264 CXIX. SCITAMINER. [Amomum. 
btusel 
sonne ndage shorter than the lateral ones. Capsule green, 
nearly g Bajar; alves. 
Queensland. v weg ars bay, Dallachy. — The above description extracted from 
that given p% F. Muelle 
4. ELETTARIA, White. 
tubular, 2- or 3-toothed. Corolla-limb 3-lobed, shorter than 
the Blader tube, without inner ems Labellum large, ‘flat, entire or 
lobed. Filament flat, but the connective not produced beyond the 
anther-cells ; anther-cells asbodiing the style. Two small linear stami- 
nodes at the base of the style. Ovary 3-celled. Style filiform, clavate 
at the end, with a concave stigma. Fruit suceulent or opening in 3 
valves. Seeds arillate.— Herbs with the habit of Amomum, but usually 
more slender, with smaller flowers, fewer in a looser spike. 
The genus extends e So T Asia, the Australian species, which I have not seen, 
is believed to be endem 
l. E. Scottiana, F. Muell. Fragm. viii. 24. Rhizome woody, the 
involucral bracts of about 2 in. silky -pubesc tside. ts under 
each flower membranous, ellucid, 9 2 to 3 in hs Calyx ‘the length 
of the bracts. Corolla-tt to 4 in. long, very slender, the lo 
La 
than the coro la-fobes, ovate, entire. Connective not extending beyond 
the apex of the anther-cells. Capsule ovate or ellipsoid, opening 
tardily in 3 frag S : 
Queensland. Rockingham bay, Dallachy.—The above description extracted from 
that given "Y F. Mueller. 
9. ALPINIA, Linn. 
(Hellenia, Willd.) 
Flowe ers hermaphrodite. Calyx tubular, 3-toothed, often spathaceous. 
Foro tube longer than the calyx, the limb of 3 usual y unequal 
8 bro: i . 
or dbovoi 
ulent or with a crustaceous or dry. pericarp, indehiscent or rarely 
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obscurely 3-valved. Seeds not very numerous.—Erect herbs with à 
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