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FLORA INDICA.
MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
- CANNA Indica, Syst. Pl. i. p. 2. Fl. Coch. i. 13. Fl. Zeyl. 1. Can|nacorus, Rumph. Amb. v. p. 177. t. 71. f. 2. Katu Bala, Rheed. Mal. ii. p. 85. l. 43. Flowering Reed, Gerard, 39. Outlines of the Globe, i. p. 316.—Inhabits all parts of India, is found also in Africa and South America. Called Indian Shot, from the form of the seeds, of which the Catholics, and the Mahometan negroes, make rosaries.
- RENEALMIA exaltata, Linn. Suppl. 79. Globba Sylvestris, major et minor, Rumph. Amb. vi. 140. tab. 62, 63. Grows in the wet fields of Celebes, and, rarely, behind Victoria castle, in Amboina. The fruit is of little use, but for its perfumed scent; is greedily eaten by the green parrots. The form of that of the Sylvestris of sin|gular growth. All the species given by Rumphius have the Ternatic name of Globba.
- MYROSMA Cannaefolia, Linn. Suppl. 80. Narukila, Rheed. Mal. ii. 67. tab. 34.
- AMOMUM Zingiber, Syst. Pl. i. 2. Fl. Zeyl. 3. Zingiber Maius, Rumph. Amb. v. p. 156. t. 66. f. 1. Inschi, Rheed. Mal. ii. p. 21. t. 12. Outlines, i. p. 141. Gerard, 61.—Common to the hotter parts of Africa, par|ticularly on the Red Sea, on the Troglodytic coast, the inhabitants of which were called by the Arabs, Zingi, from whom the plant de|rived its name. It was also brought from the neighboring Bar|baria, as appears from Galen, lib. vi. Medic. Simpl.
- AMOMUM Zerumbet, 3. Fl. Zeyl. 2. Fl. Coch. i. 3. Lampucium, Rumph. Amb. v. p. 148. t. 61. f. 1. Katou-Inschi-kua, Rheed. Mal. ii. p. 27. t. 13. Zerumbeth seu Zedoaria rotunda, Gerard, 34.
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