Plate 2477 



AMOMUM CEREUM, Hook. Jil 



SCITAMINE^, Tribe ZlXGIBEREiE. 



A. cereum. Hook, JIL in Kew Journ, Bot. vi. 295 ; rhizomate late 



repente, caule foliifero gracili bz^evi, foliis lorato-lanceolatis chartaceis 



utrinque glabris basi cuneatis sessilibus ligulis truncatis, spicis 1-2- 



flons longe pedunculatis, bractefs ovatis obtusis, corollae lobo dorsal! 



oblongo lateralibus lanceolatis, labello orbiculari-cuneato albo undu- 



lato, connectivi lobo centrali parvo deltoideo lateralibus lanceolatis 



ralcatisj fructu ampullseformi glabro baud sulcato, seminibus angu- 

 latis. 



Hab. West Tropical Africa : Sierra Leone, Dr. DanielL 



Folia inferiora pedalia, medio l|-2 poll. lata. Corollm lobi 1^2 

 poll, longi, Lahellum 18-21 lin. latum. Fructus siccus 2 poll, longus, 



8-9 lin. diam. — J. G. Baker. 



Fig. 1. Dorsal lobe of corolla. 2. Lateral lobe of corolla. 3. Labellum. All 

 natural size. Fig. 4. Stamen with produced connective and stjle. 5 and 6. Seed 

 4 and 6 enlarged. 



