Amomum. | CXXXIV, SCITAMINEH (BAKER). 303: 
Leafy stem 4-5 ft. long . ` . 6. A, latifolium. 
Leafy stem 9-10 ft. long . “ . 7. A. kayserianum. 
Leaves distinctly petioled. 
Ligule small, truncate - 5 , 8. A, Manmi. 
Ligule large, rounded at the apex - 9. A. Sceptrum. 
Leaves cordate at the base S A . 10. A, macrolepis. 
Leaves more or less hairy. 
Leaves 14-14} in. broad. 
Lip rose-red . : S : . 11. 4. glaucophyllum. 
Lip pale violet with a yellow throat . . 12. A. leptolepis. 
Lip purple 5 : ; - 5 . 13. A. limbatum. 
Leaves 2-24} in. broad. 
Leaves with long hairs on both sides . . 14. A. pilosum. 
Leaves glabrous above, finely pubescent 
below - x S 2 : . 15. A. subsericeum. 
Flowers many ina spike `. 5 : : . 16. A. citratum. 
Lip small, oblong. 
Leaves 13-3 in. broad . S : c : . 17. A. angustifolium. 
Leaves 44-5 in. broad . S S S : . 18. A. polyanthum. 
*Flower-spike with a long simple peduncle. 
Leaves 14-2 in. broad . 5 : R : . 19. A. cereum. 
Leaves 3-4 in. broad. 
Leaves glabrons beneath ` 4 “ 5 . 20. A. zambesiacum. 
Leaves softly hairy beneath . ° - : . 21. A. Ellioti. 
“= Flower-spike with a long-branched peduncle. 
Lip large, obovate-cuneate. 
Leaves glabrous. 
Leaves 2-21 in. broad. S : S . 22, A, longiscapum, 
Leaves 6-7 in. broad : : : : . 23. A. giganteum. 
Leaves hairy on the veins . 3 i S . 24, A. luteoalbum. 
Lip small, oblong . ` S S ; : . 25. A. sanguineum. 
1. A. arundinaceum, Oliv. d Hanb. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 
109. Rhizome slender, wide-creeping. Leafy stem slender, 4-5 ft. 
long. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, firm in texture, glabrous, 6—10 in. 
long, 3—1 in. broad, sessile on the sheath, narrowed to the base; ligule 
small, brown. Spikes 1-flowered. Peduncle short, covered by obtuse, 
much imbricated brown bracts. Corolla-lobes nearly 3 in. long; upper 
oblong, obtuse, 1} in. broad ; lateral lanceolate. Lip obovate-cuneate, 
3 in. long, 2 in. broad, much crisped towards the margin ; anther- 
crest with a moderately large ovate cuspidate erect central lobe and two 
erecto-patent lanceolate side lobes. Fruit ovoid, 3 in. long, 1} in. 
diam., not sulcate. Seeds ellipsoid, black, shining, not aromatic.— 
Baker in Hook. Ic. t. 2476. 
Lower Guinea. Corisco Bay, Mann, 1903! 
2. A. Melegueta, Rosc. Scit.t.98. Rhizome slender, wide-creeping. 
Leafy stem 4-5 ft. long. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, firm, glabrous, 
the lower 6-9 in, long, 3-1 in. broad, narrowed at the base, nearly 
Sessile on the sheath; ligule very small. Flowers- solitary, shortly 
peduncled, 3-4 in, long. Upper bracts oblong, minutely apiculate, 
