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

  • Roscoe, William, 1753-1831.
Date:
1807
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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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    this very circumstance renders them of the greatest use in de- termining the specific characters of these plants; which are not always obtained without difficulty from the general habit and leaves., Of these facts whoever examines the parts of fructifica- tion of the CannaSf the Zingibers, or the Kampferias, will be fully convinced. I must further observe that in the true Scitaminean plants, the stigma is almost uniformly hollow and cup-like, frequently compressed, with the edges of the cup finely ciliated. The style is thread-like and flaccid, but so elastic, when stretched, as to bear a considerable tension. But these parts, which are often of so much importance in determining the generic characters, aflbrd in this instance but little assistance. The principal distinctions on which it is proposed to found the genera of these plants will appear in the following synopti- cal table; to which I shall add a brief notice of each genus, and an examination of the species, as far as either the plants, or good and authentic figures and descriptions of them, have enabled me to ascertain them with tolerable accuracy. B 2 MONAN-