CostltS.] CXXXIV. SCITAMINE^ (bAKER). 301 



9. C. lateriflorus, Baker. Leafy stem apparently sarmentose. 

 Leaves oblong, 5-7 in. long, 2J-3 in. broad at the middle, obtusely 

 cuspidate, cuneate at the base, moderately firm, glabrous on both sides ; 

 petiole and ligule very short. Flowers many in a cluster from the side 

 of the stem ; bracts small, oblong. Calyx subcylindrical, firm in tex- 

 ture, J in. long, shortly toothed at the apex. Corolla-lobes oblong- 

 lanceolate, above 1 in. long. Lip sulphur-yellow, 2 in. long and broad, 

 irregularly toothed round the outer edge ; process of fertile stamen 

 nearly 1 in. shorter than the lip ; anther J in. long. 



Ziower Guinea. Corisco Bay : Mount John, River Kongui, Mann, 1629 ! 



10. C. bicolor, J. Braun d: Schumann in Mitth. Deutsch. 

 Schutzgeb. ii. 152. Leafy stem slender, 10-20 in. long. Leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, 2-4 in. long, acuminate, narrowed to the base, firm in 

 texture, glabrous on both surfaces. Flowering peduncle short, with 

 only sheaths from the nodes. Spike 2-flowered ; bracts not longer than 

 the ovary. Calyx violet, funnel-shaped, J in. long ; lobes very short. 

 Corolla 1 in. long ; lobes narrowly lanceolate. Lip obovate, golden- 

 yellow, 2 in. long, crenulate on the margin ; process of fertile stamen 

 lanceolate, acuminate. 



Upper Guinea. Canieroons : Muba, near Malimba, in woods, Braun ! 

 No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



11. C. tappenbeckianus, J. Braun d- Schumann in Mitth. 

 Deutsch. Schutzgeb. ii. 152. Leafy stem 1-1 i ft. long. Leaves shortly 

 petioled, obovate, 2-3 in. long, acute, rounded at the base, pilose 

 beneath and on the midrib. Fertile stem very short, not leafy. Spike 

 oblong, 4-flowered ; bracts ovate, subcomplicate, nearly an inch long. 

 Calyx under J in. long, cut J down. Corolla-lobes lanceolate, hyaline. 

 Lip obovate, above 2 in. long, undulated at the apex ; process of fertile 

 stamen lanceolate. 



TTpper Guinea. Cameroons : Batanga, in the forest, Braun. 

 No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



12. C» pauciflorus, Schumann in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 421. Leafy 

 stem under a foot long, arising from a creeping rootstock, with two 

 sheaths in the lower half and two leaves in the upper half some distance 

 •apart. Leaves oblong, 4-6 in. long, 2-3 in. broad at the middle, 

 moderately firm, obtuse, rounded at the base, pubescent beneath ; 

 petiole and ligule both very short. Flowers 2-3 in a spike, arising 

 direct from the rootstook on a short peduncle ; bracts ovate, scariose, 

 the outer 1\ in. long. Calyx spathaceous, slit in the upper third. 

 Corolla-lobes oblanceolate, membranous, obtuse, \\ in, long. Lip 2 in. 

 long and broad, obovate-cuneate, tinged with lilac; petaloid filament 

 obtuse, half as long as the lip ; anther-cells placed half way down it, 

 \ in. long. 



Iiower Guinea. Gaboon : Munda ; Sibange Farm, swamps in forest-clearings, 

 Soyaux, 119 ! 



A very distinct species, with a flower spike and bracts like those of an Amomum. 



