310 CXXXIV. SCITAMINEZ (BAKER). [Amomum. 
22. A. longiscapum, Hook. f. in Kew Journ. Bot. vi. 296. 
Leafy stem 4-8 ft. long. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, moderately 
firm, glabrous, 1 ft. long, 2-2} in. broad, quite sessile on the leafy 
sheath, with the base shortly cordate on each side; ligule very short, 
Peduncle firm, slender, reaching a length of 2 ft., bearing 1—4 spikes, 
the side ones on long peduncles. Bracts oblong, obtuse, 14 in. long, 
spotted with claret-purple on a pale green ground. Corolla-lobes 2 in. 
long ; upper oblong, obtuse; lateral lanceolate. Lip obovate-cuneate, 
14 in. broad, much crisped towards the margin; anther-crest not 
seen. Fruit ampulliform, glabrous, not grooved, 24-3 in. long. Im- 
mature seeds obovoid, with a papery aril.—Baker in Hook. Ie. t. 
2481. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Regent, Daniell, 3! 
23. A. giganteum, Oliv. d Hanb. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 109. 
Leafy stem reaching a length of 15-20 ft. Leaves oblong or oblong- 
lanceolate, reaching a length of 2 ft. and a breadth of 6-7 in., acute, 
moderately firm, glabrous, rounded at the base, shortly petioled above 
the sheath; ligule large, truncate. Flowering stem robust, produced 
above the ground to a length of 2 ft., bearing towards the base many 
large oblong-complicate bract-leaves and upwards many distichous 
sessile erecto-patent spikes containing several flowers each. Corolla- 
lobes above 2 in. long; upper oblong, 18—21 lin. broad ; lateral lanceo- 
late. Lip obovate-cuneate, 3 in. long, 2 in. broad, much plaited ; 
anther-crest with a large emarginate central lobe and 2 small ascending 
linear side-lobes. Fruit ovoid, glabrous, not sulcate, 3 in. long. Seeds 
small, ellipsoid, shining.—Baker in Hook. Ic. t. 2479. 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: banks of the Muni and Gaboon Rivers, Mann, 1051 ! 
24. A. luteo-album, Schumann in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 413. Rootstock 
stout. Leaves hairy on the veins beneath. Inflorescence simple, 
clavate, on a peduncle 4 ft. long, or branched on a stem above 1 ft. 
long. Corolla-lobes an inch or more long; dorsal oblong, concave, 
acute ; lateral linear-lanceolate, very acuminate. Lip obovate-cuneate, 
1} in. broad, white with a yellow middle ; anther-crest with a triangular 
central lobe and two rather large recurved lateral lobes. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Niamniam; near the village of Wando on 
the Dyagbe River, Schweinfurth. 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 
25. A. sanguineum, Schumann in Eng’. Jahrb. xv. 412. Root- 
stock stout, wide-creeping. Leafy stem 15 ft. long. Leaves oblong- 
lanceolate, 1-14 ft. long, 4-5 in. broad at the middle, pubescent beneath, 
nearly or quite sessile on the sheath; ligule obliquely . truncate. 
Inflorescence globose, on a simple peduncle nearly 1 ft. long, which 1s 
hidden by the large brown scariose imbricated bracts or compound on à 
long stem. Dorsal corolla-lobe oblong-navicular, bright red, 1} in. 
long ; lateral linear-lanceolate. Lip oblong, pale yellow, 14 in. long, 
4 in. broad; anther-crest with a large ovate terminal lobe and two 
