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C a N N A Indica, .Syft. PL i. p. 2. Fl.Coch. 1.1.3. FI. Zeyl. 1. Can-
nacorus, Rumph. Amb. v. p. 177. t. 7 1 . f. 2. Katu Bala, Rheed.
Mai. ii. p. 85. 1. 43. Flowering Reed, Gerard, 39. Outlines o f
the Globe, i, p. 316.— Inhabits all parts of India, is found alfo in
7 Africa and South America. Called Indian Shot, from the form of
the feeds, of which the Catholics, and the Mahometan negroes, make
rofaries.
R e n e a l m i a exaltata, Linn. Suppl. 79. Globba Sylveftris, major et
minor, Rumph. Amb. vi. 140. tab. 62, 63. Grows in the wet
fields o f Celebes, and, rarely, behind ViSloria caftle, in Amboina. The
fruit is o f little ufe, but for its perfumed fcent; is greedily eaten
by the green parrots. The form of that o f the Sylveftris of Angular
growth. A ll the fpecies given by Rumphius have the Fernatic
name of Globba.
M y r o s m a Cannezfolia, Linn. Suppl. 80. Narukila, Rheed. Mai. ii. 67.
tab. 34. .
A m o m o m Zingiber, Syft.Pl. i. 2. FI.Zeyl. 3 . Zingiber Maius, Rumph. Amb.
v. p. 156. t. 66. f. 1 . Infchi, Rbeea. A1//Z. ii. p. 2 1 . 1. 1 2 . Outlines, i.
p. 141. Gerard, 61.— Common to the hotter parts o f Africa, particularly
on the Red Sea, on the Lroglodytic coaft, the inhabitants of
which were called by the Arabs, Zingi, from whom the plant derived
its name. It was alfo brought from the neighboring Bar-
baria, as appears from Galen,• Mb. yl. Medic. Simpl.
Zerumbet,3 . FI.Zeyl. 1 . FI. Coch. i. 3. Lampucium, Rumph. Amb.v.
p. 148.- t. 64. f. 1. Katou-Infchi-kua, Rheed. Mai. ii. p. 27. t. 13.
Zerumbeth feu Zedoaria rotunda, Gerard, 34.
A m o m u m .