Amomum. 



CXXXIV. SCITAMINE.* (bAKER). 



303 



Leafy stem 4-5 ft. long 

 Leafy stem 9-10 ft. long 

 Leaves distinctly petioled. 

 Ligule small, truncate 

 Ligule large, rounded at the apex 

 Leaves cordate at the base 

 Leaves more or less hairy. 

 Leaves 1:^-1^ in. broad. 



Lip rose-red ...... 



Lip pale violet with a yellow throat . 



Lip purple 



Leaves 2-2| in. broad. 



Leaves with long hairs on both sides . 

 Leaves glabrous above, finely pubescent 



below 



Flowers many in a spike » . . . . 

 Lip small, oblong. 



Leaves 1^-3 in. broad 



Leaves 4^-5 in. broad ...... 



Flower-spike with a long simple peduncle. 



Leaves 1^-2 in. broad ..... 



Leaves 3-4 in. broad. 

 Leaves glabrous beneath 

 Leaves softly hairy beneath ... 

 '^Flower-spike with a long-branched peduncle. 

 Lip large, obovate-cuneate. 

 Leaves glabrous. 



Leaves 2-2^ in. broad 

 Leaves 6-7 in. broad 

 Leaves hairy on the veins ... 

 Lip small, oblong ..... 



6. 



7. 



8. 



9. 



10. 



11. 

 12. 

 13. 



A. latifolium. 

 A. kayserianum. 



A. Mannii. 

 A. Sceptrum. 

 A. macrolepis. 



A. glaucophyllum. 

 A. leptolepis. 

 A, limbatum. 



14. A. pilosum. 



15. 

 16. 



17. 

 18. 



A. subsericeum. 

 A. cilratum. 



A. angiistifolium. 

 A. polyanthum. 



. 19. A. cermm. 



20. 

 21. 



22. 

 23. 



24. 

 25. 



A. zamhesiacum. 

 A. Mliotii. 



A. longiscapum. 

 A. (jiganteum. 

 A. luteoalbum. 

 A. sanguineum. 



1. A. aruudinaceum, Oliv. d' Uanh. in Joum. Linn. Soc. vii. 

 109. Rhizome slender, wide-creeping. Leafy stem slender, 4-5 ft. 

 long. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, firm in texture, glabrous, 6-10 in. 

 long, |-1 in. broad, sessile on the sheath, narrowed to the base ; ligule 

 small, brown. Spikes 1 -flowered. Peduncle short, covered by obtuse, 

 much imbricated brown bracts. Corolla-lobes nearly 3 in. long ; upper 

 oblong, obtuse, 1 J in. broad ; lateral lanceolate. Lip obovate-cuneate, 

 o in. long, 2 in. broad, much crisped towards the margin ; anther- 

 crest with a moderately large ovate cuspidate erect central lobe and two 

 erecto-patent lanceolate side lobes. Fruit ovoid, ?> in. long, H in. 

 diam., not sulcate. Seeds ellipsoid, black, shining, not aromatic. — 

 Baker in Hook. Ic. t. 2476. 



Ziower Guinea. Corisco Bay, Mann, 1903 ! 



2. A. Melegueta, Rose. Scit. 1. 1)8. Rhizome slender, wide-creeping. 

 Leafy stem 4-5 ft. long. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, firm, glabrous, 

 the lower 6-9 in. long, |-1 in. broad, narrowed at the base, nearly 

 sessile on the sheath; ligule very small. Flowei-s solitary, shortly 

 peduncled, 3-4 in. long. Upper bracts oblong, minutely apiculate,. 



