Fig. 235. Leaves and Flower of Amomum Melegueta, Roscoe.

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a. Stem and leaves. b. Entire flower and floral bracts. c. Exterior limb of corolla. d. Interior limb of corolla or lip. e. Filament, anther, stigma, style, and ovary. f. Style and barren anthers (germinal processes).

This image is from Amomum melegueta in Pereira's Elements of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, 1854.

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Fig. 235. Leaves and Flower of Amomum Melegueta, Roscoe.

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