Flora indica, or, Descriptions of Indian plants : reprinted literatim from Carey's edition of 1832 / by the late William Roxborough.
- William Roxburgh
- Date:
- 1874
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Flora indica, or, Descriptions of Indian plants : reprinted literatim from Carey's edition of 1832 / by the late William Roxborough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![parted, as usual ; hut here they all converge upward into one helmet over the anther and Pago stigma, as in the Orekidea. Lip entire, expanding, oblong, marked with a yellow stripe down the middle ; margins waved, and creuulate. Filament short, from the mouth of the tula; of the eorol, opposite to its interior bonier, on each side ot its insertion, is a small horn- let. Anther double, or two-lobed, and crowned with a bountiful, broad, semi-lunar crest Keel axial lmdics of Konig linear, fluted, and truncate. Germ short-pedicelled. striated, three-celled, with numerous ovula iu each, attached to the iuuer angle, (dxis.J Stifle sluid *r. Stigma funnel-shaped, but shut transversely, except during nnthesis. Capsule almost globu- lar, size of a gooseberry, three-celled, three-vulved, ornamented with nine, firm, siiort, ragged (whet) old and dry), inembrauaeeous wings. Ohs. The seeds possess a warm, pungent, aroioatio taste, not unlike that of Cardamoms, but by no means so grateful. I. 6. A. deal hat uni. It. 13 Leaves broad-laneeolar, villous underneath. Spites radical. B cartes lanceolate, obtuse, (very perishable,) Exterior border vaulted. Lip round-oval. Crest of one, broad, truncat- ed lobe. Capsules ovate-oblong, nine-winged. A stately species, a native of Chittagong, and other countries which form the eastern froutier of Bengal : from the former it has been introduced into the 1 to tunic garden near Calcutta, where it grows luxuriantly, and flowers freely during the months of March and April ; and the seeds ripen in September and October. Boots perennial, tuberous, crooked, jointed, creeping, like common ginger, with strong, fleshy fibres; in wan 1 colour of tb • tubers pale dull yellow, and when newly nit considerably aromatic. Stems numerous, erect in the centre, and oblique in the circumference of the chimp, from three to live feet high. Leaves suh-hiturious, the lower sessile on their sheaths and oblong, the superior sbortqietioled and laucooiar; all are very villous, and paler undenieath, length frmn six to twenty-four inches, breadth from three t, six. Sheaths smooth, rising iu a bifid ligula above the mouth. Spites radical, roundish obovate. Scape short and im- bricated with scab's, Ac. Hr dries from ovate t lamssdate, obtuse, very perishable, pale, one-flowered. In this species there is no inner bract e, like an interior calyx attached to the base of the genii, so general in this natural order. Flowers numerous, large, white. Ca/yx superior, rutlier hmger than the tul>e of the coral, three-cleft, and the hruetes very ]s'rish- able. Carol ; tube slmrt, the lliri'e exterior segments of the border form a vault over the anther, they are linear-oblong, and nearly equal. Lip brpud-oval, einarginate ; margins curled, white, with a little yellow in the centre. Filament short. Anther linear, crowned with an entire, brood. truncate, pure white er—t. Germ short pcdic-'lled. thrce-ccil d, Ac. ns in the genus. Capsules ovate-oblong, -ue of a nutmeg, nine-winded, thivc-is-lhsl. hut l have I. not observed them separate into valves. S-ds many. slm|H' various, lmt oval and ovate are ft most common. Integuments besides the aril, or its dried remains, a single, very hal'd, dark coloured, brittle one. J‘eri»perm conform to the seed, white and cartilaginous. Jttellus lodged in the upper part of the perisjtmu, of a roundish shape, hard, sub-hyaline. Embryo sub-ey- Untlrie. its njiex immersed in the vitellus, and its ba-e at the uinhilieus. Ohs. The seeds of this plant are insipid, whereas those ,.f Amomttm maximum, which is nearly allied to it, are nr miatic, and pass tor a sort of Cardamom. (>. A. subutatum B. Leaees lanceolar, smooth. Spites ovate, ecliinated with the long subulate points of the bractes, calyx, and up|>or segment of the exterior border of the eorol. Lip oblong. A native of the lower range of mountains which skirt tin- plains of Bengal on the north, whets' it grows oil the lmrdcts of the rills of water between the hills. Flowering time in the Botanic garden near Calcutta, March and April ; and the seeds ripen during the rains. Boot tuberous, creeping at a small distance uuder tlie surface of the soil, &c. as in the ge- nus and amply furnished with numerous, strong tihres. Stems erect, about three or four f»s*t high, and about as thick as the little finger. Lear s alternate, hilarious, sessile on their sheaths, narrow -lanceolar, finely acuminate, deep green, and smooth on Isith sides ; from twelve to fifteen inches long, by three or four broad Sheaths smooth, margins coloured and ri<itiir above the mouth intoun emargitiateligiila. Spites radical, compact, a littleelevat d alwc the soil, obe- x'ate, size ot a goose-egg, echinate w ith the long, subulate, pale yellow jaunts of the bracts'*, in- ner ealvx ami up|H*r segments ot the exterior ls»nh*r 14 the eorol. Braefes numerous, tlie ex- terior imbricated upward, obovote dark-red, smooth, long-subulate, pointed, enio-flowcred ; the inner, or inferior calyx, spatliiform, opening on one side. Flowers large, yellow. Ca/gx siq»e- I. ri')r, three cleft, segments subulate, and much longer than tlie tube of the eorol. Corot,- ex- 15 terior border ot lliri'e nearly equal segment*', the upper one ends suhnlately. Lip oblong, oft- n einarginate ; margins a liitl'- curled, deeper yellow than the exterior segments. Fila- ment fiat. Anther two-lobed and crowned with un entire crest. Germ three-celled, w ith manv ovula in each, attached to the thick partitions, a little removed from the axis. Style, stigma and neetarial scales of Konig as in the genus. 7 A. aromalic,im. B. Jie-ng. Monmg Klaelii. A native of the rallies on the eastern frontier of Bengal, where, as well us in the Botanic ganleii near Calcutta, it blossoms during the hot season, Is forc (he i>eriodioiil ruins la-gin ; and the triiit np. ns in g, ptemh. r : tlie capsules are tin n carefully gathered by tie natives, and soi l to the druggists, who dispose of them for medicinal and other purpose, where such spices are wanted, under the name of Morung chichi, or cardamom : (bough the soil vessel of this *!»'cies differs.in form from all hitherto described sorts of this drag; however the seeds are similar m their shape and spicy flavour.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28120024_0029.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
