Amomum.] Scitaminee. 283 
Pflanzenreich, into Geanthus, Pheomeria, Nicolaia, etc. I have how- 
ever retained the wide sense for the present. 
Page 253.—For A. ciliatum Baker read: 
8. A. trichostachyum nom. nov.* A. ciliatum Baker in FI. 
Brit. Ind. VI, p. 238 (1892) non Blume. Pheomeria ciliata K. Sch. 
Zingiberacee in Engl. Pflanzenreich IV, 46, p. 266 (1904). 
Page 254.— 
g. A. hypoleucum Thw. 
Also in S. India and Java. 
Page 255.—For A. echinatum Willd. read: 
11. A. echinocarpum sp. nov.t A. echinatum Moon Cat. p. 2, 
(1824); Thw. Enum. p. 316 (1861); Baker in Fl. Brit. Ind. VI, p. 242 
(1894); Trim. Fl. Ceyl. IV, p. 38 (1898); K. Sch. Zingiberacez in 
Engl. Pflanzenreich IV, 46, p. 255 (1904) non Willd.; Val. in Merr. 
Interp. Rumph. p. 160 (1917). 
Valeton states that our plant is not Willdenow’s species. 
Page 258.—For Zingiber Cassumar Roxb. read: 
Z. purpureum Roscoe in Trans. Linn. Soc. VIII, p. 348 (1807). 
Z. Cassumar Roxb. in As. Res. XI, p. 347 (1810). 
Page 260.— 
9. CYPHOSTIGMA Benth. 
K. Schumann distinguishes a second Ceylon species as follows : 
** Folia lineari-lanceolata vel lanceolata, brac- 
teze scariose, flores sessiles . - ~ T. ©. PULCHELLUM. 
Folia latiore obovato-oblonga, bracteze mem- 
branacez, flores pedicellati . : ; . 2. C. PEDICELLATOM.”” 
C. PEDICELLATUM K. Sch. may be the white-flowered species repre- 
sented by a drawing at Peradeniya. . 
Page 262.—For Clinogyne Salisb. read: 
11. SCHUMANNIANTHUS Gagnep. 
S. virgatus Rolfe in Journ. Bot. XLV, p. 244 (1907). Phrynium 
virgatum Roxb. in As. Res. XI, p. 324 (1810). Maranta paniculata 
Moon, in Ceyl. Govt. Gazette (1821). Clinogyne virgata Benth. in 
Benth. & Hk. f. Gen. FI. III, p. 651 (1883). Donax virgata K. Sch. 
Marantacee in Engl. Pflanzenreich IV, 48, p. 33 (1902). 
11a. STACHYPHRYNIU®M KK. Sch. 
Rootstock creeping; 1. radical, large, long-petioled; spike 
on a radical ped., bracteate, dense-fld.; sep. 3, subequal, 
* Affinis A. Maingayi Bak. sed ligula pilosa differt.—Typus: C.P. 
3704- 
+ Affinis A. echinato Willd. fructus spinis curvatis differt.—Typus : 
C.P. 3020. 
Part IV. 
