308 CXXX1V. SCITAMINEA (BAKER). [Amomum. 
lanceolate side-lobes. Fruit smooth, above 1 in. diam. Seeds ellipsoid, 
shining.—Baker in Hook. Ic. t. 2484. 
Upper Guinea, Niger Territory : Old Calabar, Milne. 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Muni River and Gaboon River, Mann, 1904! 
16. A. citratum, Pereira in Pharm. Journ. & Trans. ser, 1, ix. 313, 
with fig. Rootstock stout, wide-creeping. Leafy stem stout, 10 ft. long. 
Leaves lorate-oblong, moderately firm, acute, glabrous, 1 ft. or more 
long, 2—3 in. broad at the middle, broadly rounded at the base, distinctly 
petioled above the sheath; ligule large, quadrate, scariose. Flowers 
many in a subsessile globose spike, 3 in. diam.; bracts suborbicular, 
obtuse, brown, scariose, the outer 2 in. broad. Upper corolla-lobe 
oblong, 3 in. long, 2 in. broad; lateral lanceolate. Lip obovate-cuneate, 
pale red, 3 in. long, 2 in. broad, much erisped; anther-cells pubescent ; 
crest with a small round central lobe and two lanceolate ascending side- 
lobes. Fruit ovoid, glabrous, not grooved. Seeds obovoid, shining, 
angled by pressure.—Oliv. & Hanb. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 110; 
Baker in Hook. Ic. t. 2478. 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: banks of the Gaboon River, Mann, 1052! 
17. A. angustifolium, Sonnerat, Voy. Ind. iii. 276, t. 137. Root- 
stock stout, wide-creeping. Leafy stem reaching a length of 10-15 ft., 
4 in. thick at the base. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, thin, glabrous, acute, 
the lower 1 ft. or more long, 3 in. broad, nearly sessile on the sheath ; 
ligule large, quadrate, scariose. Flowers often several in a spike ; 
peduncle sometimes 6—8 in. long; bracts obtuse, minutely apiculate, 
the upper oblong, 1} in. long. Flowers yellow or more or less tinged 
with red. Upper corolla-lobe oblong, 14 in. long; lateral lanceolate. 
Lip oblong-cuneate, about as large as the upper corolla-lobe, deflexed ; 
anther-crest with a small rounded central lobe and two defiexed lanceo- 
late side-lobes. Fruit ampulliform, bright red, glabrous, not grooved, 
3-4 in. long, about 1 in. diam. Seeds oblong, large, pale-brown, glossy, 
not aromatic.—Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 39; Horan. Prodr. 29; Hanb. in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii, 154. A. madagascariense, Lam. Ill. i. 4, t. 2, fig. 1- 
A. nemorosum, Bojer, Hort. Maurit. 327. A. Afzelii, Hook. f. in Hook. 
Journ. Bot. iv. 129, t. 5. A. Daniellii, Hook. f. in Kew Journ. Bot. 
vi. 294; Bot. Mag. t. 4764; Baker, Fl. Maurit. 326. A. Clusi, Hanb. 
in Bot. Mag. t. 5250; Horan. Prodr. 29. A. erythrocarpum, Ridley in 
Journ. Bot. 1887, 130. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Sugarloaf Mountain, Daniell, 5! Fernando 
Po, Daniell! Barter ! Mann, 1170! 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Ruwenzori; Semliki Valley, Scott-Elliot, 
7953 ! in streams at the foot of Ruwenzori, west side, Scott-Elliot, 8099 ! 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon River, Mann, 1035! Island of St. Thomas, Mann, 
1053! Moller, 8! Welwitsch, 6449! Princes Island, Barter, 1991! Welwitsch, 
6455! Congo, Smith ! Angola: Pungo Andongo ; Mate de Pungo, Welwitsch, 6452! 
Golungo Alto; Sobato de Quilombo and Queta, Welwitsch, 6456! near Banza, 
Welwitsch, 6451! Malange, Marques, 26! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: between the coast and Uyui, T aylor ! 
