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PLATE 1380. 
CYPHOSTIGMA PULCHELLUM, Benth. 
Scrraminez#, Tribe ZINGIBERES. 
Cyphostigma, Benth. gen. nov., Char. gen. Calyx supra basin 
elongatam tubulosus, per anthesin spathaceo-fissus. Corolle tubus 
basi postice gibbo circa foveolam terminalem ciliolato ; ovulain quoque 
loculo plurima, sub-2-seriata. Fructus ...— izoma horizontale. 
Foliorum vagine longs convolute caulem simulantes. Scapi florentes 
aphylli, e rhizomate ad basin foliorum elongati, procumbentes, ramulosi, 
floribus in ramulis sparsis. 
C. pulchellum, Benth., single species. Amomum pulchellum, Thwaites, 
Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 318. 
Has. Ceylon; forests of the Central Province, up to an elevation 
of 3,000 feet, Thwaites, C.P., n. 2736. 
or appendage to the anther, but in the large genus 
Amumum, so tant in its inflorescence, a dense erect 
imbricate bracts, the appen 
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rally to afford one of the best generic characters in the 
