304 cxxxiv. sciTAMiNE^ (baker). [AmomiLin. 



1.^-2 in. long. Upper corolla-lobe oblong, 2-3 in. long; lateral lanceo- 

 late. Lip obovate-cuneate, l|-2 in. broad, pure white or tinged with 

 pink ; central lobe of anther-crest quadrate, crenate ; side lobes 

 spreading, lanceolate. Capsule ampulliform, glabrous, red or orange 

 when ripe, not sulcate, about 3 in. long by 1 in. diam. Seeds aromatic, 

 globose, brown, J in. diam. — Hook. f. in Kew Journ. Bot . vi. 293 ; 

 Horan. Prodr. 29; Bentl. & Trim. Med. PI. t. 2G8 ; Ridl. .in Journ. 

 Bot. 1887, 130. 



Vpper Guinea. Sierra Leone : Bayabaya, Scott-Elliot, 4577 ! Yoruba, Daniell ! 

 Fernando Po, Daniell ! 



Xiower Guinea. Princes Island, Mann, 1054b ! Wehvitsch, 6459 ! Island of 

 St. Thomas, Mann, 1054a ! Moller ! Quint as ! Welwitsch, 6450. Congo (ex Roscoe). 



Var. violaceum, Ridl. loc. cit. Flowers bright violet, with lip shorter than in the 

 type, and corolla-tube densely transversely plicate. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : Golungo Alto ; ou banks of streams, Welwitsch, 

 6457! 6458! 



3. A, sxilcsitMiay Oliv. d: Hanb. Rootstock wide-creeping. Leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, glabrous on both sides, sessile on the sheath, the 

 leaves G— 8 in. long, 18-21 lin. broad at the middle ; ligule small, 

 rounded. Spike sessile, 1-flowered ; bracts oblong-navicular, obtuse or 

 subacute, l-l:^ in. long. Upper corolla-lobe oblong, 2 in. long, J in. 

 broad; side lobes lanceolate. Lip obovate-cuneate, 2 J in. long, IJ-lJ 

 in. broad. Fruit ampulliform, glabrous, conspicuously sulcate, like 

 that of A. Granum-Paradisi, 2 in. long, 1 in. diam. 



Upper Guinea. Liberia: Cape Palmas, ^o^ma«, 14 1 Gibson! 



4. A. alb o violaceum, Ridl. in Journ. Bot. 1887, 130. Rhizome 

 slender. Leafy stems 2-3 ft. long. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, 

 glabrous, 5 in. long, Ij in.. broad; ligule lanceolate, acuminate, 1\ in. 

 long. Flowers 2-3 in an oblong shortly peduncled spike, inodorous, 

 whitish- violet, about 3 in. long ; bracts oblong, obtuse. Lateral lobes 

 of the corolla lanceolate, acuminate. Lip 1^ in. broad, more acuminate 

 than in A. Melegueta ; anther-cells rather pubescent; central lobe of 

 anther-crest broadly triangular ; lateral lobes lanceolate, acuminate. 

 Fruit and seeds not known. 



lao-wer Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo ; in woods ou the right bank of the 

 River Cuanza, Welwitsch, 6453 ! 



No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



5. A. Granum-Paradisi, Linn. e.c jmrte ; lloolc. f. in Kew 

 Journ. vi. 295. Rhizome slender, wide-creeping. Leafy stem 4-5 

 ft. long, bright red at the base. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, firm, 

 glabrous, 4-8 in. long, l|--lf in. broad at the middle, cuneate at the 

 base, shortly petioled above the sheath ; ligule moderately large, 

 obtuse. Spikes 3-4-flowered, oblong ; peduncles '1-^ in. long ; bracts 

 obtuse, oblong, the upper \\ in. long. Flowers white, about 3 in. long. 

 Corolla-lobes 2 in. long ; upper oblong ; lateral lanceolate. Lip obovate- 



