ATnomum.] cxxxiv. sciTAMiNEiE (baker). 311 



falcate lanceolate side-lobes. Fruit ampulKform, smooth, glabrous, 

 not grooved, 3 in. long, 1 in. diam. 



Wile Iband. British East Africa : Niamniam ; Nabambisso River (in woods 

 along the Boddo, near Sabbi, ex Schumann), Schweinfurth, 3022 ! Assika River, 

 JSchiveiiifurtJi, 3310 ! Nabanda Ym-u, Schweinfurih, 3335 ! 



Imperfectly known Species. 



A. macrospeirmiun, Smith in Roes^ Cyclop, xxxix. No. 3 ; A. 

 Clusii, Smith, loc. cit.y, No. 4 ; and A. strobilaceum. Smith, loc. city 

 No. 8, are described from such incomplete material (fruit and seed only) 

 that it is impossible to identify them with certainty. 



A. crassilabium, Schumann in Engl. PJl. Ost-Afr. C. 149. Leaves 

 8-10 in. long. lJ-2 in. broad, broadest above the middle, glabrous, 

 shortly petioled ; ligule nearly 1 in. long. Flowers yellow. 



TCozamb. I>lst. German East Africa : Usambara, 3000-3500 ft., Hoist, 

 4240. 



No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



A. Mala, Schumann in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 149, Leaves oblong, 

 moderately firm, 1-1^- ft. long, 4-5 in. broad at the middle, glabrous on 

 both sides, deltoid at the base, shortly petioled above the sheath ; 

 ligule large, truncate. Flowers 3-8J in. long, golden yellow. Fruit 

 fusiform, eatable. 



XMCozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Usambara ; Mlalo, Hoist, 2459 ! 3740. 



A. Korarima, Pereira, Mat. Med, edit. 3, 1136, ^^s. 245-247. 

 Fruit ampulliform, narrowed gradually to the apex, 2 in. long, 1 in. 

 diam., flattened on one side, glabrous, not vertically grooved. Seed 

 rather larger than in A. Melegueta, globose or somewhat angled, olive- 

 brown, with an aromatic taste. — Kew Bulletin, 1894, 400. 



XTile Xiand. " Brought to the market of Baso, in Southern Abyssinia, from 

 Tumhe, somewhere about 9° N. lat. and 35° (36^°) E. long. Carried down to Massowa, 

 and thence exported to India " {Pereira). 



There are specimens in the Kew Museum received from Bombay and Aden, and 

 directly from Abyssinia from the Countess of Mayo. 



5. RENEALMIA, Linn. f. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 648. 



Calyx firm in texture, narrowly or broadly funnel-shaped, 3 -toothed 

 at the apex. Corolla-tube as long as the calyx ; lobes subequal, 

 oblong-lanceolate. Lateral staminodia rudimentary ; lip a little longer 

 than the corolla-lobes ; fertile anther 2-celled, not crested ; filament 

 narrow. Ovary cylindrical, 3-celled ; ovules many in a cell ; style long, 

 filiform ; stigma turbinate. Capsule globose, ratlier fleshy, finally 

 dehiscing irregularly. Seeds few, subglobose, arillate ; testa much 

 intruded ; embryo straight.— Rootstock fleshy, sending out cylindrical 



