Amomum.'] ScitaminecB. 249 



A. Galanga, Sw., Kaluwala, S., is very commonly cultivated, but not, 

 I think, anywhere wild. It is recorded by Hermann (Mus. i;i), and there 

 is a good figure by him in Mus. Brit, which is Costus arabictts, L., as far 

 as Fl. Zeyl. n. 5 is concerned. It may he known by the large bracts, 

 sessile white lip veined with lilac, and the orange-red fr. the size of a 

 cherry. 



A. calcarata. Rose, is given from Ceylon in Fl. B. Ind., but I have 

 never seen it out of gardens. Figured in Wight, Ic. t. 2028. It is Kata- 

 kiriya, S., and C. P. 3730. The lip is sessile, variegated with red and 

 yellow, the bracts small. 



7. AMOmuia, Li?tn. 

 Rootstock elongate ; leafing stem elongate, distinct from 

 the flg., except in A. riifescens ; 1. oblong or lanceolate; infl. 

 spicate or subcapitate ; bracts large, imbricate, few- or many- 

 fld. ; fl. bracteolate ; cal. tubular or funnel-shaped upwards, 

 3-toothed or 2-lobed, or split down one side ; cor.-tube 

 cylindric, usually very slender, segm. oblong or linear, dorsal 

 usually largest ; lateral staminodes of minute teeth or o, lip 

 petaloid or fleshy, recurved ; anth. free, cells parallel or 

 diverging upwards, bases obtuse, connective sometimes pro- 

 duced beyond the cells in a short or broad crest ; ov. 3-celled, 

 cells many-ovuled, style slender, not produced beyond the 

 anth., stigma various, mouth ciliate ; fr. dehiscing irregularly, 

 seeds many, arillate. — Sp. about 150; 48 in FL B. Ind. 



Fl. spikes on leafless stems from the rootstock. 

 Anth. not crested, or crest very short. 

 Fl. stems long. 



Lip obscurely lobed or entire . . i. A. floribundum. 



Lip strongly 3- lobed . . , . 2. A. involucratum. 



Fl. stems short 3. A. nemorale. 



Anth. crested, crest broader than long. 

 Anth. -crest entire or crenate. 



Spike globose or oblong, many-fld. 

 L. glabrous beneath. 

 Anth. -cells hairy. 

 L. 5-6 in. long 

 L. 1-2 ft. long 

 Anth.-cells glabrous. 

 Anth.-crest semilunar . 

 Anth. -crest orbicular 

 L. pubescent beneath . 



Spike few-fld 



Anth.-crest, 3-Iobed. 

 L. 1-2 ft. 



Fr. ribbed .... 



Fr. echinate .... 

 L. 6-8 in., fr. echinate . 

 Spike terminating the leafy stem 



