Flora Medica

fl.ind.\. 17. and 24. AMOMUM.ZING1BERACEJE.lower spreading, 2-parted, with bifid lobes. According to Roxburghthe roots of this plant have an agreeable fragrant smell, and a somewhatwarm bitterish aromatic taste ;but they are unknown in London,although used medicinally by the Hindoos. It does not produce theGalanga major of druggists, and seems to have no other right to itsspecific name than what it derives from its supposed identity with theKatsjula Kelengu, of Rheede (xi. t. 41.). Fee says the roots are theRadices Alpiniae spuriae. Offic. True Galanga is the produce of AlpiniaGalanga, which see. (No. 1201.)1193. K. rotunda Linn. sp. pi 3. Roxb.fi. ind. i. 16.(Rheede xi. t. 9.) Cultivated all over India; its nativeplace unknown.Leaves oblong, coloured. Spike radical, appearing before the leaves,which are oblong, waved, and usually stained underneath. Upper segmentof the inner series of the corolla lanceolate, acute. Flowers veryfragrant. This was supposed to produce the Zedoaries of the druggists:and Fee continues to refer them to it. But it is clear thatZedoary is produced by Curcuma Zedoaria ;see No. 1 186, and Roxb.Inner limb of the corolla 1 -lipped. Filament dilated beyondthe anther, with an entire or lobed crest. Capsule often berried,3-celled, 3-valved. Seeds numerous, arillate. Herbaceousperennials, with articulated creeping rhizomata. Leaves in 2rows, membranous, with their sheaths slit. Inflorescence spiked,loosely imbricated, radical. Blume.1194. A. Cardamomum Linn. sp. pi.2. Roxb.fi. ind. i. 37.N. and E. handb. i. 248. pi med. t. 64. t.(Rumph.v. 65.f. 1.) Mountainous parts of Java, Sumatra, &c. ;commonlycultivated in gardens in India.Rhizoma creeping under the surface of the soil, like that of ginger,but smaller, less fleshy, more ligneous and white ;from which descend,and spread, many fleshy fibres. Stems rising obliquely to the height offrom 2 to 4 feet, clothed with the smooth deep green sheaths of theleaves. Leaves alternate, bifarious, connected by short petioles withtheir smooth stem-clasping sheaths ; lanceolate, entire and smoothon both sides, tapering into a long, and very fine point, from 6 to 12inches long. Spikes radical, sessile, oblong, appearing amongst thestems, half-immersed in the earth, loosely imbricated, with 1-floweredlanceolate, acute, villous, nerved, scarious, ash-coloured bracts. Bracteolaestriated downy, scarious, 2-toothed, tubular. Flowers opening insuccession, and not very conspicuous. Calyx clavate, tubular, downy,3-toothed, the length of the tube of the corolla. Tube of the corollaslender and slightly incurved; the outer series of 3 nearly equalpellucid divisions ; the lip, or inner series, rather longer than the exterior,somewhat 3-lobed, with a crenate, curled margin its middle lobe;yellow, with two rosy lines leading up to it from the mouth of the tube.Filament scarcely half so long as the limb of the corolla, incurved overthe mouth of the tube. Anther double, large, fleshy, with a large564