252 Scitaminece . \_Amomuvi. 



cor.-tube; cor.-tube \ in. long, slender, pubescent, segm. 

 linear, obtuse, tips pubescent ; lip as long as or longer than 

 the cor.-segm., orbicular, 3-lobed, mid lobe emarginate; anth.- 

 cells short, divergent above, ciliate, crest semilunar, crenulate. 



Moist low country; very rare. I have seen only the C. P. specimens 

 from Ekmaligoda, Sabaragamuwa. Fl. April ; yellow, orange within 

 the lip. 



Endemic. 



5. A. fulviceps, Thtu. Eitiim. 317 (1861). 

 C. P. 3122. 



Fl. B, Ind. vi. 237. 



Leafing stem 6-10 ft., stout ; 1. 1-2 ft. by 2^-3 in., sessile, 

 or very shortly petioled, oblong- or linear-lanceolate, acuminate 

 or caudate, quite glabrous on both surfaces, subcoriaceous, 

 base acute, sheath glabrous, ligulc as broad as long, entire, 

 coriaceous ; flg. stem 2-4 in., procumbent and ascending, stout, 

 clothed with broad, short, imbricating sheaths ; spike oblong, 

 ovoid or subglobose, up to 4 in. long and 2^-3 in. diam. ; 

 bracts i-ii in., closely imbricate, broadly ovate-oblong, retuse, 

 appressedly fulvously hairy and villously ciliate, when living 

 dark blood-red, tipped with yellow, when dry almost golden- 

 brown ; fl. hardly longer than the bracts, cal.-tubc ventricose, 

 as long as the cor.-tube, lobes ovate, obtuse; cor.-tube \\ in., 

 segm. \ the length of the tube, oblong, obtuse, densely hairy 

 externally, dorsal twice as broad ; lip orbicular or flabelliform, 

 3-4-lobulatc and crenulate, about as long as the cor.-segments, 

 base 2-toothed ; anth. -cells widely divergent above, hairy, 

 crest semilunar, emarginate ; style hairy. 



Forests in lower montane zone ; rare. Ra.xawa; Dolosbagie : Hantane 

 (N. C. Potter). Fl. Feb.; pale yellow, bracts orange-crimson. 

 Endemic. 



6. A. masticatorium, Thw. Enum. 317 (1861). 

 C. P. 3701. 



Fl. B. Ind. vi. 238. 



Rootstock slender, creeping and rooting ; leafing stem 

 2-8 ft.; 1. 5-15 in., sessile, linear-lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, 

 glabrous on both surfaces, subcoriaceous, base acute or obtuse, 

 sheath glabrous, ligule li in., oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or 

 acute, white, scarious ; flg. stem 2-3 in., procumbent, flexuous 

 or tortuous, loosely clothed with short sheaths, tomentose ; 

 spike globose, \l in. diam. ; bracts under i in., obovate, obtuse, 

 hairy and ciliate; fl. i^ in. broad; cal.-tube membranous, 

 glabrous, as long as the cor.-tube, 3-fid, tips of lobes bearded ; 

 cor.-tube \-\ in. long, twice as long as the bracts, loosely 

 villous, outer segm. oblong, obtuse, dorsal twice as broad ; lip 



