bifid, Caps. obov. smooth. Seeds few 
41 Lip trifid, Leaves ovate-lanc. apex revolute, Caps, striated 
42 Lip emarginate. Leaves lanceolate ovate very smooth [and bifid, Caps. spha;r. open, on sides. Seeds few 
43 Leaves lane, short stkd. small, Rac. comp. droop. Lip broad 3-lob. lateral incurv. mto a tube : external curled 
44 Racemes terminal drooping, Lip bifid, Leaves lane, acumin. Margins rough with little spinous teeth 
45 Leaves linear-lanc. polished, Spike compound erect. Lip ovate-obl. apex curled and bifid 
46 Racemes spiked. Lip round und. 2-lob. Caps. vill. Leaves obi. villous beneath 
47 Racemes compound. Lip 3-lob. no spur. Caps, berried, Leaves narrow shining 
48 Scape radical compound flexuose procumbent. Lip 3-lob. calcarate 
49 Spike terminal oblong compactly imbricated with narrow sharp bractes 
50 Leaves bifar. very remote scape sheathed radical. Bracts dry pointed perm. Cor. tub. Lip included, Anth. sess. 
51 Nectary 2-leaved, Capsules spongy. Leaves smooth entire 
52 Lip emarg. Leaves and colored capsules smooth. Style hairy 
53 Spikes radical, Leaves stalked broad smooth, Ligula large. Lip fiddle-shaped 
54 Segments of the corolla concave acute equal. Lip ovate concave 
55 Leaves sub-sessile linear-lanceolate smooth. Spikes elevated oblong, Bracteas acute. Lip 3-lobed 
56 Stems decl. Leaves bifar. sess. lane. Spike long-ped. oval close obt. Bract, broad obov. obt. margs. col. Lip 3-lob. 
57 Stem erect, Leaves narr. sess. Spikes compact cone-shaped, Bracteas ovate-pointed. Lip 3-lobed 
58 Spikes lat. Bracteas ovate col. Segm. of cor. erect, Nect. 2-lob. 
59 Spikes lat. Leaves short-stalked lane. Spikes lax | in the earth, Lip entire 
60 Spikes lat. squarr. f in the earth. Bract, narrow recurv. Lip 3-lobed 
61 Nect. ovate entire. Leaves smooth on both sides 
62 Nect. wavy sub-3-fid. Leaves pointed entire shining, Spike close 
63 Nect. obsol. 3-lob. fringed wavy, Leaves silky beneath 
64 Cal. short with 3 grnish. blunt teeth, Fil. sm. at back. Leaves lane, hairy or sm. Spike turb. close, Br. obt. herb. 
65 Nect. concave entire, Leaves long-ellipt. thick shining 
66 Leaves rounded and stem very hairy, Flowers crisp 
67 Dorsal segments of nectary lane, acute : frontal 2 part. Segments obovate. Leaves oblong colored beneath 
68 Dorsal segments of nect. obtuse obsoletely 3 lobed : frontal 2-lobed wavy, Leaves ovate pale beneath 
69 Dorsal segments of nect. linear obtuse : frontnl emarg. Leaves lane, pale beneath 
70 Leaves stalked broad lane, smooth, Spike cen'ral. Cor. with inferior segment very large and panduriform 
71 Leaves orbiculate ovate wavy woolly beneath 
72 Leaves oval, Spike central. Anther crest jagged 
73 Scape very short. Flowers heaped. Leaves distant ovate acum. entire smooth 
74 Scape short, Flowers numerous close. Sterile stem simple. Leaves ellipt. lane, pointed 
75 Scape naked very short. Spike capitate, Leaves linear lanceolate 
76 Scape branching lax, Leaves ovate 
77 Leaves broad villous beneath, Spikes radical. Lip round oval. Crest broad truncated. Caps. 9 winged 
78 Scape naked. Spike elong. Bract, inflated. Leaves broad lanceol. 
79 Leaves lanceoL smooth. Spikes obovate echinated, Lip oblong 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
preserved in syrup, it is taken up and scalded before fully grown. After steeping and washing in water, it is 
put in jars, and covered with a thin syrup. (Browne's Jamaica.) Z. zerumbet is used in the East in cataplasms 
and fomentations, but not as internal medicine. 
11. Costus. From its name in Arabic, gosth. Jacquin has shewn that the costus of the moderns is not the 
same as the plant so called by the ancients. Cosiwurtx, Ger., and costo, Ital. All the species grow in woods in 
their native countries, and their roots partake somewhat of the qualities of ginger. 
12. Kcempferia. In honor of Engelbert Ka;mpfer, the Japanese traveller ; born in Lemgow in Westphalia in 
1651 ; died in 1716. Zedoaire, Fr. and Grosse Galgant, Ger. This is a curious genus of low stemless plants, 
with tuberous roots, a pleasant aromatic smell, and sharpish taste. The root is purple without and white 
within, and is esteemed a stomachic and cephalic. When the plants are not in a growing state, they require 
little or no water ; otherwise like bulbs which are kept always moist, they will not flower freely. 
13. Amomum. From a, privative, and fMif^og, impurity, it has always been esteemed a powerful counter 
poison ; or perhaps a corruption of phamama, the Arabic appellation of the plant. JJamome des pedes, Fr. 
Ingwer and Gengiovo, Ital. Most of the species formerly included under this genus are placed by Roscoe under 
Zingiber. 
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