304 CXXXIV. SCITAMINEZ (BAKER). [Amomum. 
14-2 in. long. Upper corolla-lobe oblong, 2-3 in. long ; lateral lanceo- 
late. Lip obovate-cuneate, 14-2 in. broad, pure white or tinged with 
pink; central lobe of anther-crest quadrate, crenate; side lobes 
spreading, lanceolate. Capsule ampulliform, glabrous, red or orange 
when ripe, not sulcate, about 3 in. long by 1 in. diam. Seeds aromatic, 
globose, brown, 4 in. diam.—Hook. f. in Kew Journ. Bot. vi. 293; 
Horan. Prodr. 29; Bentl. & Trim. Med. Pl. t. 268; Ridl. in Journ. 
Bot. 1887, 130. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Bayabaya, Scott-Elliot, 4577 ! Yoruba, Daniell ! 
Fernando Po, Daniell ! 
Lower Guinea. Princes Island, Mann, 10548! Welwitsch, 6459! Island of 
St. Thomas, Mann, 10544! Moller! Quintas! Welwitsch, 6450, Congo (ex Roscoe). 
Var. violaceum, Ridl. loc. cit. Flowers bright violet, with lip shorter than in the 
type, and corolla-tube densely transversely plicate. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Golungo Alto; ou banks of streams, Welwitsch, 
6457 ! 6458! 
3. A. sulcatum, Oliv. £ Hanb. Rootstock wide-creeping. Leaves 
.oblong-lanceolate, glabrous on both sides, sessile on the sheath, the 
leaves 6—8 in. long, 18-21 lin. broad at the middle; ligule small, 
rounded. Spike sessile, 1-flowered ` bracts oblong-navicular, obtuse or 
subacute, 1-1} in. long. Upper corolla-lobe oblong, 2 in. long, ł in. 
broad ; side lobes lanceolate. Lip obovate-cuneate, 24 in. long, 13-1} 
in. broad. Fruit ampulliform, glabrous, conspicuously sulcate, like 
that of A. Granum-Paradisi, 2 in. long, 1 in. diam. 
Upper Guinea. Liberia: Cape Palmas, Hoffman, 14! Gibson ! 
4. A. alboviolaceum, Ridl. in Journ. Bot. 1887, 130. Rhizome 
slender. Leafy stems 2-3 ft. long. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, 
glabrous, 5 in. long, 14 in. broad; ligule lanceolate, acuminate, 1} in. 
long. Flowers 2-3 in an oblong shortly peduncled spike, inodorous, 
whitish-violet, about 3 in. long; bracts oblong, obtuse. Lateral lobes 
of the corolla lanceolate, acuminate. Lip 14 in. broad, more acuminate 
than in A. Melegueta ; anther-cells rather pubescent ; central lobe of 
anther-crest broadly triangular ; lateral lobes lanceolate, acuminate. 
Fruit and seeds not known. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; in woods on the right bank of the 
River Cuanza, Welwitsch, 6453 ! 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 
5. A. Granum-Paradisi, Linn. ex parte; Hook. f. in Kew 
Journ. vi. 295. Rhizome slender, wide-creeping. Leafy stem Ji" 
ft. long, bright red at the base. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, firm, 
glabrous, 4-8 in. long, 14-13 in. broad at the middle, cuneate at the 
base, shortly petioled above the sheath; ligule moderately large, 
obtuse. Spikes 3-4-flowered, oblong ; peduncles 2-6 in. long; bracts 
obtuse, oblong, the upper 14 in. long. Flowers white, about 3 in. long. 
Corolla-lobes 2 in. long; upper oblong; lateral lanceolate. Lip obovate- 
