Amomum?^ ScitamiuecB. 255 



segm. \-% in., linear, obtuse, dorsal broader, oblong; lip 

 broadly ovate or orbicular, longer than the cor.-segm., nar- 

 rowed into a linear claw, base 2-toothed; anth. \ in. long, 

 cells glabrous, very narrow, tips divergent, crest short, 

 semilunar, 3-lobed; fr. i-i| in., stoutly pedicelled, crowded 

 on the thickened ped., ovoid, curved, fleshy, 9-ribbed, ribs 

 acute or winged; seeds many, small, obtusely winged, 

 immersed in pulp. 



Forests in moist zone 2-4000 ft.; rather common. Hantane; Wata- 

 goda. Fl. Aug.-Nov.; white, lip stained with orange. 

 Endemic. 

 The seeds are aromatic in a sweet pulp. 



11. A. echinatum, Willd. Sp. PL i. 8 (1797)- 

 Moon, Cat. 2. Thw. Enum. 316. C. P. 3020. 

 Fl. B. Ind. vi. 242. Rumph. Amb. vi. t. 61, f. i. 



Rootstock short, with short internodes ; leafing stem 

 6-12 ft., very stout ; 1. 1-2 ft. by 2-3 in., sessile, linear-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate or caudate, base acuminate, glabrous on both 

 surfaces, almost black-green above, pale beneath, sheath loose, 

 glabrous, ligule |-| in. long, truncate or rounded, entire, 

 coriaceous, with membranous margins ; flg. stem about 12 in., 

 very stout, erect, procumbent or ascending, as thick as the 

 thumb, bright red below, clothed with obtuse, coriaceous, 

 imbricating scales 1-2 in. long ; spike nodding, subglobose or 

 ovoid, i|-2 in. diam. ; bracts i in., oblong, obtuse, sparsely 

 hairy, dark brown ; fl. about i in. broad ; cal.-tube broad, 

 ventricose, glabrous ; cor.-tube i in., rather longer than the 

 bracts, curved, segm. | in. long, oblong, obtuse ; lip rather 

 longer than the cor.-segm., broader than long, suborbicular, 

 fle.shy, concave, clawed, 3-lobed, claw linear, base 2-toothed, 

 lobes rounded ; anth.-cells ciliate, hardly divergent above, 

 crest transversely oblong, \ in. broad, more or less 3-lobed ; 

 style hairy; fr. globose, i in. diam., stoutly pedicelled, copiously 

 armed with hooked spines, dark purple, shining. 



Forests of moist region 1-4000 ft.; rather common. Fl. Sept., Oct.; 

 cream-coloured, lip orange, speckled with red. 

 Endemic (?).* 



12. A. Benthamianum, Trim, injourn. Bot. xxiii. 245 (1885). 

 C. P. 3864. 



Fl. B. Ind. vi. 242. 



Rootstock slender; leafing stem 2-4 ft., slender; 1. 6-10 by 

 \-\\ in, petioled, linear-lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, base 



* Willdenow's species is based on Koenig's Amoinwn No. 2 in Retz. 

 Obs. Bot. iii. 50. No locality is given, but all the plants described in 

 that treatise were obtained in the Malay Peninsula. 



