Amomum.] OXLIX. SCITAMINEEZ. (J. G. Baker.) 235 
Maxacoa, Griffith (Kew Distrib., 5798). PENANG, on Government Hill, Curtis, 
1530, 
Leaves 1-13 ft. by 1j in., bright green. Spike 2 in. long and broad; peduncle 
arcuate, as long as the spike; outer bracts bright red, 1} in. ; inner as long, lingu- 
late. Calyx 1 in. spathaceous, cylindric; teeth minute, densely pilose. Corolla- 
tube as long as the calyx; segments 1 in. oblong, glabrous. Lip scarlet, with a 
small obovate tip, and margins incurved more than half way up. <Anther-cells 
glabrous.—A closely-allied plant from Perak (King’s Collector, 2933) has stems 12- 
15 ft. and leaves 3 ft. by 4-5 in. 
10, A. Maingayi, Baker ; leaves lanceolate glabrous beneath, spike 
globose, peduncle long erect, bracts glabrous outer orbicular, lip twice as 
long as the corolla-segments. 
Matacca, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1586). . 
Rootstock slender, woody. Leaves thin, 12 or more by 2 in., narrowed very 
gradually to the base, Spike many-fld., 13-2 in. long and broad ; peduncle 12 in. ; 
bract-leaves several distant obtuse small; outer bracts 1 in. orbicular; inner lingu- 
late. Calys 1 in.; segments linear-lanceolate, as long as the tube. Lip 1 in., 
"ie to an obtuse tip. Filament connate with the lip nearly to the top; anther- 
cells hairy. Fruit bright red, neither ribbed nor echinate. 
tt Spike oblong. 
ll. A. macrocheilos, Baker; spike oblong shortly peduncled, outer 
bracts large oblong acute glabrous, lip more than twice as long as the 
corolla-segments bifid, margins ot the lower third incurved. Achasma 
macrocheilos, Griff. Notul. iii. 429 ; Ic. Plant. Asiat. t. 357. 
Maracca, Griffith. . . 
aves unknown, Spike 3 in. ; peduncle 2 in., bract-leaves small, ovate, imbri- 
cate; outer bracts brownish, 2-2, in. Calyx cylindric, spathaceous, as long as the 
corolla-tube, Corolla-segments linear-oblong, above 1 in. ; upper broader. Flower 
greenish red. Lip 24 in.; upper half linear, deeply bifid. Anther glabrous, deeply 
‘marginate, 
12. A. costatum, Benth. im Gen. Plant. iii. 644; leaves oblong- 
lanceolate pubescent beneath, spike oblong shortly peduncled, outer bracts 
“blong-lanceolate glabrous, lip twice as long as the corolla-segments. 
pma costata, Roxb. Corom. Pi. t. 259. A. Cardamomum medium, 
orb. Fl. Ind. i. 74. E. costata, Horan. Prodr. 31; Elettaria media, 
nk ex Horan, Cardamomum medium, Schult. Mant. i. 244. 
HastERN TROPICAL IMA ; Silhet, Roxburgh. . 
Rootstock iim. dian. Leafy, Ven stout, 5-6 tt. Leaves 2-3 ft. by 3-4 in. 
Ke 2-3 in. ; peduncle as long as the spike; outer bracts pink, 1 in. Corolla- 
lin e 2 "D cylindric; segments obtuse, half as long as the tube. Lp in eflexed, 
si gu ate, red-yellow, tip entire, flat in the upper half, margins be ow the » 
ghtly meurved, Fruit } in., ovoid, strongly ribbed, smooth. Seeds many, obovoid, 
neate acrid, aromatic, brownish, 
lant A. linguiforme, Benth. in Gen. Plant. iii. 644; leaves oblong- 
r ceolate glabrous beneath, spike oblong few-fld. shortly peduncle > oll r 
Niege ovate whitish glabrous, lip more than twice as long as we coro n 
trenta. Alpinia linguiforme, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 75; Pl. ai en 
de Elettaria linguiformis, Schult, Mant. i. 24; Horan. Prodr. ` 
ASTERN HIMALAYA, ical region, Sikkim, J. D. H. Kuasia Huis 
Worl. J. § Thoms. Herb. Ind. Or, 10), King. Bew@at, Roxburgh, 
“zome stout, copiously stoloniferous. Leafy stem 4-6 ft. Leaves thin, 
