Cyphostigma.] ^ cxiix. SCITAMINEZ. (J. G. Baker.) 251 
C. pulchellum; Benth. Gen. Plant. iii. 645; Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1380. 
Amomum pulchellum, Thwaites Enum. 318. 
CEYLON; forests of the central province, alt. 3000 ft. . 
Leafy tuft 13-2 ft. Leafy stem formed from the connate bases of the petioles. 
Leaves 1-2 tt. by 3-5 in, broad at the middle, narrowed to the base; petiole 4-1 ft. 
Panicles like those of Elettaria, decumbent, sometimes a foot long; bracts oblong, 
obtuse, clasping the slender rachis. Calyx under lin. Corolla-tube rather longer 
than the calyx; segments under an inch long. Lip lin. broad, red and yellow ; 
anther-crest orbicular, crenulate, rose-purple, nearly as broad as the lip. 
15. ELETTARIA, Maton. 
Rootstock thick, horizontal, perennial. Leafy stem long. Leaves 
oblong-lanceolate. Panicle produced direct from the rootstock, long, 
fleraous, decumbent ; bracts 2-3-fld. ; flowers shortly pedicelled, bracteolate. 
Calyx cylindrie, membranous, shortly lobed. Corolla-tube cylindric; mid- 
segment oblong, convex; lateral narrower. Lateral staminodes minute 
; lip obovate-cuneate ; filament very short; anther-cells contiguous, 
hot crested, Ovary 3-celled; ovules many; style filiform; stigma small, 
turbinate. Capsule globose or oblong, coriaceous, indehiscent. Seeds 
small, angled by pressure. 
d E. Cardamomum, Maton in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 254; Bentl. 
Trim. Med. Pl. t. 267; Thw. Enum. 318; Horan. Prodr. 90. Alpinia 
ardamomum, Dach, in Asiat. Res. xi. 355 ; Hort. Beng. 1; Coromand. Pl. 
$830; Fl. Ind. i. 70; Grah. Cat. Pl. Bomb. 206; Dalz. & Gibs. Flor. 
Jp. 86. Amomum Cardamomum, Linn. Sp. 1; White in Trans. Linn. 
t iar 220, t. 4-5. A. repens, Willd. Sp. Plant. i. 9; Woodv. Med. Bot. 
Sali A. racemosum, Lam. Encyc. i. 134. Cardamomum officinale, 
"e, in Trans. Linn, Soc. i. 929. — Rheede Hort. Mal. xi. 9, t. 4-5. 
mur ean} on the Western Ghats, from Kurg southwards (wild or cultivated). 
"NN stem 6-9 ft. Leaves 1-2 ft. by 3 in., pubescent beneath. Panicles several 
one leafy stem, 1-2 ft.; bracts linear-oblong, persistent, 13-2 in. Calyx $ in. 
wl The shortly exserted ; segments Ä in. Lip longer than the corolla-seg- 
nts, white sheathed with violet. Capsule subglobose or oblong, marked with 
many fine vertical ribs. l 
"mi MAJOR, Thw. Enum. 318; more robust, leaves broader, capsule 1 in. 
üg-fusiform. E major, Smith in Rees. Cyclop.; Horan. Prodr. 31.— Ceylon, 
. E. ; . p. 
1p to 3000 £t. (indigenous) , | 
16. ELETTARIOPSIS, Baker. 
Rootstocks 
r Slender, wide-creeping. Leaves 1-2-nate direct from the 
Cai » long petioled. Spike Tal lax-fd.; bracts small, membranous. 
Breed spathaceous, clasping the flower-bud. Corolla-tube slender, 
ip opac? Segments linear-oblong or lanceolate. Lateral staminodes 0; 
Py ate-cuneate ; filament shorter; anther with a small orbicular 
Elton. crest, Ovary oblong, 3-celled; ovules many, superposed ; style 
les a stigma small, globose. Fruit and seeds unknown.—A Bornean 
*5 and the followin e 
l, E exs late, tube 
Ye E erta, Baker; spike erect, corolla-segments lanceolate, 
wih ZS, Cy phostigma exsertum, Scortech. in Nuov. Gier, Bot. Ital, 
