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MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Class T. 
7. ROSCO'EA. Sm. 
38 purp6rea Stn. 
8. ALPFNIA. W. 
39 com6sa Jacq. 
40 Galanga J^F. 
41 racemosa Eos. 
42 ocoidentalis Sw. 
43 nutans i?05. 
44 cernua B.M. 
45 calcarata iJos. 
46 malaccdnsis Ros. 
47 mutica Roxb. 
48 Cardam6muin /?o.r6. 
49 spicata Roab. 
SOtubulata R.R. 
51 Allughas W. 
9. HELLE'NIA. 
52 CEerulea 
10. ZIN'GIBER. Rose. 
53 panduratum i?ox6. 
54 Mioga Ros. 
55 officinale iJos. 
56 Zerumbet Ros. 
57 Casumunar Roxb. 
58 purpureum iJosc. 
59 roseum Roxb. 
60 squarrosum ^ox6. 
11. COS'TUS. Rose. 
61 arabicus L. 
62 spicatus JT. 
63 speci6sus Rose, 
angustifolius. 
64 afer B. R. 
hirsutus. 
65 spiralis Rox. 
Alp. spiralis. 
66 villosissimus Jacq. 
12. KiEMPFE'RIA. W. 
67 rotfinda Z,. 
68 Galanga L. 
69 angusti folia Jacy. 
70 pandurata B. Reg. 
71 latifi')lia Donn. 
72 ovalifolia /Joxfi. 
13. AMO'MUM. Rose. 
73 Afz^lii Ros. 
74 grandifl6rum ZJ. ^. 
75 angustifulium Rox. 
76 Grana Parad'isi W. 
77 dealbatum Roxb. 
78 sylv^stre W. 
79 subulatum Roxb. 
ROSCOEA. 
purple 
Alpima. 
close-spiked j£ [23 or 
loose-flowered £ [Z3 clt 
i& CZa or 
clustered 
occidental 
nodding 
drooping 
upright 
petiolate 
spurless 
cardamoms 
spiked 
tubular 
Ceylon 
Helle.ma. 
blue 
Ginger. 
fiddle-lipped 
Japanese 
narrow-leaved E] clt 
broad-leaved lAJ or 
downy-leaved lAJ or 
purple -bracted^st lAJ or 
jg ,7^ or 
jg CZSor 
^ [Z2 or 
£ [Zaor 
^_ [23 or 
^ 23 or 
£ LSI clt 
j£ [23 or 
j£ [Z3or 
£ 23 or 
£ [23 or 
:^ [73 or 
:k lAJ or 
:^ lAJ or 
jy lAI or 
^ lAI or 
^ lAJ or 
:^ lAI or 
rosy 
squarrose 
COSTUS. 
Arabian 
spiked 
shewy 
narrow-leaved ^ lAJ or 
African lAI or 
hairy ^ lAJ or 
spiral ^ lAJ or 
villous ^ lAJ or 
Galangale. 
round-rooted lAJ or 
officinal lAJ clt 
narrow-leaved lAI or 
fiddle-sfiaped ^ i Al or 
broad-leaved lAJ or 
oval ^ uAJ or 
Amomum. 
sweet-scented ^ lAJ or 
large-flowered lAJ or 
narrow-leaved lAJ or 
grain of parad.;^ lAJ clt 
insipid ^ lAJ or 
wild lAJ or 
subulate lAJ or 
Seltaminece. Sp. 
1 P 
Scitaminece. Sp. 
6 oc.f W.Y 
5 jl.s W 
6 W 
13 ap.jn Pk 
6 ap.jn Pk 
3 s W 
5 ap.my W 
5 au W 
8 au W.p 
2 
2 jl.au R 
2 f.m R 
Seitaminecff. Sp. 
2 B 
Seltaminece. Sp. 
3 my.jn Pk 
2 my.jn Pk 
2 jn.au R 
4 au Y.G 
2 s.n W.Y 
2 s P 
2 au R.Y 
2 au Pk 
Seltaminece. Sp. 
2 au W 
1 jn Y 
3 au W 
3 au W 
2 jn.jl W 
2 jn.jl W 
4 n.d Sc 
6 n.d Y 
Seltaminece. Sp. 
1 jl.au R.w 
jn 
W.p 
.ai» W.B 
ap.jn P 
ap.jn W 
jl W.p 
Seltaminece. Sp. 
my.jn Pk 
jn.jl W 
jn.jl R 
fmr R 
1 mr.ap W 
mr.ap W 
mr.ap Y 
1—5. 
