Amomum.] cxxxiv. scitamine^ (baker). 307 



12. A. leptolepiSy Schumann in Engl. Jahrh. xv. 414. Rootstock 

 slender, wide-creeping. Leafy stem 15-10 ft. long. Leaves lanceolate, 

 moderately firm, acute, obscurely pubescent on the edge and lower 

 surface, 1 ft. long, 1^ in. broad at the middle, narrowed to the base, 

 nearly sessile on the sheath ; ligule small, truncate. Spikes oblong, 

 4-5-flowered, subsessile ; bracts oblong, obtuse, membranous, glabrous, 

 green at the flowering time, the upper 1 J in. long. Flowers about 3 in. 

 long. Upper corolla-lobe oblong, obtuse, 2 in. long ; lateral lanceolate. 

 Lip obovate-cuneate, 2 in. broad, much crisped, pale violet with a yellow 

 throat ; central lobe of the anther-crest triangular ; lateral lanceolate, 

 falcate. Fruit ampulliform, 1 in. diam. Seeds angled, \ in. diam. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : in low forests north of Barombi, Prenss, 555 ! 



13. A. limbatum, Oliv. d- Hanh. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 110. 

 Rootstock slender, wide-creeping. Leafy stem, 12-15 ft. long. Leaves 

 lanceolate, acuminate, firm in texture, G-10 in. long, IJ-lJ in. broad 

 at the middle, glabrous above, obscurely pubescent beneath, narrowed 

 to the base, nearly sessile on the sheath ; ligule small. Peduncle short. 

 2-3-flowered; bracts oblong, obtuse, brown, scariose, upper above 

 an inch long. Corolla-lobes 2 in. long ; dorsal oblong ; lateral lanceolate 

 Lip obovate-cuneate, purple, above 2 in. diam. ; anther-crest with a 

 small orbicular end-lobe and two spreading narrow side -lobes. Fruit 

 glabrous. Seeds ellipsoid, lead-coloured, very shining. — Baker in Hook. 

 Ic. t, 2480. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, 3Iann, 99 ! 1171 ! 



14. A. pilosum, Oliv. d- Hanh. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 110. 

 Rootstock stout, wide-creeping. Leafy stem robust, G-8 ft. long. 

 Leaves oblong- lanceolate, membranous, cuspidate, 10-12 in. long, 2-2^ 

 in. broad at the middle, unequally cuneate at the base, clothed on both 

 sides with short spreading hairs, nearly sessile on the sheath ; ligule 

 densely hairy. Scape very short, few-flowered ; bracts oblong-navicular, 

 acute, dark brown, hairy on the back, the upper 1 J in. long. Corolla- 

 lobes about 1 in. long. Lip yellow, obovate-cuneate, as long as the 

 corolla-lobes; anther-crest with a small deltoid central-lobe and two 

 lanceolate falcate side-lobes. Fruit and seeds unknown. — Baker in 

 Hook. Ic. t. 2483. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann, 1415 ! 



15. A. subsericeuxn, Oliv. d Hanh. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 110. 

 Rootstock stout, wide-creeping. Leafy stem, 10-12 ft. long. Leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, moderately firm, 1 ft. long, 2-2 A in. broad at 

 the middle, glabrous above, finely pubescent all over beneath, narrowed 

 gradually to the base, sessile on the sheath ; ligule small. Peduncles 

 short, 2-3-flowered ; bracts oblong, obtuse, brown, scariose, the upper 

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

 Lip obovate-cuneate, 2 in. broad, bright-coloured, much crisped towards 

 the edge : anther-crest with an orbicular central lobe and two falcate 



