Elettaria, Cyphostigma. 269 



(1782) t. 136; Willd. Spec. pl. I. (i797) 9; Woodv. Med. PI. t. \3\. — Ä. race- 

 mosum Lam. Encjcl. I. (1783) 134. — Cardaniomum ofßcinale Salisb. in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. I. (1812) 232. — Elettari Rheede, Hort, malab. XI. (1692) 9 t. 4. 5. — 

 E rhizomate horizontali crasso caules plures foliosi ad fere 3 m alti. Folia breviter 

 petiolata lineari-lanceolata attenuato-acuminata acutissima supra glabra subtus sub- 

 tomentosa mollia ad 70 cm longa et 8,5 cm lata; ligula ad 6 mm longa obtusa 

 glabra. Pannicula ad 60 cm longa prostrata e cincinnis ultra 10 efformata; rhachis 

 angulata subglabra; bracteae primariae lineari-oblongae obtusae mox oblitterantes ad 

 3,0 cm longae; pedicelli braves statu fructigero ad 1 cm longi; bracteolae tenuissimae 

 ad 2 cm longae superiores breviores; ovarium glabrum; calyx 11 mm longus membra- 

 naceus glaber; corollae albae tubus 1,7 cm longus, lobi 9 mm metientes; filamentum 

 2 mm, anthera 5 mm longa; labellum 1,7 cm longum margine flavum ad medium 

 coeruleum et albo-striatum. Capsula rotundato-subtrigona apice rotundata 9 — 1 2 mm 

 longa anguste costata valvae pallidae stramineae; semina 3 — 5 pro loculo 3 — 4 mm 

 longa et 2 — 3 mm diametro pallide castanea foveolata gustu valde aromatica. 



Vor der -Indien: Küste Malabar, in den West-Ghats von Kurg südwärts wild und 

 in Halbkultur; auf Java, in West-Indien und sonst in den Tropen kultiviert. 



2. E. major Smith in Rees, Cjclop. XXXIX. — E. Gardamommn Maton, var. 

 major Thwait. Enum. pl. Zeyl. (I86l) 318; Rak. in Hook. f. Fl. Rrit. Ind. VI. (1892J 

 251; Trimen, Fl. Ceylon IV. (1898) 2 61. — E rhizomate valido repente caules 

 plures ad 3 m alti. Folia sessilia linearia vel lineari-lanceolata breviuscule acuminata 

 et caudata supra glabra subtus breviter subtomentosa submollia; ligula vix 4 mm 

 longa rotundata ut vagina superior ciliolata. Pannicula 60 cm et ultra longa prostrata, 

 bracteae oblongae 3,5 cm longae remotae diutius persistentes; rhachis minute subtomen- 

 tosa; bracteolae 2 cm longae pariter indutae; flores laxius dispositi longius pedicellati, 

 pedicellus ut ovarium subtomentosus ; calyx 1,5 cm longus clavatus unilateraliter fissus 

 subtomentosus ; corollae tubus 2 cm longus; lobi . . .; labellum . . .; filamentum 2 mm, 

 anthera 4 mm longa. Capsula trigona apice acuta 2,5 — 4 cm longa minus dense 

 costata obscure cinerea; semina 6 — 8 pro loculo paulo majora et altius scrobiculata 

 minus aromatica. 



Vor der- Indien: In Ceylon kultiviert. 



Nota. Haec species taliter a typo recedit ut inter species optime circumscriptas familiae 

 numeranda sit. Differentia e conspectu specierum plane evadit. Capsulis sub nomine Carda- 

 momi majoris vel zeylanici olim copiosius quam hodie utebantur. 



24. Cyphostigma Renth.*) 



Cijpliostigma Renth. in Renth. et Hook. f. Icon. pl. (1882) t. 1380, Gen. pl. 

 III. (1883) 645; Rak. in Hook. f. Fl. Rrit. Ind. VI. (1892) 260. — Ekttariopsis 

 Rak. in Hook. f. Fl. Rrit. Ind. VI. (1892) 251; Ridl. in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Rengal 

 (1899) 152. — Amomum, sect. Mastigainomum K. Schum. in Engler's Rot. Jahrb. 

 XXVII. (1899) 301. 



Calyx subclavato-tubulosus membranaceus apice vulgo bidenticulatus vel trilobu- 

 latus et oblique fissus. Corolla interdum a calyce ope stipitis disjuncta, tubus gracilis 

 elongatus fauce ampliatus, in lobos angustos divisa, lobi subaequales vel posticus parum 

 cucullatus. Labellum subtrapezoideum vel obovatum vel cuneatum obiter trilobum vel 

 integerrimum album flavum vel rubro-lineatum et -maculatum; staminodia lateralia 0. 

 Filamentum breve vulgo latum; anthera glabra, thecae lineares parallelae vel apice ex- 

 curvatae ; connectivi appendicula pro rata magna vel maxima petaloidea late semielliptica 



rciiKnöuifQrjnis integerrima vel subtriloba. Ovarium triloculare, ovula plurima angulo 

 10 loculi horizontaliter affixa; stilus gracilis; stigma obconicum majusculum apice 

 atum ciiiolatum. Nectarii glandula amplectens apice biloba. Capsula ellipsoidea 

 *) E /.v(pog poculum et stigma compositum. 



