MONAND. MONOG. 5. Hornftedtia. 
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Sylvestre- 
Mioga, 
(ingustfoli-i 
um. 
Cardano - 
mum. 
•villsfum. 
tchinatum. 
tepcnt. 
Granutn 
farudisi. 
Sc^phus. 
Leenurut. 
Scape naked : fpike elongated, with oblong ventricofe j 
bradlcs : leaves broad-lanceolate. 
Jamaica. Sloane Jam, 1, tab. 105./^. 2. Bro’vun Jam. l^3. 
Scape very Ihort : capfule ovate : leaves enfiform, acute. 
Japan. Kampf. ic filed} , tab. I. 
Root fufiforra, aromatic : Hem weak : leasts alternate, pointed/ 
tmooth, nerved : /cc/if fhort : fiavoers\x\ bundles, itffile: bot' 
der of the corol 4 parted, the 3 outer parts equal, concave/ I 
acute, white, the inner concave, obtufe, yellow, with 2 ear* 
at the bottom : neaar^ o, except the inner fegment of the corol* 
Scape naked, very fhort: fpike capitate: leaves linear', 
lanceolate. 
Madagafcar. Sumer, it, td. Germ. 2, p, 189. tab. 137. 
irafe/ very narrow : y/.-ir globular: capfulet osiXe. 
Spike radical, fellile, obovate : leaves obovate-elliptic, cuf' 
pidate. 
Blacknv. t. 584, 58J. Weed-v. t, 131. Plenck. ic. t, 3. 
India. The feeds are the Cardamoms of the Ihops. 
Root flefliy : Iea<ves alternate, embracing the Item, 1 
Scape (heathed, very (hort: fpike roundifh: bra(9;es lancC' 
olate, longer than the flower. 
India. Rumph. Amb. 6. p. 137. tab. 61. fig.z. 
Stem weak, upright: Iea<vej lanceolate, ncrvelefs: fpike fubovatf' 
with linear imbricate bradtes : corol pale : neSarj fhort, blun*' 
pericarp fubglobular, rufous, 3 celled, villous on the outfide* 
Root radical, feffile, fubglobular : capfulcs grooved, prick' 
ly, globular. 
Woods of India. Rumph. Amb. 6 . p, 137, t.(s\, f, i. 
Scape branched, decumbent : leaves lanceolate. 
Malabar. Rheed, Mai. ll. f. 4, 5. Senner.it. 2. t. 136. 
Scape branched, lax : leaves ovate. 
Blachiu. t. 385. Plenc. ic. t, 1 1 2. Rheed. Mai. 1 1 . r, 6; 
Guinea. ’1 he feeds arc the Grfliatr of the fliops. | 
5. HORNSTF.DTIA. bifid: c ore/ with a lofl^ 
filiform tube and double border, the exterior X 
parted: wcif/ar^ tubular : 3. celled, oblong' j 
Leaves downy underneath. I 
Malacca. Ka ft’g, op. Retx. obs, 3. p. 63 . 
Leaves glabrous, ciliate. 
Woods of Malacca, Kien. ap. ReiZi obs. 3. p. 69. 
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