236 CXLIX. SCITAMINEJE. (J. G. Baker.) [Amomum. 



1-li ft. by 3-5 in. Spikes about 3 in. ; peduncle as long or shorter ; inner bracts 

 lanceolate, pink, 2-2| in. Corona-tube cylindric, 2 in. ; segments oblong, bright 

 red, half as long as the tube. Lip bright yellow, deflexed, above 2 in. long, bitid, 

 margins below the middle incurved. Stamen shorter than the corolla-segments. 

 Ovary hairy. 



14. A. gromphocheilos* EaTcer\ leaves large lanceolate glabrous 

 beneath, spike oblong shortly-peduncled, outer bracts oblong-lanceolate 

 large glabrous, lip twice as long as the corolla-segments, tip cuneate. 



PERAK, King's Collector, 1897.-, 



Leafy stem 12 ft. Leaves 2-3 ft. by 3 in. Spike 3 in. ; outer bracts 2 in. 

 Corona-tube 2 in. ; segments linear-oblong, under 1 in. Lip twice as long as the 

 corolla-segments, with a cuneate-clawed tip, margins incurved to the tip of the 

 corolla-segments. Anther emarginate ; cells glabrous, tips much divaricated. 



15. A. megralocheilos, Baker ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, spike 

 oblong very shortly peduncled, outer bracts ovate glabrous, lip more than 

 twice as long as the corolla-segments tip obovate. Achasma megalo- 

 cheilos, Griff. Notul. iii. 426 ; Ic. Plant. Asiat. t. 355. 



MALACCA ; foot of Mount Ophir, Griffith. 



Leafy stem stout, 12-16 ft. Spike 3-4 in.; outer bracts 1^-2 in. Calyx 

 spathaceous, cylindric, above 2 in. long ; teeth small, lanceolate. Corolla-tube as 

 long as the calyx; segments 1 in., linear-oblong. Lip 3 in., bright red ; margins of 

 the lower half incurved, yellow. Anther-cells glabrous, tip emarginate. 



Sect. III. Hornstedtiaj Retz. (gen.) (Donacodes, Blume; Steno- 

 ckasma, Griff.). Spike radical. Lip narrow, margins incurved. Anther 

 crested. 



16. A. macrodus, Scortech. in Nuov. Giorn. Sot. Ital. xviii. 309, 

 t. 12 ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, spike small subglobose shortly peduncled, 

 bracts small ovate-lanceolate, lip not longer than the corolla-segments 

 oblong margins involute, anther-crest small truncate. 



MALAY PENINSULA ; Kirita, Scortechini. 



Leafy stem slender, 2 ft. Leaves caudate, 6-8 by 2-3 in. Spike I in. diam. ; 

 bracts red, glabrous, in. Calyx spathaceous, in. Corolla-tube half as long 

 again as the calyx ; segments oblong, in. Lip bifid, tip yellow, purple inside 

 towards the base ; small staminodes developed ; anther-crest entire ; cells parallel, 

 glabrous. 



17. A. ruforo-luteum. Baker ; leaves lanceolate glabrous beneath, 

 spike globose sessile, outer bracts ovate glabrous, lip much longer than 

 the corolla-segments% 



MALACCA, Maingay (Kew Distrib., 1588). 



Leaves about 1 ft. by 2 in. Spike 2 in. ; outer bracts 1 in., pink ^ upwards. 

 Corona-tube 1 in. ; segments linear-oblong, subequal. Lip Ungulate, deeply cleft 

 at the tip, bright crimson, incurved margins yellow. Filament shortly produced 

 beyond the anther. 



18. A. Xieonurus, K&nig in Retz. Obs. iii. 69; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate glabrous beneath, spike cylindric subsessile, outer bracts large 

 ovate pubescent, lip not longer than the corolla-segments. Hornstedtia 

 Leonurus, Retz. Obs. vi. 18. Stenochasma convoluta, Griff. Notul. iii. 433 ; 

 Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 359. 



