9 
Hedychium.] CXLIX. SCITAMINEÆ®. (J. G. Baker.) 233 
distinctly clawed ; lip rounded at the base to a distinct claw, ¢-1 in. broad, white, 
with a patch of dull red in the centre; filament pale red, 2 in. "h n dried from 
i-i in.—This and H. aurantiacum are so difficult to distinguish W | citi z several 
some of the forms of coccinexm, that I have purposely abstained from citing 
of Wallich’s numbers. 
1l. AMOMUM, Lina. 
Rootstock perennial, widely creeping. Leafy stem elongate. ege 
usually oblong-lanceolate. Spikes dense-fid., except in § Cen i, dne 3- 
duced direct from the rootstock ; bracts imbricate. Calyx » ni upper 
dentate. Corolla-tube cylindric ; segments oblong or linear-ob Sch n LP . 
often broader and more convex. Lateral staminodes 0 or lls divaricate 
lip broad or lingulate; filament short, arcuate ; anther-ce . 3-celled ` 
sometimes hairy, often furnished with a petaloid crest. d subclobose or 
ovules many, superposed ; style filiform, stigma sma A hiscing irregu- 
arger and gibbous on the back. Fruit indehiscent or de isel ` AN 
arly, sometimes beaked, winged or echinate. Seeds globose 
Species about 150, in the tropics of the Old World. 
Secr. T. Geanthus, Reinw. (gen.). Spike radieal. Lip broad. 
Anther not, crested. (Sp. 1—4.) 
LA, sramineum, Wall. Cat. 6558; leaves small thin lanceolate 
pubescent beneath, spike small globose, peduncle very short, oute 
anceolate, lip small. i 
T D 
. Stem éi 23 ft. Leaves6 by 1 in. Spike 1 in.; bracts 1-4 in. wit 
m.,  Corolla-tube rather longer than the calyx; segments } in. linear-oblong; lip 
rather longer than the corolla-segments. Anther-cells short, glabrous. 
iii ; blong- 
2. A. floribundum, Benth. in Gen. Plant. iii. 644; leaves o ong 
lanceolate glabrous beneath, spike globose, peduncle long proot, outer br acts 
8€ orbicular, lip small obovate. Elettaria floribunda, Thw. . 
CEYLON ; forests in the Ambagamowa district. . ;oled 
Leafy stem 3-6 ft. or more, E'peaves subcoriaceous, 18724 by 35 e rond 
"uncle 1-1} ft. ; bract-leaves sheathing, obtuse. Spike ond Glow ers pale 
wets very numerous ; bracts dark red, outer 1} in. long an n horter thau the 
ochraceous yellow. Corolla tube € in.; segments and lip much sho 
ruit small, oblong, smooth. 
T Ae H long- 
3. A. nemorale, Benth. in Gen. Plant. ii. 644; leaves oblong 
laneechrte wlan beneath, spike small globose, peduncle very Wa 
outer bracts ovate obtuse, lip small orbicular 3-lobed. e 
Talis, Thw, Enum. 3]« 
Crryroy. fo : : Corles. . 
; forests in the Reigam and Pasdoon Cor : Spike l- 
inner ) peduncle decumbent, shorter than the spike; bracts g obl wm obtuse. Lip 
ew lanceolate. Corolla-tube under 1 in., segments short, oblong, 
ow, 
Piously veined w i i apsule globose, } in. 
b oPpious] i ; midlobe smaller, bifid. Capsu 
shortly beaked, y veined with purple; mi ’ 
4. A. involucratum, Benth. in Gen. Plant. iii. 644; leaves large 
on ong-lanceolate glabrous beneath, spike globose, peduncle TL S bovate 
wer tacts very large obovate overtopping the flowers, lip sma 
‘ually 3-lobed. Elettaria involucrata, Than, Enum. 319. 
