236 CXLIX. SCITAMINE®. (J. G. Baker.) [Amomum. 
1-14 ft. by 3-5 in. Spikes about 3 in.; peduncle as long or shorter ; inner bracts 
lanceolate, pink, 2-24 in. Corodla-tube cylindric, 2 in.; segments oblong, bright 
red, half as long as the tube. Lip bright yellow, deflexed, above 2 in. long, bitid, 
margins below the middle incnrved. Stamen shorter than the corolla-segments. 
Ovary hairy. 
14. A. gomphocheilos, Baker; leaves large lanceolate glabrous 
beneath, spike oblong shortly-peduncled, outer bracts oblong-lanceolate 
large glabrous, lip twice as long as the corolla-segments, tip cuneate. 
PERAK, King’s Collector, 1897. : 
Leafy stem 12 ft. Leaves 2-8 ft. by 3 in. Spike 3 in.; outer bracts 2 in. 
Corolla-tube 2 in. ; segments linear-oblong, under 1 in. Lip twice as long as the 
corolla-segments, with a cuneate-clawed tip, margins incurved to the tip of the 
corolla-segments. Anther emarginate ; cells glabrous, tips much divaricated. 
15. A. megalocheilos, Baker; leaves oblong-lanceolate, spike 
oblong very shortly peduncled, outer bracts ovate glabrous, lip more than 
twiee as long as the corolla-segments tip obovate. Achasma megalo- 
cheilos, Griff. Notul. ii. 426 ; Ic. Plant. Asiat. t. 355. 
Matacca ; foot of Mount Ophir, Grifith. . 
Leafy stem stout, 12-16 ft. Spike 3-4 in.; outer bracts 1j-2 in. Calyx 
spathaceous, cylindric, above 2 in. long; teeth small, lanceolate. Corolla-tube as 
long as the calyx; segments 1 in., linear-oblong. Lip 3 in., bright red ; margins of 
the lower half incurved, yellow. Anther-cells glabrous, tip emarginate. 
Sect. III. Hornstedtia, Retz. (gen.) (Donacodes, Blume; Steno- 
chasma, Griff.). Spike radical. Lip narrow, margins incurved. Anther 
crested. 
16. A. macrodus, Scortech. in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. xviii. 909, 
t. 12; leaves oblong-lanceolate, spike small subglobose shortly peduncled, 
braets small ovate-lanceolate, lip not longer than the corolla-segments 
oblong margins involute, anther-crest small truncate. 
MALAY PENINSULA; Kinta, Scortechini. . 
Leafy stem slender, 2 ft. Leaves caudate, 6-8 by 2-3 in. Spike 1 in. diam. ; 
bracts red, glabrous, j in. Calyx spathaceous, À in. Corolla-tube half as long 
again as the calyx ;.segments oblong, i in. Lip bifid, tip yellow, purple insit? 
towards the base; small staminodes developed ; anther-crest entire; cells parallel, 
glabrous. 
l7. A. rubro-luteum, Baker; leaves lanceolate glabrous beneath, 
spike globose sessile, outer bracts ovate glabrous, lip much longer than 
the corolla-segments. 
Maracca, Maingay (Kew Distrib., 1588). 
Leaves about 1 tt. by 2 in. Spike 2 in.; outer bracts 1} in., pink j upwards. 
Corolla-tube 1} in. ; segments linear-oblong, subequal. Lip lingulate, deeply cle 
at the tip, bright crimson, ineurved margins yellow. Filament shortly produce 
beyond the anther. 
18. A. Leonurus, Konig in Retz. Obs. lii. 69; leaves oblong- 
lanceolate glabrous beneath, spike cylindrie subsessile, outer bracts larg? 
ovate pubescent, lip not longer than the corolla-segments. Hornstedtia 
Leonurus, Retz. Obs. vi. 18. Stenochasma convoluta, Griff. Notul. iii. 430 5 
Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 359. 
