A new arrangement of the plants of the monandrian class usually called Scitamineae / by William Roscoe.

  • William Roscoe
Date:
1807
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Credit: A new arrangement of the plants of the monandrian class usually called Scitamineae / by William Roscoe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    hitherto united under the common name oi Amomum^ yet further observations on living plants will be necessary to ascertain their specific distinctions. A specimen of the plant on which the genus Amomum was founded by Linnaeus is preserved in his her- barium ; the'flower of which I have, by the favour of Dr. Smith, had an opportunity of examining ; and have no hesitation in considering it as a distinct genus from Zingiber, and as agreeing in its generic distinctions with the Amomum angustifolium of Son- Herat, and with several others which will be enumerated amongst ' the species. In the trilobate apex of the filament this genus may be thought to resemble Curcuma; but the difference be- tween them consists in the anthera being placed in Curcuma on the middle segment of the filament; whilst in Amomum it oc- cupies the entire filament; and in the Linnaean specimen the two lobes of the anthera seem to be placed near the margins of the filament, and only to approach each other by their being rolled in to receive the style. To this it may be added that the middle segment of the filament is in some species of Amomum bifid. A. cardamomum. Bx Herb. Linn. Spica radicali scssili obovata, foliis obovato-ellip- ticis cuspidatis. Willd. Sp. PL v. ]. 8. Amomum vcrum. Ger. emac. 1348. f. 6. Amomo legitimo degli antichi. Pona Baldo. 50. , Cardamomum minus. Kumph. Amb. v. 5. 122. tab. 65. f. 1. Bont. Hist. Nat. 126. cum icone (exclusa capsula, quae Cardamomi medii est). Zingiber minus. Gart. tab. 12. * * These synonyms have been settled by Dr. Smith from a comparison of authentic specimens. D 2 A. angus-