Plate 2481. 



AMOMUM LONGISCAPUM, ffooL Jil 



SciTAMiNE^. Tribe Zingibere^. 



A. longiscapum, Hook, jil. in Kew Journ. Bot vi. 296 ; rhizomate 

 late repente, caule foliifero elongato, foliis lorato-lanceolatis cuspidatis 

 utrmque glabns basi cordatis sessilibus ligulis brevissimis truncatis, 

 cauJe noTxiero elongato 1-4-cephalo, spicis paucifloris, bracteis oblongis 

 obtusis, corollaj lobo dorsali oblongo concavo lateralibus lanceolatis, 

 labello obovato-cuneato, connectivi lobo terrninali parvo rotundato 

 laterahbus lanceolatis falcatis, fructu ampullseformi glabro baud sulcato 

 semmibus angulatis. 



Hab. West 



Folia pedalia, medio 2 poll. lata. Pedunculus floHferus 1-2-pedalis. 

 ^orollcB lobi 2 poll, longi. Lahellum 2 poll, longum. Fructus siccus 



2 poll, longus.— J. G. Baker. 



y.J^^'f^' ^^'^^^^^ yf^^^ produced connective. 2. Apex of ovary bearing stylodia and 

 case ot style. 3. Stigma and upper part of style. 4. Seed. All cnlarqcd. 



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