Amomum.'] CXLIX. SCITAMINB^E. (J. G. Baker.) 237 



MALACCA, Kcenig ; dense woods at Rhim, (Griffith. 



Leaf u stem 6 ft. or more. Leaves above 1 ft. Spike 3-4 in., 1 in. diam. ; outer 

 bracts 1 in., ovate, acute, rigid, reddish-green. Corona-tube 3 in.; segments 

 linear, red, half as long as the tube. Lip with an obtuse rigid point and sides'", in- 

 volute in the lower third. Anther-cells hispid j crest small, emarginate. Capsule 

 large, oblong-trigonous. 



19. A. scyphiferum, Kcenig in Retz. Obs. iii. 68 ; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate pubescent beneath, spike oblong shortly peduncled, outer 

 bracts large suborbicular rigid reticulated, lip as long as the corolla- 

 segments. . Hornstedtia Scyphus, Retz. Obs. vi. 18. Stenochasma urceolare, 

 Griff. Notul. iii. 431 ; Ic. Plant. Asiat. t. 358. 



MALACCA, Kceniff, Griffith, Maine/ay (Kew Distrib., 1582). SINGAPORE, Ridley. 



Leafy stem 10-12 ft. Leaves l-3 ft. by 4-6 in. Spike 4 in., 2 in. diam. ; 

 central bracts 2 in., rigid, tip rounded, vertical ribs raised and connected by 

 tomentose cross veinlets. Corona-tube 2 in. ; segments shorter, linear-oblong. Lip 

 bright red, concave to the tip, base auriculate. Anther-cells pilose ; crest orbicular- 

 oblong. Capsule 1 in., oblong-trigonous. 



20. A. triorgyale. Baker ; leaves oblong-lanceolate pubescent 

 beneath, spike oblong subsessile, outer bracts large suborbicular not 

 reticulated, lip as long as the corolla-segments. 



PEBAK, King's Collector. 



Nearly allied to A. scypTiiferum. Leafy stem 20 ft. Leaves above 2 ft. by 6 in., 

 distinctly pctioled. Spike like that of A. scyphiferum, but the bracts less rigid and 

 the close vertical ribs not connected by raised pubescent cross-veinlets. Corona-tube 

 2 in. ; segments and lip shorter than the tube. 



Sect. IY. Euamomum, Benth. Spike radical. Lip broad. Anther 

 crested. 



* Anther-crest entire or crenate. 

 *t* Anther -crest lunate. 



21. A. BLcenig-ii, Baker; leaves oblong, spike ovate-oblong shortly 

 peduncled, outer bracts obtuse, lip 3-lobed bifid longer than the corolla- 

 segments, anther-crest semilunar. Amomum, No. 57, Kcenig in Retz. Obs. 

 iii. 54. Meistera, G-iseTce Prcel. Linn. 205. 



Coast of TENASSEKIM ; island of Junk Seylan, Kcenig. 



Leafy stem 6-7 ft. Outer bracts ciliate, cymbiform, as long as the corolla-tube. 

 CoroZ/a-segments obovate, subequal, white. Lip white, broader than the corolla- 

 segments ; central lobe small j anther-crest white. I have seen no specimen. 



22. A. acuminatumj Thw. Enum. 317; leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 caudate glabrous beneath, spike globose shortly peduncled, bracts small 

 oblong acute, lip broad 3-lobed longer than the corolla-segments, anther- 

 crest semilunar. 



CEYLON ; Ratnapoora, at a low elevation. 



Rootstock wide-creeping. Leafy stem 2-4 ft. Leaves 5-6 by \\ in., shortly 

 petioled. Spike 1-H in, ; bracts under 1 in. Lip yellow tinged with red ; central 

 lobe emarginate ; anther-cells ciliate ; crest crenulate. 



23. A. fulviceps, Thw. Enum. 317 ; leaves oblong-lanceolate glabrous 

 beneath, spike globose, peduncle moderately long, bracts oblong pubescent, 

 lip 3-lobed not longer than the corolla-segments, anther-crest semilunar. 



