Amomum?\ ScUaminecB. 253 



orbicular, 3-lobed, side lobes large, broad, mid lobe smaller, 

 bifid, lobules rounded, base 2-toothed ; anth.-cells glabrous, 

 narrow, divergent from the middle upwards, crest semi-lunar, 

 crenate ; fr. f in. diam., globose, echinate. 



Forests of lower montane zone ; rare. Hantane, abundant. Fl. April, 

 May ; yellow, lip dotted with red. 



Endemic. 



Rhizome aromatic, chewed with betel. 



7. A. graminifoiiuzn, Thw. Enum. 430 (1864). 



C. P. 3820. 



Fl. B. Ind. vi. 238. 



Rootstock slender, \-\ in. diam., creeping, rufous, root- 

 fibres long, much thickened upwards ; leafing stem 3-5 ft, 

 about as thick as a goose-quill; 1. 12-14 by \-\ in., shortly 

 petioled, linear, acuminate, with a filiform tail 1-2 in. long, 

 base narrowed, subcoriaceous, glabrous, midrib slender, sheath 

 long, terete, ligule short, rounded or truncate ; flg. stems many 

 at intervals on the rootstock, 2-3 in. long, flexuous, clothed 

 with cucullate, oblong, imbricating scales ; spike obovoid or 

 subglobose, i in. diam. ; bracts | in. long, linear-oblong, mem- 

 branous, glabrous ; fl. i in. broad ; cal.-tube as long as the 

 cor.-tube, ventricose, 3-toothed, teeth bearded ; cor. -tube i in. 

 long, slender, glabrous, segm. linear-oblong, obtuse, half as 

 long as the tube or more, dorsal broadest ; lip longer than the 

 cor.-segm., obovate, truncate ; anth.-cells ciliate, divergent 

 above, crest | in. broad, as long as the cells, reniformly 

 flabellate, entire. 



Moist low country ; rare. Abundant in Singhe-raja Forest. Fl. May. 

 Endemic. 



8. A. ciliatum, Baker in Fl. B. Ind. vi. 238 (1892). 

 A. fidviceps, var. (8, Thw. Enum. 317. C. P. 3704- 

 Fl. B. Ind. vi. 238. 



Rootstock very stout, creeping, with thick root-fibres ; 

 leafing stem 3-4 ft., stout, erect; 1. 12 by \\-2 in., sessile, 

 lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, base acuminate, coriaceous, 

 finely pubescent beneath, sheath long, loose, margins above 

 ciliate, ligule short, rounded ; flg. stem 3-4 in., ascending from 

 the rootstock, very stout, sheathed with large rounded loosely 

 imbricating scales, upper scales oblong with tomentosely ciliate 

 margins; spike ovoid or oblong, ii-2 in. long by i-i|- in. 

 diam.; bracts i in., oblong, obtuse, pubescent, margins densely 

 ciliate; fl. ij in. broad, shorter than the bracts; cal.-tube 

 |-f in., ventricose, silkily pubescent, entire or bifid, coriaceous; 

 cor.-tube as long as the cal, stout, silky, funnel-shaped above, 



