AFRICAN SPECIES OF AMOMUM. 295 



and filaments ; the apex of the anther is truncated, in which respect 

 only it differs from A. BaniellL 



b. Lahellum amplum^ erectum, Umbo horizontali-explanato. 



3. Amomum Granum-Paradisi^ Linn. Sp, pi. 1. p. 2j foKis elHptico- 

 lanceolatis acumiiiatis, ligula obtusa v. biloba, scapo multifloro, brac- 

 teis laxe imbricatis puberulis obtusis mucronatis, perianthio exteriore 

 tubo brevi limbo obtuso, interiore extns puberulo, lobis lateralibus 



m 



obtusis, dorsali ovato-oblongo obtuse, labello araplo late obovato-ro- 

 tundato, marginibus undulato-plicatis, filamento basi utrinque pro- 

 cessubus 2 subulatis, antherse apice integro v. bifido lobulis latera- 

 libus patulis subulatis loculis puberulis, staminodiis linearibus ob- 

 tusis, ovario pubescente, fructu ampullaceo v. elliptico-ovato v. lan- 

 ceolato profunde sulcato pubescente, semmibus brunneis subquadra- 

 to-rotundatis, testa atro-brunnea nitida. — Smitli, in Bees' Cycl. v, 39- 

 Pereira, Mat. Med. v, 2. p, 1130. /. 234. PJiarm. Jotim. v. 6. p. 

 412. Guibourt, Hist, Nat. des Brogues Simples, v. 2. p. 221./. 122. 

 ffook. Bot. Mag. t. 4603- 



A. grandiflorum, 8m. Exot. Ylora, v. 1. t. Ill- 



A, exscapum, Sims, Ann. Bot. v. \.p. 248. t. 13. 



A. Afzelii? Roscoe, in Linn. Trans, v. S,p, 354. Smith, in Bees' Cycl. 

 V. 39. 



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Hab, Sien*a Leone, Br, Baniell. 

 Herha 3-5-pedalis. Folia 4-8 unc. longa, 1-1| lata, basi subacuta. 



apice attenuato-acurainata, marginibus purpureis, vaginis viridibus 



purpureisve, ligula \-^ unc. longa, obtusa v. biloba. Scapi 2-4 

 longi, ascendentes, pubescentes, 3-5-flori. Bractem rcmota:, laxe im- 

 bricatse, late oblonga), apice obtusae v. bilobae, post anthesin deciduae. 

 Plores erecti, 2-3 unc. longi, Perianthium album, extus roseo tinc- 



lateralibus 



terminali 



labello breviores. Pilarnentinn processubus 2 basi instruct 

 2 exteriores minores. Antherce loculi pubescentes, lobe 

 late truncato, lobulo intermedio brevissimo integro v. bifido, laterali- 

 bus comutis. Fructtts pubescens, atro-purpureus, carnosus, ampul- 

 laceus, subcompressus, 9-10-costatus, sulcis acutis, costis i-tereti- 



bus, 2-3 unc. longus, 1^-2 unc. latus. Semina immatura alba, 



demum brunnea, nitida. 



The sheaths of the leaves vary from red-purple to green. Unripe 



