242 OXLIX. SCITAMINEZ. (J. G. Baker.) [Amomum. 
oblong glabrous, lip short broad, anther-crest short 3-lobed, capsule ovoid 
9-ribbed. 
CEYLON; forests of the central province, up to 4000 ft. 
Leafy stem 3-6 ft. or more. Leaves thin, 1-2 ft. by 2-6 in., narrowed gradually 
to the base. Flowering spike globose; bracts 1} in., deciduous and fruiting pedicels 
elongating. Lip round, white, shortly bidentate at the base; disk yellow, tinged 
with red. Capsule 1 in.; ribs crenulate. 
43, A. Benthamianum, Trimen Cat. Ceyl. Pl. 92; leaves lanceolate 
glabrous beneath, spike small globose shortly peduncled, bracts oblong 
acute glabrous, lip short broad, anther-crest broad 3-lobed, capsule sm 
echinate. 
CEYLON ; Reigam Corle, Thwaites. , 
Rootstock slender. Leafy stem short and slender. Leaves 6-8 by 1-1j in, 
shortly petioled. Spike 1 in. diam.; outer bracts greenish, 1 in. ; peduncle rather 
longer than the spike. Corolla-tube 1 in.; segments oblong obtuse. Anther-crest 
with 3 shallow orbicular lobes. Capsule } in diam. 
44. A. aculeatum, Roch, in Asiat. Res. xi. 344, t. 6; Fl. Ind. i. 40; 
leaves oblong-lanceolate glabrous beneath, spike globose shortly peduncled, 
outer bracts ovate, lip broad rather longer than the corolia-segments, 
anther-crest broad 3-lobed, capsule echinate, Horan. Prodr. 30. 
SOUTH ANDAMAN ISLANDS, Kurz.—DistTR1B. Malay isles. : 
Rootstock tuberous. Leafy stem 5-10 ft. Leaves sessile, 1-13 ft. by 2-4 m. 
Spike 2 in. diam.; bracts brown, acute, 1-1} in. Corolla-tube 1 in.; segments 
oblong, half as long as the tube. Lip suborbicular, pale yellow, tinged with red in 
the centre. Anther-crest short, broad, equally 3-lobed. Capsule brown, rigid, 
densely echinate, 1 in. under. 
45. A. echinatum, Willd. Sp. Plant. i. 8; leaves lanceolate glabrous 
beneath, spike globose, peduncle moderately long, bracts small oblong, lip 
broad rather longer than the corolla-segments, anther-crest transversely 
oblong 3-lobed, capsule globose echinate. Thw. Enum. 316 ; Horan. Prodr. 
CEYLON ; forests of central province, up to 4000 ft. : 
Leafy stem 6-12 ft. Leaves 1-2 ft. by 2-8 in.; caudate or acuminate, sessile. 
Spike 14-2 in. diam.; peduncle stout, } ft. bright red in the lower part, its t 
leaves very obtuse and imbricate; bracts 1 in., faintly pubescent, brown-black, 
convex. Corolla-tube 1 in.; segments oblong, obtuse. Lip yellow, with many fine 
red veins. Anther-crest short and broad, with three subequal orbicular 10 
Capsule 1 in., purplish-black, with copious curved spines. 
SuscEN. V. Cenolophon, Horan. (gen.). Spike terminal on the 
leafy stem. (Sect. 46-48.) 
46, A. rufescens, Benth. in Gen. Plant. iii. 645; leaves oblong 
lanceolate, spike dense-fld. globose, lip broad 3-lobed as long as the coro? 
segments. Elettaria rufescens, Thw. Enum. 430. 
CEYLON ; Ambagomowa district, alt. 3000 ft. d 
Leafy stem 14-2 ft. Leaves 4-1 ft. by 1-2 in. moderately firm, green a” 
glabrous on both surfaces. Spike small, globose, terminal, enveloped at first in à ts 
green orbicular cuspidate bract ; flower-bracts obtuse, under 1 in. Corolla-segmen 
oblong, obtuse; lip as long as the corolla-segments, midlobe retuse. 
47. A. vitellinum, Lindl. in Journ. Hort. Soc. ii. 245; Bot. P^? 
