118 MONOCOTYLEDONKS. 



e. Leaves and scape, with fruit and detached seeds. 

 • From bottle ; W. G. Milne ; No. 17. 



d. Leaves and scape with fruit. 



Akassa, Kivor Nun; March — April, 1865; No. 3; 

 E. J. L. Simmonds. With specimens in alcohol ; no 

 flowers. A sketch of fmit is attached to this sheet. 



c. Leaf and detached fruits and seeds. 



Akassa, River Nun ; No. 1 ; E. J. L. Simmonds ; March 



—April, 186.1. With specimens in alcohol. A 



drawing of the flower is also attached to this 



s])ccimen. 



" Colour <>f tiowers a pale lilac, fading into white near the scape ; 



inside whitisli ; throat of lahelliini pale oranjje ; upper ilivision of 



perianth hood-shaped, ridged at the top ; lateral di\-isions lanceolate ; 



lahelluni Sdoheil. Fruit fleshy, crimson. Leaves very fragrant when 



bruiseil. Plant feet high or more." — E. J. L. S.'s letters ; 9 Mar., 



5 .'V.pril, 1863. 



/. Stem and leaves. 



From a seedling plant, cultivated at Clapham ; 1867. 



g. Rhizome, with lower half of leafy stem. 

 Hothouse at Clapham ; 24 Sept., 1872. 



/(. Upper half of leafy stem of specimen rj. 



543. Amomum subsericeum, 0. and H. ' Journ. Linn. Soc.,' vol. vii,, 



p. 100 (Yange). 



a. Leaf and seeds. 



No. 1 ; R. Walker, Gaboon ; five to six feet high. Fruit 

 and leaves in acetic acid. (Seeds of the same size 

 and shape as b.) 



b. Leaves and detached fruit and seeds. 



No. 1 ; 904, G. Mann, Gaboon River and Corisco Bay ; 



Oct., 1862 ; the plant grows from 10 to 12 feet 



high. 



The underside of the leaf covered with fine short tomentuiu. . Flowers 



and fruit in spirit sent to Kew. A drawing of rhizome, scape, and 



flower, is attached to this slieet. [The seeds of this specimen are of a 



greenish brown colour, and are very like tho.«e of A. aiiffiisti/oliiini.] 



c. Leaves. 



Old Calabar ; Rev. W. O. Milne ; received Oct., 1863. 



