MONOCOTYLEDONES. 



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d. Khizome and leafy stem. 



e. Rhizome and leafy stem, scape and detached scapes and 



flowers. 



Cultivated in a hothouse at Clapham Common from seeds 

 received from the Botanic Gardens in Java ; flowered 

 4 June, 1868; fruit apparently mature 15 Nov., 

 1868. 



Accompanying sheet e is a pencil drawing of the different 

 organs of the flower and the following remarks : "A. 

 Cardamomum, L. ; 22 April, 1873. Staminodes 2, 

 distinct. The stamen is prostrate on the labellum, 

 not erect beneath the dorsal lobe of the outer 

 perianth. There appears to be no horn-like process 



, at the base of the labellum as in the African species. 

 Ovary shaggy; the flat stigma is firmly lodged 

 between the lobes of the anther, the style accomo- 

 dating itself to the position by a convenient twist." 



529. Amomum cereum. Hook, f. 



a. Lower part of the stem with leaves and scape and detached 



seeds. 



b. Leaves. 



Cape Palmas, West Coast of Africa ; Eev. A. Crummell ; 

 May, 1859. [Seeds small, angular, leaden grey, and 

 glossy.] 



530. Amomum citratum, Pereira, ('Pharm. Journ.,' vol. ix., p. 313). 



(Mungulu of the Natives), 

 fl. Leaf, detached fruit and seeds, and pencil drawing of 

 inflorescence. 

 River Gaboon, West Africa ; No. 1052 ; G. Mann ; 1861. 

 " Grows 15 feet high." 

 b. A second specimen of No. 1052. 



G. Mann ; from the Royal Herbarium, Kew. 

 An engraving of a village near the Gaboon river accom- 

 panies this specimen. See 'Journ. Linn. Soc.,' vii., 

 p. 110. 

 ft. Root, stem, leaves, and detached fruits and seeds. 



No. 1051. Gaboon River, W. Africa ; G. Mann ; 1861. 



