Amomum. | CXXXIV. SCITAMINEE (BAKER). 305 
cuneate, 14-2 in. broad, yellow at the throat; anther-crest with an 
entire ovate central lobe and two large lanceolate spreading side-lobes. 
Fruit ovoid, pubescent, 2-3 in. long, 14 in. diam., with 9-10 well- 
marked grooves. Seeds aromatic, globose, shining, 4 in. diam.—Hook. 
in Bot. Mag. t. 4603; Lemaire, Jard. Fleur. t. 178; Horan. Prodr. 29. 
A. exscapum, Sims in Konig & Sims, Ann. i. 548, t. 13; A. grandi- 
florum, Smith, Exot. Bot. ii. 103, t. 111; Rees, Cyclop. xxxix. No. 6; 
A. Afzelit, Rosc. in Trans. Linn, Soc. viii. 354; Smith in Rees, Cyclop. 
xxxix. No. 7; A. palustre, Afzel. Stirp. Med. Nov. 1829, 9. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! Lagos, Moloney! Millen, 103 of 
1894 collection! Rowland ! Yoruba: Ikomu, Millson, 22! Niger Territory : Nupe, 
Barter, 1543! Lower Niger; Abo, Vogel! Onitsa, Barter, 1787! Niger Delta; 
Nun River, Vogel, 55! Brass, Barter, 38! West Africa: without locality, Daniell ! 
_ 6. A. latifolium, Afzel. Remed. Guin. i. 5. Rootstock slender, 
wide-creeping. Leafy stem 4-5 ft. long. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 
acute, 8-I2 in. long, 2—24 in. broad at the middle, moderately firm, 
glabrous, narrowed to the base, nearly sessile on the sheath ; ligule 
large, truncate. Spikes 3—4-flowered, shortly peduncled ; bracts obtuse. 
Flowers pure white, about 3 in, long. Upper corolla-lobes oblong, 
2 in. long; lateral lanceolate. Lip ovate-cuneate, 2 in. broad. Fruit 
oblong, glabrous, 3 in. long, 14 in. diam. Seeds brown, shining, not 
suleate, ellipsoid, } in. long, not aromatic.—Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. 
i. 29, 571; Horan. Prodr. 29; Hook. f. in Kew Journ. vi. 297. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! Daniell! Graf! Niger Delta: 
Grand Bassa, Herb, Hanbury. 
Lower Guinea. Congo, Roscoe. 
Native name Mabooboo. 
7. A. kayserianum, Schumann in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 415. Root- 
stock stout, wide-creeping. Leafy stem 9-10 ft. long. Leaves oblong- 
lanceolate, acute, moderately firm, quite glabrous, 1 ft. long, 2}—3 in. 
broad at the middle, narrowed to the base, nearly sessile on the sheath ; 
ligule small, truncate. Spikes oblong, 5—6-flowered, shortly peduncled ; 
bracts oblong, obtuse, green, glabrous, the upper 2 in. long. Corolla- 
lobes 2 in. long; upper oblong-spathulate ; lateral lanceolate. Lip 
white, obovate-cuneate, about an inch broad ` anther-crest with a small 
entire orbicular central lobe and two very large lanceolate falcate side- 
lobes. Fruit and seeds unknown. 
e Upper Guinea. Cameroons: near Buea, in low forest, 3000-3500 ft., Preuss, 
26! 
8. A. Mannii, Oliv. d Hanb. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 110. 
Rootstock slender, wide-creeping. Leafy stem 4-5 ft. long. Leaves 
oblong, strongly cuspidate, firm, glabrous, 6-8 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, 
narrowed to a distinct petiole above the sheath ; ligule small, brown, 
scariose, truncate. Spikes 2-3-flowered; peduncle very short, hidden 
by the much imbricated oblong obtuse bracts, which are conspicuously 
spotted with brown on a green ground. Corolla-lobes above 2 in. long; 
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