Amomum.) OXLIX. SCITAMINFE. (J.G. Baker.) 241 
to a rootstock; bracts 1 in., reddish, membranous. Corolla-tube 2 in., very 
slender; segments } in., linear-oblong, membranous. Lip white, subcochleate, twice 
as long as the corolla-segments, with a broad yellow central band with a reddish 
border ; anther-crest large, petaloid. 
tt Spike many-fld., oblong. 
38. A. Kingii, Baker; leaves oblong-lanceolate, spike oblong pedun- 
cled, bracts ovate, lip small broad emarginate, anther-crest obscurely 
*-lobed, fruit neither costate nor echinate. 
Sixxm HIMALAYA; King. . . 
Leafy stem stout. Leaves above a foot long, 3-4 in. broad. Spike 4-5 in.; 
bracts pale brown, 1-1} in.; peduncle as long as the spike. Corolla-tube 1 in. ; 
fegments oblong, obtuse, nearly as long as the tube. Lip } in. broad, white tinged 
vith yellow, obscurely 3-lobed, narrowed suddenly to a broad claw; stamen shorter 
than the lip. Capsule globose, 1 in. diam. 
3. A. uliginosum, Kenig in Retz Obs. iii. 56; leaves oblong 
glabrous, spike peduncled, outer bracts oblong, lip broad emarginate 
margins rounded ascending, anther-crest 4-lobed, capsule globose echinate. 
urtbainia, Giseke Præl. Linn. 206. 
Matay PENINSULA; Raput Nok, Konig. . 
Rootstock filiform, Leafy stem 3-4 A Leaves scarcely 1 ft. Spike distant 
m the leaves; bracts oblong, membranous, subrigid, white. Corolla-segments 
White ; Upper oblong, obtuse; lateral lanceolate. Lip with a rigid claw and a 
*ecurvato-ascending cymbiform blade.— Descript. from Kanig, l. c. 
tht Spike globose, 
40. A. xanthophlebium, Baker; leaves lanceolate glabrous, spike 
g Seet shortly peduncled, outer bracts large oblong glabrous, lip broad 
-lobed longer than the corolla-segments, anther-crest trifid. 
Matacoa, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1585). 
afy stem long, robust. Leaves above 1 ft. Spikes 2-2} in. and broad; 
er de about as long; outer bracts reddish, 1} in. Corolla-tube as long as the 
im t; lower segments oblong, upper broader ovate. Lip dull red, paler towards the 
En, with radiating yellow veins, Anther-crest broad ; lateral lobes decurved. 
i A, aromaticum, Boch, Fl. Ind. i. 45; leaves oblong-lanceolate 
i lane beneath, spike globose shortly peduncled, outer bracts small ovate, 
edh arge o ovate-cuneate, anther-crest trifid, fruit neither costate nor 
ege Wall. Cat. 6559; Horan. Prodr. 29 ? Renealmia fasciculata, 
se Seit. Pl. t. 109, Geocallis fasciculata, Horan. Prodr. 33. 
wn STERN HiMALAYAs, tropical region ; NEPAL, Wallich; SIKKIM, Kwasia 
M ILHET, & NORTHERN BENGAL; Roxburgh, Ze, both sides 
Spike IN stem 3-4 ft, Leaves 4-1 ft. by 2-4 in., and glabrous on bot d e 
bracts Po ll globose ; peduncle generally short, rarely longer and decumbent ; on h 
35 the t be ovate, pale brown. Corolla-tube 1 in. ; segments obtuse, near y as long 
enia e, white, tinged with brown. Lip pale yellow, twice as long bel e co NOR 
lin, oblong, taint deflexed. Anther-crest large, petaloid, lobes rounded, p 
» Wigonous, . . 
mia fasciculata is founded on a rough drawing, probably of this species. 
42. A large oblong- 
lneg,," Pterocarpum, Aw. Enum. 317; leaves larg g 
wn glabrous beneath, ‘spike globose shortly peduncled, outer bracts 
