EASTERN COAST OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 981 
AMOMUM SCYPHIFERUM, Koen. (Hornstedtia Scyphus, Retz.; Stenochasma urceolare, 
Griff.) 
Not rare along the Pahang River, in woods, and Tahan River. 
А. LEoNvRUs, Koen. (Stenochasma convoluta, Griff.) 
Pulau Tawar woods. 
А. OPHIUCHUS, п. sp. Caules foliati exaltati, circiter 12-pedales, basi clavati. Folia 
oblongo-lanceolata, glabra, acuminata, costa elevata, nervis plurimis, tenuibus, 1%- 
pedalia, 8 pollices lata, petiolo i-pollicari, vaginis ad basin fissis, striatis, costatis, 
ligula ovata oblonga obtusa, pubescente. Spica fusiformis, 5-pollicaris, sessilis, 
bracteis pluribus ad basin vacuis. Bractez florales ovate vel ovate lanceolate 
acutze, mucronate, созфафзе, sericeo-pubescentes, nervis transversis nullis, 2 pollices 
longe, 1 pollicem latze, rubree. Flores plurimi 1-2 singulatim expansi, rubri, aperti, 
vix bracteas superantes, marcescentes multo longiores, 5-pollicares. Calyx spathacea, 
tubulosa, 3-pollicaris, acuta, angusta, superne glabra, basi sericea. Corolla tubo gracili 
rubro, petala lorata, cucullata, lucida, rubra. Labellum æquilongum, loratum, apice 
calceolato, carnosulum, rubrum, marginibus albis, intus pubescens. Ап ега pubes- 
cens, oblonga, apice emarginato, roseo, pubescente, ecristata. Pollen album. Stylus 
gracilis, stigmate clavato, pubescens. Ovarium oblongum, sericeum. 
Tahan woods. 
Allied to A scyphiferum, Koen., but with glabrous leaves, narrower acute bracts, with 
no cross-veins, a fusiform spike, (с. The leafy stems are swollen at the base into a club- 
shape; and the flowers when fully open hardly project beyond the spike, but when 
withered they become elongate and curve over and hang down. 
А. LATERALE, n. sp. Herba magna, rhizomate crasso subterraneo. Caules foliati, 
tripedales. Folia lanceolata acuminata, acumine longo, undique (presertim in 
dorso) pubescentia, lamina 23-pedalis circiter 4 pollices longa, carina validula; basi 
in petiolo pollicari angustata; ligula biloba obtusa, {-pollicaris. Spica cylindrica 
magna, 6-pollicaris, crassa, densa, e caule foliato extrusa, pedunculo crasso, 2-polli- 
caris. Вгасбеге suboblonge, apicibus laciniatis. Flores arcte congesti, plurimi, parvi, 
carnosuli, i-pollieares. Calyx conicus spathaceus, tubo columnz апай, albo. 
Petala ovata acuta, carnosa, atro-rubentia. Labellum breve, unguiculatum, lamina 
deflexa, aurantiaca, emarginata, obtusa, in medio callosula. Stamen filamento brevi, 
albo, pubescente. Anthera oblonga, pubescens, apice emarginato, exappendieulato. 
Stigma rotundatum decurvum. Capsula ovoideo-conica, }-pollicaris, tenuis, sicca 
pallide brunnea, loculis tribus, semina 3-4 in utroque loculo, fusca, angulata. 
Woods, Pulau Tawar. І have also gathered this in Singapore. 
The habit of this plant is that of one of the Hornstedtia section of Amomum. It is 
remarkable for its inflorescence being lateral and the small fleshy flowers imbedded in 
pectinate bracts. I am inclined to think it should form the type of a new genus. 
A. ACULEATUM, Roxb. | : : 
Not rare. Pengkalang Kasai, Kwala Tembeling, Kota Glanggi woods. It is called 
“ Тоо Merah.” 
| poos Mera 362 
