044 CLXX. SCITAMINEJZE. [Zingibereo 
1l. Tapeinochilas, Miq. iw. Amm. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iv. 101, t. 4.—Calyx herbaceus, 
breviter tubulosus, apice 3-fidus. Corolle tubus brevis, lobi breves, sub:zquales:v. 
postieus paullo latior. Staminodia lateralia linearia, cum labello brevi erecto truncato 
connata; filumentum petaloideum, cum ivo oblongo ti ,; labello paullo 
brevius, apice rotundum, loculos paullo superans; antherc loculi adnati, approximati, 
ecalearati. Ovarium 2-loeulare, co-ovulatum ; Stylus filiformis, stigmate dilatato plano 
exappendiculato apice ciliato; stylodia in unum lineare apice 2-dentatum eoalita. Cap- 
sula calyce rigidulo coronata, rimis 2 lateralibus smpe irregularibus dehiscens. Semina 
angulata, arillo parvo.— Caulis foliatus, elatus, scepe ramosus, foliorum vaginis obtectus. 
Folia in vaginis subsessilia, decidua. Florum thyrsus terminalis, magnus, strobiliformis, 
densissimus, bracteis latis rigide coriaceis basi imbricatis superne recurvo-patentibus 
acutis, calycibusque pulehre coccineis, Flores sub quaque bractea 1-3 ; corollw pallide 
flavescentes, bracteas vix superantes. 
Species 1, Archipelagi Malayani et Australie tropicz incola. Specimina nostra omnia fructifera, 
characteres corollze et andrecii ex ic, et descr, Miquelii sumpsimus. 
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12. Amomum, Linn. Gen. n. 2.— Calyx tubulosus v. superne dilatatus, apice 3-fidus. 
Corollee tubus nune vix calycem excedens, nune tenuis longeque exsertus, lobi 3, zequales, 
patentes, v. posticus paullo latior erectiorque. Staminodia lateralia ad dentes parvos 
reducta; labellum ssepius amplum, rotundatum v. basi convolutum, integrum v. late 
3-lobum; filamentum breve, planum; antherm erects loculi elongati, glabri v. dense 
pilosi, apice divergentes, ezterum fere contigui, connectivo a basi angusta apice inter 
loeulos dilatato, iis nume subbreviore Sinuato, nune sepius ultra loculos in appendicem 
seu cristam brevem integram seu magnam rotundatam integram v. varie 3-fidam 
producto. Ovarium 3-loculare, co-ovulatum ; stylus tenuis, stigmate ultra loculos 
anthers» nune parvo subgloboso, nune crasso dorso subgibbo; stylodia longiuseula, 
linearia, carnosula. Fructus globosus v. oblongus, interdum in rostrum erassiuseulum 
tt pericarpio i lo levi rugoso v. echinato, indehi y. i larit 
ruptus. Semina globosa v. obovoideo-truncata.—Rhi. nune horizontale crassum, 
nune elongatum repens. Caules foliati swpius steriles. Scapi florentes e rhizomate 
aphylli squamis obtecti nune sub inflorescentia brevissimi nunc elongati. Inflorescentia 
strobiliformis, globosa oblonga v. elongata, bracteis coriaceis imbricatis. Flores intra 
bracteas solitarii v. ssepius 2-2-ni, singuli bracteola spathiformi stipati, sessiles, corollse 
limbo solo v. rarius tubo elongato e bracteis exserto, In speciebus perpaucis inflores- 
centia in caule foliato terminalis sessilis. 
Speeies ad 50, Afrieze et Asie tropic incole, usque ad Australiam tropicam et insulas maris 
Paeifii extense. — Horan. Prod. Monogr. Scit, 28 CAnomum), 31 (Geanthus et Donacodes), — Oliv. et 
Hanb. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii, 109. j 
Genus, sectione Cenolopho excepto, naturale facileque distinctum, a pluribus auctoribus in genera 
2 dividitur ad antheree connectivum limitata, charactere tamen non semper bene definito, nobis potius 
pro sectionibus habenda videntur, 
l. Geanthus, Scapi florentes aphylli, Antherw connectivum apice parum dilatatum loculos non 
v. breviter superans. Species omnes Asiatic Australiane v. ins. maris Pacifieze, | GgANTRUS, 
Heinw, in. Syll. Pl. Soc. Ratisb. ii, 6. ExgrrTAnUE seet., Blume, Enum. Pl, Jav. i. 61. « 
Sectio facile in series 3 dividitur: a. L, igiflore, seapo florido abbrevi. , corolle tubo tenui calyce 
duplo saltem longiore. Huc Eletfaria coccinea, Bl., E. glaberrima, Zoll.'et Mor.,affinesque. b. Brevi- 
scape, inflorescentia in rhizomate fere sessili v. seapo brevi fulto.  Corolle tubus calyce inclusus v. 
vix exsertus. Species numerosm, Huc Alpinia cosíata, Roxb. Pl. Corom. t. 252, A. linguiformis, 
Roxb.lc.t.276. Elettaria fetens, Bl., E. rosea, Teijsm. et Binn., E. nemoralis, Thw., E. cannecarpa, 
Wight, Ie. t. 2007, 4omum Ceruga, Seem, Tl. Vit. t. 89, A. Scottii, Y. Muell. Fragm: Phytogr. 
Austral. viii. 24, affinesque. — c. Scapose, inflorescentia. globosa, interdum bracteis exterioribus ma- 
joribus involucrata, scapo elongato squamato fulta: Elettaria floribunda et E, involucrata, Thw., e 
Zeylania; 4. Fenzlii, Kurz in Journ, Asiat, Soc. Beng. xly.t. 12, eum speciebus 3 v. 4 ex Archipelago 
Malayano. Huc etiam referenda Aipinia zagnifica, Rosc. Scitam, t, 75, Bot. Mag. t. 3192 (PrxoxERIA 
Lindl. Introd, Nat. Syst. ed, 2, 446; Ni ; Horan. Prod.. Monogr. Seitam. 82, t. 1). 
