Loudon's encyclopædia of plants : comprising the specific character, description, culture, history, application in the arts, and every other desirable particular respecting all the plants indigenous to, cultivated in, or introduced to Britain / [J.C. Loudon].
- John Claudius Loudon
- Date:
- 1855
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Loudon's encyclopædia of plants : comprising the specific character, description, culture, history, application in the arts, and every other desirable particular respecting all the plants indigenous to, cultivated in, or introduced to Britain / [J.C. Loudon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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Roscoea. purple ^ Alpinia. close-spiked j£ loose-flowered £ clustered •f occidental ]£ nodding )£ drooping ]£ upright j£ petiolate j£ spurless j£ cardamoms )£ spiked ]£ tubular £ Ceylon ]£ Hellenia. blue ]£ Ginger. fiddle-lipped Japanese narrow-leaved ^£ broad-leaved ^y; downy-leaved ^ purple-bracted^t rosy ^ squarrose £fc CosTtis. Arabian ^£ spiked ^ shewy ^ narrow-leaved ^ African ^ hairy spiral ^ villous 4^ Galangale. round-rooted officinal narrow-leaved fiddle-shaped & broad-leaved ^ oval ^1 Amomum. sweet-scented ^ large-flowered 3t narrow-leaved ^ grain of parad.^ insipid ^ wild ^ subulate ^£ El or E]or IZ3clt f7V)or G3 or E3 or [AJor fAlor [AJ or 23 or [AJclt IZa or E3or £3 or LAI or El or i Al or EJclt i Al or i Al or i Al or i Al or i Al or i Al or i Al or i Al or i Al or i Al or i Al or i Al or i Al or i Al or lAI clt i Al or i Al or i Al or i Al or i Al or i Al or i Al or tAJclt iAI or i Al or i Al or Scitaminece. Sp. 1—5. 1 P Nepal 1820. R s.l Ex. b. t. 108 Scitaminece. Sp. 13—19. Ja. ic. rar. v. 3 j Caraccas 1752. R S.1 Q oc f W v E. Indies R S.l Ru. am. 5. t. 63 Jl.S w' *VV. Indies 1752. R s.1 PI. ic. 11. t. 20 5 W Jamaica 1793. R s.1 13 ap.jn Pk E. Indies 1792. R s.1 Ex. b. 2. t. 106 6 ap.jn s Pk E Indies 1804. R s.1 Hot. mag. 1900 3 W E. Indies 1800. R s.1 Bot. rep. 421 5 ap.my W E. Indies 1799. R s.1 Bot. reg. 328 5 au w E Indies 1811. R s.1 8 au W.p E. Indies 1815. R s.1 li. mal. 11.t.4, b 2 Sumatra 1822. }j jl.au R DemararalS20. R s.l Hot. reg. 777 2 f.m R E. Indies 1796. R s.1 Bot. rep. 501 Scitaminece. Sp. 1. • 2 B N. Holl. 1820. Scitaminea?. Sp. 8—16. 3 my jn Pk E. Indies 1812. R s.1 2 my.jn Pk Japan 1796. R r.m K£em. ic. 1 2 jn.au R E. Indies 1605. R r.m Jac. vin. 1. t. 73 4 au Y.G E. Indies 1690. R r.m Ex. b. 2. 1.112 2 ■ s.n W.v E. Indies 1807. R r.m Bot. mag. 1426 2 s P E. Indies 1796. R s.1 2 au R.Y E. Indies 1822. R s.1 Roxb. cor. 2.126 2 au Pk E. Indies 1822. R s.1 Scitaminece. Sp. 6—13. 2 au W both Ind. 1752. R s.1 1 jn Y W.Indies 1793. R s.l Jacq. am. 1.1 3 au W E. Indies 1799. R s.1 Jacq. ic. 1 3 au w E. Indies 1799. R s.1 Bot. reg. 665 2 jn.jl w S. Leone 1822. R s.l Bot. reg. 683 2 jn.jl w S. Leone 1822. R s.1 4 n.d Sc St. Vine. It s.1 Jacq. schb. 1.1.1 6 n.d Y St. Vine 1822. R s.1 Scitaminece. Sp. 1 jl.au R.w 1 jn.s W.p 1 m.ap W.b 1 ap.jn P 1 ap.jn W 1 jl W.p Scitaminece. Sp. 3 my.jn Pk 3 jn.jl W 8 jn.jl R 1 f.mr R 3 mr.ap W 1 mr.ap W 3 mr.ap Y 6— 8. E. Indies 1764. E. Indies 1728. E. Indies 1797. E. Indies 1797. E. Indies 1803. Malacca 1822. 7—20. S. Leone 1795. S. Leone 1795. Madagasc. ... Madagasc. ... Bengal 1819. E. Indies 1819. Bengal 1822. R s.l Bot. mag. 920 R s.l Bot. mag. 850 R s.l Red. 111. 7. t. 389 R s.l Bot. reg. 173 R s.1 R s.1 R r.m Ann. bot. 1. 1.13 R r.m Ex. bot. t. Ill R r.m Sonn. it. 2. 1.137 R r.m Rh. mal. 11. t.6 R s.1 R s.l Slo. jam. 1. 1.105 R s.1 History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 7. Roscoea Named by Sir J. E. Smith, in honour of W. Roscoe, Esq., the accomplished historian of the Medicis, and the first botanist who elucidated the plants of the order Scitaminea;. The species are little known, but are both beautiful and curious. 8 Alpinia. After Prosper Alpini, an Italian physician and botanist, who practised at Cairo between 1580 and 1584 and died in 1615. Cimne de Riviere, Fr. A splendid genus, requiring rich soil, a moist heat and plenty ot room. A. racemosa answers best when treated as an aquatic. 9. Hellenia In honour of C. N. Hellenius, Professor at Abo, who, in 1798, published several academical dis. sertations. I he same culture answers this plant as recommended for Hedychium 10. Zingiber. From the original Indian appellation. Zingembre, Fr. Ginfer, Ger.; and Zinzer, Ital Manv of the specific names employed in the genus are derived from the vernacular names of the species The roots of Z. officinale, and zerumbet, much used in the kitchen and in medicine, form a considerable export from our West India Islands As a medicine, ginger is particularly useful in flatulent colic, debility, and laxitv of the system, and in torpid and phlegmatic constitutions, to excite a brisker action of the vessels The roots of gin ger are taken up when the stalks fade, and, being first washed and scalded, are afterwards dried in the sun J'lus forms black ginger; the white sort is never scalded, but only washed and dried. When the root is to be](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21495725_0032.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)