Plate 2483. 



AMOMUM PILOSUM, Oliv. et Hanh. 



SciTAMiXE^. Tribe Zixgibere.e. 



A. pilosum, Oliv. et Hanh. in Joiirn. Linn. Soc vii. 110; rhizomate 

 vahdo late repente, caule foliifero orgjali, foliis oblonijo-lanceolatis 

 cuspidatis^ membranaceis utrinque praesertim ad faciem inferiorem 

 laxe pilosis basi valde iaaequilateralibus cuneatis vel rotundatis supra 

 ^aginam brevissime petiolatis ligulis parvis dense pilosis, spicis 

 angustis^ sessilibus paucifloris, bracteis oblongis glabris scariosis 

 cuspidatis, corollse lobis parvis dorsali obloiigo lateralibus lanceolatis, 

 labollo obovato-cuneato luteo parvo, connectivi lobo centrali deltoideo 

 minuto lateralibus linearibus deflexis, seminibus immaturis globosis 

 Iineis horizontalibus undulatis notatis. 



Hab. West Tropical Africa : Fernando Po, 2fann (No. 1415). 



Caulis/olii/erus 6-8-pedalis, Folia inferiora subpedalia, 2-21 poll, 

 ^ta. CoroUfB lobi 9 lin, longi. LaheUum 1 poll, latum.— J. G. 



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i'lg. 1. A flcwer. 2. Anther with produced cnnnectire and stjle, 3. Ovarj 

 oeanng disk-like stylodium ami base of style. 4. Seed enclosed in aril. 5 and 6. 

 &eed divested of aril. All except 5 enlarged. 



