Amomum.] CXLIX. SCITAMINEX. (J. G. Baker.) 237 
Maracca, Kænig ; dense woods at Rhim, Griffith. 
Leafy stem 6 ft. or more. Leaves above 1 ft. Spike 3-4 in., 1 in. diam. ; outer 
bracts 1} in., ovate, acute, rigid, reddish-green. Corolla-tube 8 in.; segments 
linear, red, half as long as the tube. Lip with an obtuse rigid point and sides, in- 
volute in the lower third. Anther-cells hispid; crest small, emarginate. Capsule 
large, oblong-trigonous. 
19. A. scyphiferum, Keænig in Retz. Obs. iii. 68; leaves oblong- 
lanceolate pubescent beneath, spike oblong shortly peduncled, outer 
bracts large suborbicular rigid reticulated, lip as long as the corolla- 
segments. Hornstedtia Scyphus, Retz. Obs. vi. 18. Stenochasma urceolare, 
Griff. Notul, iii. 431; Te. Plant. Asiat. t. 358. 
Matacca, Kenig, Griffith, Maingay (Kew Distrib., 1582). SINGAPORE, Ridley. 
Leafy stem 10-12 ft. Leaves 11-3 ft. by 4-6 in. Spike 4 in., 2 in. diam. ; 
central bracts 2 in., rigid, tip rounded, vertical ribs raised and connected by 
tomentose cross veinlets, ^ Coro//a-tube 2 in. ; segments shorter, linear-oblong. Lip 
bright red, concave to the tip, base auriculate. -Anther-cells pilose ; crest orbicular- 
oblong, Capsule 1 in., oblong-trigonous. 
90. A. trior gyale, Baker; leaves oblong-lanceolate pubescent 
beneath, spike oblong subsessile, outer bracts large suborbicular not 
reticulated, lip as long as the corolla-segments. 
PERAK, King’s Collector. i 
_ Nearly Allied to A. seyphiferum, Leafy stem 20 ft. Leaves above 2 ft. by 6 in., 
distinctly petioled. Spike like that of A. scyphiferum, but the bracts less rigid and 
the close vertical ribs not connected by raised pubescent cross-veinlets,  Corolla-tuhe 
11-5 segments and lip shorter than the tube. 
e Nes IV. Euamomum, Benth. Spike radical. Lip broad. Anther 
Tested, 
* Anther-crest entire or crenate. 
t Anther-crest lunate. 
21. A. Koenigii, Baker; leaves oblong, spike ovate-oblong shortly 
Peduncled, outer bracts obtuse, lip 3-lobed bifid longer than the corolla- 
«coments, anther-crest semilunar. Amomum, No. 57, Kenig in Retz. Obs. 
Wok Meistera, Giseke Prel. Linn. 205. 
ast of TENASSERIM : is Junk Seylan, Kenig. 
Leafy stem 6-7 ft. Outer bracts dich eymbiform, as long as the corolla-tube. 
Corolla-segments obovate, subequal, white. Lip white, broader than the corolla- 
Segments ; central lobe small ; anther-crest white.—I have seen no specimen. 
2. A. acumina ` 317; 1 oblong-lanceolate 
` tum, Thw. Enum. 317; leaves g ola 
caudate glabrous beneath, spike globose shortly peduncled, bracts small 
ee E acute, lip broad 3-lobed longer than the corolla-segments, anther- 
Crest semilunar. 
CEYLON. Ratn i 
; hatnapoora, at a low elevation. . . 
rootstock wide-creeping. Leafy stem 2-4 ft. Leaves 5-6 by 1} in. shortly 
Viel, Spike 1-1} in. ; bracts under 1 in. Lip yellow tinged with red; centra 
ob : 
e emarginate ; anther-cells ciliate ; crest crenulate. 
23. A fulvi -Janceolate glabrous 
We ceps, Thw. Enum. 317 ; leaves oblong-la g 
neath, spike globose, peduncle moderately long, bracts oblong pubescent, 
lip 3-lobed not longer than the corolla-segments, anther-crest scmilunar. 