Nepal 1820. 
13—19. 
Caraccas 1752. 
E. Indies ... 
W.Indies 1752. 
Jamaica 1793. 
E.Indies 1792. 
E Indies 1804. 
E. Indies 18G0. 
E. Indies 1799. 
E. Indies 1811. 
E. Indies 181.'5. 
Sumatra 1822. 
Demararal820. 
E. Indies 1796. 
1. 
N. Holl. 1820. 
8—16. 
E. Indies 1812. 
Japan 1796. 
E. Indies 1605. 
E. Indies 1690. 
E. Indies 1807. 
E. Indies 1796. 
E. Indies 1822. 
E. Indies 1822. 
both ind. 1752. 
W.Indies 1793. 
E. Indies 1799. 
E. Indies 1799. 
S. Leone 1822. 
S. Leone 1822. 
St. Vine. 
St. Vine. 1822. 
6— 8. 
E. Indies 1764. 
E. Indies 1728. 
E. Indies 1797. 
E. Indies 1797. 
E. Indies 1803. 
Malacca 1822. 
7— 20. 
S. Leone 179.5. 
S. Leone 1795. 
Madagasc. ... 
Madagasc. ... 
Bengal 1819. 
E. Indies 1819. 
Bengal 1822. 
R s.l Ex. b. t. 108 
R s.l Ja. ic. rar. v. 3 
R s.l Ru. am. 5. t. 63 
R s.l PI. ic. 11. t. 20 
R s.l 
R s.l Ex. b. 2. 1. 106 
R s.l Bot. mag. 1900 
R s.l Bot. rep. 421 
R s.l Bot. reg. 328 
R s.l 
R s.l R. mal. n. t. 4, 5 
R r.m 
R s.l Bot. reg. 777 
R S.I Bot. rep. SOL 
R 
s.l 
R 
r.m 
R 
r.m 
Jac. vin. 1. 1. 75 
R 
r.m Ex.b. 2. 1. 112 
R 
r.m 
Bot. mag. 1426 
R 
s.l 
R 
s.l 
Roxb. cor. 2. 126 
R 
s.l 
R 
s.l 
R 
s.l 
Jacq. am. 1. 1 
R 
s.l 
Jacq. ic. 1 
R 
S.I 
Bot. reg. 665 
R 
s.l 
Bot. reg. 683 
R 
s.l 
R 
s.l 
Jacq. schb. 1. 1. 1 
R 
s.l 
R 
s.l 
Bot. mag. 920 
R 
s.l 
Bot. mag. 850 
R 
s.l 
Red. lil. 7. t. 389 
R 
s.l 
Bot. reg. 173 
R 
s.l 
R 
s.l 
R 
r.m Ann. bot. 1. 1. 13 
R 
r.m Ex. bot. till 
R 
r.m Sonn. it. 2. 1. 137 
R 
r.m Rh. mal. 11. t.6 
R 
s.l 
R 
s.l 
Slo.jam.l. t.l05 
R 
s.l 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
7. Roscoea. Named by Sir J. E. Smith, in honour of W. Roscoe, Esq., the accomplished historian of the 
Medicis, and the first botanist who elucidated the plants of the order Scitamine« The species are little 
known, but are both beautiful and curious. 
8. Alpinia. After Prosper Alpini, an Italian physician and botanist, who practised at Cairo between 1580 
and 1584, and died m 1615. Canne de Riviere, Fr. A splendid genus, requiring rich soil, a moist heat 
and plenty of room. A. racemosa answers best when treated as an aquatic. 
9. Hellenia. In honour of C. N. Hellenius, Professor at Abo, who, in 1798, published several academical dis- 
sertations. The same culture answers this plant as recommended for Hedychium. 
10. Zingiber. From the original Indian appellation. Zingembre, Fr. Ginjer, Ger. ; and Zinxer, Ital Many 
of the specific names employed in the genus are derived from the vernacular names of the species. The roots 
of Z. officinale, and zerumbet, much used in the kitchen and in medicine, form a considerable export from our 
West India Islands. As a medicine, ginger is particularly useful in flatulent colic, debility, and laxity of the 
system, and in torpid and phlegmatic constitutions, to excite a brisker action of the vessels. The roots of gin- 
ger are taken up when the stalks fade, and, being first washed and scalded, are afterwards dried in the sun 
Tl?i8 forms black ginger j the white sort is never scalded, but only washed and dried. When the root is to be 
