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Description of a new Species of AMOMUM, from Tropical West Africa ; 
by J. D. Hooker, M.D., F.R.S. With a Plate. 
(Tan. V.) 
Beautiful specimens of the flowers of this plant, preserved in spirits, 
together with a dried leaf, and the fruit, have been presented to the 
Kew Museum by Dr. Daniell, with the name 4. Afzelii ? or Bastard 
Melligetta, attached. The true A. Afzel of Roscoe, however, has 
been identified with the 4. Granum-Paradisi of Linnæus, 4. grandi- 
florum of Smith (Exot. Flora, vol. i. t. 111), and 4. exscapum of 
Sims (Ann. Bot. vol. i. p. 248. t. 18) ; and has been lately figured in 
the * Botanical Magazine,' t. 4603, from specimens which flowered at 
Kew. A full description of that plant will be found there, together 
with its intricate synonymy. The present differs widely from it ; and I 
propose that it should bear the name of its zealous discoverer, to whom 
we feel extremely indebted for the light he has thrown upon the difficult 
subject of African Amoma. - 
Amomum Danielli, Hook. fil. ; glaberrimum, caule elongato folioso, 
foliis lineari-lanceolatis (1i ped. longis, 3 unc. latis) longe acuminatis 
striato-venosis, scapis radicalibus floriferis 2 unc. fructiferis 4-6 unc. 
longis 3-5-floris, bracteis oblongo-cymbiformibus obtusis, floribus 
flavis, corollæ lobis lateralibus patentibus subulato-acuminatis dor- 
sali amplo obovato-oblongo ceteris longiore, labello late lineari- 
oblongo planiusculo rigido margine subundulato, filamento basi 
utrinque appendieula subulata aucto, fructu lineari-ampullaceo 
rostrato. (Tas. VI. sub nom. 4. 4fzelii.) 
Has. Gold and Slave Coasts, and Clarence Town, Fernando Po; 
abundant, Dr. Daniell. Fl. June and July. 
A tall, handsome species, growing, according to Dr. Daniell, 8-9 
feet high, and the stem an inch and more thick. The flowers are de- 
scribed as of a beautiful yellow colour, in this respect differing widely 
from those of the true Melligetta, as also in the acid pulp surrounding 
the seeds, that of 4. Granum-Paradisi being quite tasteless. No West 
African species his been described hitherto with yellow flowers, or with 
the parts of the flowers at all of the same shape as this. The natives 
call it “Barsalo,” to distinguish it from a smaller alpine variety 
(species ?), named « Tokoloni promah," which may, according to Dr. 
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