Pl ATK 2479 



AMOMUM GIGANTEUM, OUv. el Hanh. 



SC1TAMIKE.€. Tribe X1.VGIRERE.E 



A. gigantenm, OUv. €t Ilamh. in Joum. Linn, Soc, vii. 109 ; 



rhizomate valido late repeiite, caule foliifero longiasiino, foliis oblongis 

 vel lorato-oblongis cuspidatis chartaceis utriiujue glubris bad rotun- 

 datis supra vaginam breviter petiolatis ligub's magnis orbicularibus, 

 caule florifero valido erecto elongato spicato-paniculato, bracteis ova- 

 tis obtusis mucronatis, corollae lobo dcjrsali magno oblongo concavo 

 lateralibus linearibus, labello ohovato-cuneato undulato, connectivilobo 

 centrali rnagno qiiadrato emarginato lateralibus ]anceolatis crenatis, 

 fructu ovoideo glabro baud sulcato, seminibus ellipsoideis atrofuscia 



nitidis. 



Hab. West Tropical Africa : Corisco Bay and banks of the Gaboon 

 River, Mann (No. 1051), 



Caulis /olii/erus 15-20-pedalis. Folia inferiora interdum bipedalia, 

 6-8 poll, lata, CoroUoB lobi 2| poll, longi. LabeUum 3 poll, longum, 

 2 poll, latum. Fructus 3 poll, longus. Semina 1^ liu. longa. 



J, G. Baker. 



Fig. 1. Stamen M-ith produred connectire and style, 2. Apex of ovary trith 

 stylodia aud base of style. 3. Fruit with bract«, i aad 5. Seed. Jll cjrrrpf 3 aivi i 



axlargcd. 



