Plate 2478. 



AMOMUM CITEATUM, Pereira. 

 SciTAMiNK-E. Tribe Zingibere.^. 



A. citratum, Pereira , 



Hanh 



rhizoniate vaJido Lite TQigeni^, eauJe foliifero losgissinio, foliis lorato- 

 oblmigis cijspidatis utrinque glabris basi iniequiJateraliter late rotun- 

 datis supra vaginam petiolatis ligulis magnis scariosis ovatis obtusis, 

 spicis^ globosis sessilibus multifloris, bracteis latissimis scariobis ovatis 

 obtusis, corolloe lobo dorsali oblongo obtuso concavo lateralibns lancto- 

 latis, labello obovato-cuneato pallido rubro valde uiulukto, connectivi 

 lobo centrali minuto orbiculari lateralibus linearibus erecto-patentibus, 

 fructu ovoideo glabro haud sulcato, seminibus obovoideis angulatis, 



Hab. West Tropical Africa : banks of tbe Hiver Gaboon, Mann 

 (No. 1052), 



Caulk foliiferus 10-peduIis. 

 poll. lata. Spicce 3 poll. diam. 

 3 poll, longum, 2| poll, latum. 



Folia inferiora 12-15 poll. Jonga, 2-3 

 Corollm lobi 3 poll, longi. Lahellum 



Semina 2 lin. longa. 



J. G. Baker. 



Fig. 1. Stamen with produced connective and stjle. 2. Immature fruit crowned 

 •with persistent calyx. 3 and 4. Seed enclosed in aril. 6. Seed with aril unrolled. 

 All escejit 2 and 3 enlarytd. 



