.•>10 cxxxiv. sciTAMiNE^ (baker). [Amomum. 



22. A. longiscapum. Hook. /. in Kew Journ. Bot. vi. 296. 

 Leafy stem 4-8 ft. long. Leaves oblong -lanceolate, acute, moderately 

 iirm, glabrous, 1 ft. long, 2-2\ in. broad, quite sessile on the leafy 

 sheath, with the base shortly cordate on each side ; ligule very short, 

 Peduncle firm, slender, reaching a length of 2 ft., bearing 1-4 spikes, 

 the side ones on long peduncles. Bracts oblong, obtuse, 1|^ in. long, 

 spotted with claret-purple on a pale green ground. Corolla-lobes 2 in. 

 long ; upper oblong, obtuse ; lateral lanceolate. Lip obovate-cuneate, 

 li in. broad, much crisped towards the margin ; anther-crest not 

 .seen. Fruit ampulliform, glabrous, not grooved, 2^-3 in. long. Im- 

 mature seeds obovoid, with a papery aril. — Baker in Hook. Ic. t. 

 2481. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : Regent, Daniell, 3 ! 



23. A. giganteuxn, Oliv. d' Hanh. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 100. 

 Leafy stem reaching a length of 15-20 ft. Leaves oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate, reaching a length of 2 ft. and a breadth of 6-7 in., acute, 

 moderately firm, glabrous, rounded at the base, shortly petioled above 

 the sheath ; ligule large, truncate. Flowering stem robust, produced 

 above the ground to a length of 2 ft., bearing towards the base many 

 large oblong-complicate bract-leaves and upwaids many distichous 

 sessile erecto-patent spikes containing several flowers each. Corolla- 

 lobes above 2 in. long; upper oblong, 18-21 lin. broad ; lateral lanceo- 

 late. Lip obovate-cuneate, 3 in. long, 2 in. broad, much plaited ; 

 anther-crest with a large emarginate central lobe and 2 small ascending 

 linear side-lobes. Fruit ovoid, glabrous, not sulcate, 3 in. long. Seeds 

 .small, ellipsoid, shining. — Baker in Hook. Ic. t. 2479. 



]Lo'wer Guinea. Gaboon : banks of the Muni and Gaboon Rivers, Mann, 1051 ! 



24. A. luteo-albuxn^ Schumann in Engl. Jahrh. xv. 413. Rootstock 

 stout. Leaves hairy on the veins beneath. Inflorescence simple, 

 clavate, on a peduncle J ft. long, or branched on a stem above 1 ft. 

 long. Corolla-lobes an inch or more long ; dorsal oblong, concave, 

 acute ; lateral linear-lanceolate, very acuminate. Lip obovate-cuneate, 

 Ij in. broad, white with a yellow middle ; anther-crest with a triangular 

 central lobe and two rather large recurved lateral lobes. 



IVile Ziand. British East Africa : Niamniam ; near the village of Wando on 

 the D^-agbe River, Schioeinfurth. 



No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



25. A. sanguineum, Schumann in Eny\ Jahrh. xv. 412. Koot- 

 stock stout, M ide-creeping. Leafy stem 15 ft. long. Leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, 1-1 J ft. long, 4-5 in. broad at the middle, pubescent beneath, 

 nearly or quite sessile on the sheath ; ligule obliquely truncate. 

 Inflorescence globose, on a simple peduncle nearly 1 ft. long, which is 

 hidden by the large brown scariose imbricated bracts or compound on a 

 long stem. Dorsal corolla-lobe oblong-navicular, bright red, 1^ in. 

 long; lateral linear-lanceolate. Lip oblong, pale yellow, IJ in. long, 

 h in. broad ; anther-crest with a large ovate terminal lobe and two 



