Platk 2484. 



AMOMUM SUBSERICEUM, Oliv. et Hanh. 



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SciTAMiNE.E. Tribe Zingibere^e. 



A. subsericeum, OUv. et Hani, in Joum. Linn. Soc. vii. 110 ; rhizo- 

 mate valido late repente, caule foliifero longissimo, foliis oblanceolato- 

 oblongis acuminatis ad vaginam sensim attenuatis dorso obscure 

 pubescentibus ligulis parvis rotundatis, spicis subsessilibus bifloris, 

 1 K ^*j^^^ sc^riosis apice rotundatis emarginatis mucronulatis, corollaa 

 wbo dorsali oblongo cucullato lateralibus lanceolatis, labello lato con- 

 ^oluto, connectivi lobo terminali deltoideo lateralibus linearibus 

 aeflexis, fructu ampullaeformi glabro haud sulcato, seminibus ellip- 

 soideis nitidis. ^ 



A 



Hab West Tropical Africa: Gaboon River and Corisco Bay, 

 ^ann (Xo. 1904). 



p aulis foliiferus 10-12-pedalis. Folia subpedalia, medio 2-2| poll, 

 lata. Cnmnr. i^u.- o __n i__„.- Lahellum convolutum 2-2^ poll. 



lata. Corollm lobi 2 poll, longi. La 

 ^m. Fructus siccus 2^ poll, longus. 



Baker. 



Semina 2 Un. longa. — J. G. 



of 



P'g- 1. .inther with produced connective and style. 2. Stjle, stylodia, and apex 

 °^-fJ- 3, 4, 6, and 6. Seed; 3 and 4 with aril ; 5 and 6 without aril. All except 

 ^nd 5 enlarnM 



3 «»rf 5 enlarged. 



SEHIES IV. VOL. V. PAUT IV. 



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