306 CXXXIV. SCITAMINES (BAKER). | Amomum. 
upper oblong, obtuse, 1 in. broad; lateral lanceolate. Lip obovate- 
cuneate, 2 in. broad ; anther-crest with a small erect central lobe and 
two spreading linear side-lobes. Fruit and seeds unknown.—Baker in 
Hook. Ie. t. 2482. 
Lower Guinea. Corisco Bay, Mann, 1902! Gaboon, cultivated specimen! 
9, A. Sceptrum, Oliv. d Hand. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 109. 
Rootstock slender, wide-creeping. Leafy stem 5-6 ft. long. Leaves 
oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute, moderately firm, 8-10 in. long, 2-3 
in. broad, glabrous on both surfaces, deltoid at the base, shortly petioled 
above the sheath; ligule large, membranous, rounded at the apex. 
Peduncle short, few-flowered ; bracts glabrous, truncate, conspicuously 
spotted with purple ona pale green ground, indistinctly ribbed. Flowers 
about 3 in. long. Upper lobe of the corolla oblong, 2 in. long, above 
an inch broad ; lateral lanceolate. Lip obovate-cuneate, 14 in. broad, 
pale lilac with a yellow throat, crisped towards the edge; central lobe 
of the anther-crest small, deltoid ; lateral large, faleate. Dried fruit 
ampulliform, not grooved, glabrous, 2 in. long, under 1 in. diam. 
Seeds faintly aromatic, with a bright pale brown very shining testa.— 
Hook. f. in Bot: Mag. t. 5761. 
Upper Guinea. Akasa, at the mouth of the River Niger, Simmonds ! 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon River, Mann, 1034! Lower Congo, Laurent, 35. 
10. A. macrolepis, Schumann in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 416. Leafy 
stem tall. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, distinctly petioled on the 
sheath, cordate at the base, 16-18 in. long, 2 in. broad at the middle, 
glabrous on both surfaces; ligule large, membranous, cut down to the 
middle or beyond into two lobes. Inflorescence large, capitate ; peduncle 
4 in. long, covered from the base to the top with large bract leaves. 
Corolla-lobes 2 in. long ; upper oblong, obtuse; lateral linear-lanceolate. 
Lip obovate-oblong, 2-24 in. long and broad, crisped at the margm, 
fleshy in the middle; central lobe of anther-crest triangular ; lateral 
lanceolate, falcate. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons : on the bank of a brook near Barombi, Preuss, 5. 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 
11. A. glaucophyllum, Schumann in Engl. Jahrb, xv. 415. Leafy 
stem, tall. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, above a foot long, 14 m. 
broad at the middle, glaucous-green, glabrous above, minutely pubescent 
beneath, narrowed gradually to the base ; ligule small, truncate. Spikes 
2-flowered, club-shaped ; peduncle short ; bracts ciliated on the margin. 
Dorsal corolla-lobe obovate, obtuse, nearly 3 in. long, 2 in. broad ; 
lateral lanceolate. Lip obovate-cuneate, large, crisped, rose-red with f 
yellow throat; anther-crest with a subemarginate triangular centra 
lobe and two spreading lanceolate side-lobes. Fruit and seeds unknown. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: on the tobacco farm of Kriby, Preuss, 254. 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 
