CLASS I. ORDER I.
MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. One Chive. One Pointal.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx monophyllus. Corolla 4-5-fida. Antheræ 2. Filamentum simplex ultra antheras productum.
Empalement of one leaf. Blossom either 4-or 5-cleft. Anthers two. Filament simple, extended beyond the anthers.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Zingiber scapo simplicissimo, crasso, brevi, capitulo subovato, bracteis inferioribus lato-ovatis obtusis; corollâ 4-fidâ, laciniis tribus exterioribus oblongis marginibus involutis; alteris sub-cordatis duplo majoribus, mox convolutis.
Ginger with an unbranched, thick, short flower-stalk, the lower flower-scales broadly-oval and blunt: the blossom 4-cleft, the three outer divisions oblong with their margins turned inwards, the inner inversely nearly heart-shaped and doubly larger, soon folding together.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. Sheath at the base of the calyx.
2. A detached flower.
3. Seed-bud, anthers, and pointal, summit magnified.
4. The plant in miniature.