MONAND. MONOG. 6. Hedychium. 7. Cuftus. 8. Alpinia. 19 
6. HEDYCHIUM. Calyx i -leaved, appearing as if 
broken : coral with a very long tube, and double 
3-parted border: neSlary 2 -leaved. 
^oronarium, HedYCHIUM. 
India, Rumfh. Amh. 5, /. tab. 6 q, f. 
Stem ered: lea-vet bifarious, oblong, ftieathing ; denle, at 
the top of the ftein: corois nodding, much longer than the 
calyx. 
7. COST US. Calyx 3-cleft, gibbous; coral 3-parted, 
ringent: neSlary 2-lipped, the lower lip very 
large and 3-lobed. 
^obicus. Leaves glabrous each fide : fpike few-flowered, the fcales 
foliaceous at the tip, the top ones fafligiate. 
Eaft Indies. Black-M. t. 394. Merian Sti'in t 36. 
S^ke very much refcmbling the cone of the Fir-tree. 
■Ip'ttttut, Leav'es glabrous each fide : fpike many-flowered, fubovatc, 
clofely imbricate, with ovate Ample fcales. 
Eaft Indies. "Jaeg. Amer. lab.i. Mata. hut. t. 14./ 8, 
Root fleftiy, white: Jiems fomewhat pointed, fmooth : leaws 
oblong, pointed, Ihining. alternate, the floral- leaves below the 
fpike commonly in fours; Jfathes i -flowered, fcarlet: ilMuert 
yellow. 
•^Ptehiut. Leaves filky underneath. 
Eaft Indies. 'Jatg.rar. Rumph. Amb. 6. t. S\ f- •’ 
Lea-vet alternate, lanceolate, pointed, green, glabrous above, pal- 
er villous underneath: fpike terminal: ^«a/flclh -colour, 
8. ALPINIA. Crr/jx 3-toothed, equal, tubular: cord 
3 -parted, equal; nedary a-lipped, the lower lip 
expanding. 
^‘•ceniosa. Raceme terminal, fpiked; flowers alternate: lip of the 
neilary 3 cleft: leaves oblong, pointed. 
Weft Indies. Sloanejam, 1. 1 . 105. f. 1. Rotth. Havn. 2. t. 2. 
Root flclhy ; havet ftieathing, alternate, fmooth : brakes alter- 
nate, lanceolate, red ; cahx red ; corot white. 
^“langa. Raceme terminal, lax, flowers alternate : lip of the nedary 
notched : leaves lanceolate. 
. Eaft India. Rumph. Amh. ^ 143. /ai. 63. 
Stem fimple, fmooth : coral yellowifh-vvhite. 
The root of this fpecies is the Galangale of the ftiops. 
Spike terminal, comofe: btades coloured, longer than the 
. flower: leaves oblong-ovate, pubefeent*-. 
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