AMOMUM ZINGIBER 
GALLIS, AMOME GINGEMBRE. 
JNGLIS , ZINSIBER-OR, GINGER. 
CHARACTER GEJSER1CUS. 
Calix duplex, exterior tridentatus; interior, tubulosus limbo 4 
partito inequali; stigma obtusum. Capsula coriacea. Jussieu . gcn, 
p. 63. 
— Singulus flos, spatham habet propriam, superiorem tubulo¬ 
sam, caliciformem tripartitam. 
— Corolla monopetala tubulosa, 4 partita, divisuris inaequali¬ 
bus, tribus, ovato lanceolatis, quarta majori, apice dilatata. 
— Stamen unicum, filamentum complanatum, apice truncatum, 
anthera bilocularis, filamento adnata. 
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— Ovarium ovatum, inferum, stylo filiformi terminatum stigma 
obtusum. 
— Fructus capsula obtusa triangularis, trilocularis,loculis poly- 
spermis. Lam . Encyclop. p. i33. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Amomum zingiber, radicibus repentibus, tuberosis, geniculatis, 
aut digitatis, foliis lineari lanceolatis, caulibus floriferis, radicali- 
bus, nudis, apice spathaceis, clavatis. T. — Amomum minus, fo¬ 
liis angustis; scapo nudo, apice spica clavata, terminato. Inschi. 
Rlieed. Mal. 11 . p. 2 1 . t. 12 . 
DESCRIPTION. 
D’un faisceau de racines tubereuses, rampantes, de la grosseur du 
doigt, noueuses, genouillees et quelquefois digitees, recouvertes 
dhine ecorce cendree, sortent plusieurs tiges herbacees, haut.es den- 
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