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roots, leaves, flowers, seeds and barks not as yet identified and named. Many of 
these like the Strophanthus may prove valuable additions to our Pharmacopoeia. 
The natives eat the fruit of the Amomum. The flower of this plant 
appears a short distance above the ground in the spring months.' One species 
is a lovely purple-red, another a pink-mauve, a third crocus-yellow, and a fourth 
GROWTH OF BRANCHES; 
FOLIAGE ; AND CONES OF THE MLANJE CEDAR 
(IViddringtonici w/iytei) 
white. They look at a distance like exaggerated crocuses. Preceding the 
florescence of the yellow species, large flat, yellow leaves appear, and spread 
over the surface of the soil ; but in the case of the purple Amomums the 
flower goes before the leaf, and the tall foliage which then follows is somewhat 
like a dwarf banana, to which genus the Amomums are distantly related. Their 
seed vessels are bright red, and are divided into sections, each with a black 
seed. The pulp surrounding them is pleasantly acid and is chewed by the 
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