SOME NEW AND NEWNAMED SPECIES OF AMOMUM 

 SECTIO EUAMOMUM K. SCH. 



BY 



TH. VALETON. 



A m o m u m sténo c a r p u m Val. spec. nova incompl. cognita. 



Herba robusfa, nunc trimetralis. Folia brevi-petiolata permagna (fere 

 metralis) lineari-oblonga breviter acuta siibacuminata tenuiter pergamacta 

 glaberrima, in sicco castanea, + 890 X 130 vel 800 X 125 vel, 500X 100, 

 in apice caulis 650 X 75. Petiolus sat gracilis cire. 25 mm longus basi 

 cum verruculo (glandula?) interposito ligulae adiiatus. Ligula + 10 mm, 

 cum parte adnata fere 20 mm longa ovata obtiisiuscula. Spicae radicales 

 e basi cormi nascentes, magni brevipedunculati. Bracteae sessiles persisten- 

 tes, stramineae dbloiigae cymbiformes apice obtusae capsulas involveiites 

 glabrae, 45 X 13. Flores ignoti. . Capsulae breviter (5 mm) pedicellatae 

 oblongo-fusiformes (25 X 8. pedic. 5 mm), calyce dimidio breviore coro- 

 natae, bractea et bracteoia illa pauilo breviore ad basin pedicelli inserta 

 involuta (br. ext. 55, int. 35 mm). Syncarpium 150 X 60, peduncle50X 

 15, deiïsely unbricate with short scales. 



Distribution. 



West-Sumatra, Simaloer, coll. ind. No. 370 16/4-'18, „Ripe fruit green 

 Vern. name Koal-koal. Fruit eaten". 



Though the îlowers are unknown the species is so easily recognizable 

 by ils large, eloiigate fiuiting spikes vvith persistent long bracts that 1 think 

 it better to give it a name ?ind describe it. Mosi probably it belongs 

 to the affinity of A. Cardamomum. 



Amomum Blumeanum Val. nov. spec. — /i. ciliatum Binn, fnon 

 Blume). Cat. H, Bog. 1866. — Prob. A. villosum Bl. (non Lour.?) En. 

 49. (non vidi). 



Herba stolonifera sesquimctralis vel bimetralis; caulis gracilis (basi 

 15 mm crassus), multifoliatus. Rhizomata gracilia diametro 5 — 8 mm haud 

 superantia in vivo ad 10 mm, (ramosa?), longissime repeiitia, lignosa. 

 Squainae magnae ochreaefonnes, 25 mm longae. Folia subsessilia, lineari- 

 laiiceolata, longe subtiliter attenuato-caudata + 300-400X36 vel 300X50, 

 in sicco glaucesceiitia supra giabra subtus imprimis prope basin puberula. 



Ligula brevissima, 2—3 mm longa, late ovata, aense hirsuio-tomemosa. 

 Vaginae stramineae subtiliter striolatae et transverse reticulatae, glabrae. 



Spicae e ihizomate, numerosae, rtmotae erectae vel ascendenies parvae 

 (nunc 50X20), breviter .vel niodice pedunculatae, (ped. 15 — 80 mm) 



