Atnomiwi.] ScitamiiiecB. 251 



segm., obovate, subequally 3-lobed, thick, margins crisped; 

 fil. short, broad, anth. large, glabrous, cells diverging above, 

 crest o; ov. and style glabrous. 



Forests in montane zone 4-6000 ft.; rather common. Fl. Sept.-Nov. ; 

 ,pale yellow, lip white, with pink stripes, cor.-segm. pinkish. 

 Endemic. 



3. A. nemorale, Trim. Syst. Cat. 92 (1885). 

 Elettaria nonoralis, Thw. Enum. 319. C. P. 3703. 

 Fl. B. Ind. vi. 233. 



Rootstock woody, creeping and rooting, root-fibres stout ; 

 leafing stem 2-4 ft.; 1. 8-15 by 1^-2 in., shortly petioled, 

 linear or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, firm, glabrous on 

 both surfaces, thinly coriaceous, base acute, midrib slender, 

 petiole short, sheath long, narrow, ligule short, rounded, 

 entire ; flg. stem 2-3 in., decurved or decumbent, clothed with 

 broad loose scales, the upper scales longer ; spike short, 

 oblong, or subglobose, i-i| in. diam. ; bracts ^-| in., orbicular 

 or obovate, concave, membranous, floral lanceolate ; fl. about 

 f in. across the limb ; cal.-tube |- the length of the cor.- 

 tube, membranous, glabrous; cor.-tube i| in., very slender, 

 segm. |— ^ in., subequal, oblong, obtuse ; lip reniform, 3-lobed, 

 crenate, side lobes falcately recurved, mid lobe smaller, 

 rounded, 2-3-fid ; anth. small, narrow, cells parallel, glabrous, 

 crest o ; ov. hairy, style glabrous, stigma ciliate with long 

 hairs ; fr. subglobose, \ in. diam., shortly beaked, smooth, 

 beak truncate ; seeds few, large, enclosed in white spongy 

 pulp. 



Forests in moist low country ; rare. Hewesse ; Reigam Korale. Fl. 

 Sept.; greenish-white, lip veined with pink. 

 Endemic. 



4. A. acuminatum, Thw. Enum. 317 (1861). 

 C. P. 3466. 



Fl. B. Ind. vi. 237. 



Rootstock widely creeping, as thick as a swan's quill, 

 clothed with red imbricating sheaths \-\ in. long; leafing 

 stem 2-4 ft., slender, leafless below, but covered with long 

 green sheaths mottled with black, the lowest red-brown; 1. 

 5-6 by i^ in., shortly petioled, oblong-lanceolate, finely 

 acuminate, subcoriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces, base 

 subacute, sheath green, ligule about as broad as long, entire; flg. 

 stem very short, decumbent, clothed with short, imbricating, 

 obtuse, tumid scales; spike subglobose, i-i| in. diam.; bracts 

 under i in., obovate-oblong or rounded, obtuse, puberulous, 

 margins tomentosely ciliate, inner shorter, broader; fl. about 

 I in. across the limb, cal.-tube ventricose, silky, as long as the 



