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Distribution. 



Java : Semarang-Pati, in teak forests. (Beumée 620, n. i. „vversah"). 

 Ngarengan-Pati. in teak forests. (Beumée 1126, n. i. „wreksah"). Semarang- 

 Bodja, in teak forests. (Cordes 65, n. i. ,wersah"). Kaliwanga-Kendal, in 

 teak forests. (Cordes 65, n i. „wersah"). Temangung, cultivated insh idovvy 

 places, not uncommon. (Lôrzing 725, n. i. „resag"). Buitenzorg, cultivaled 

 in the villages (n. i. ..hangassan"). Cuit, in H. Bog. XI B 3. 11. 



Bismarck-Archip. New Ireland. (Peekel 719 . 



New-Guinea. (leg. Peekel in Herb. Berlin). 



Himalaya, eastern frontier of Bengal. (Type spécimen). 



There can be not much doubt that the species named A. maximum 

 RoxB. by Blume, and generaily cultivated in West-Java is the same as 

 Amomum dealbatum Roxb. The rather good and minute description (wanting 

 bracteoles, etc.) by Roxb. agrées excellently with our species. Only the 

 anthercrest is said to be truncate, while the expression „semilunar" (used 

 for A. maximum) is more précise. But it seems to me most probable tliat 

 îhose two species are notto be distinguished specifically. j4/no/n«/7i maxmzHm 

 Roxb. the fruits of which are said to be soid formerly as javan Cardamons 

 (Pekeira, vide Valeton le. 1. c. and in Merrill interprétation 1917, 157) 

 differs principaliy by tlie iarger, denser, more rounded capsules from the 

 more common and \A/ildgrowing form, and according to Schumann the 

 leaves should be more densely tomentose and of a brownish colour ai 

 the backside. 



