240 CXLTX. SCITAMINE^}. (J. G. Baker.) [Amomum. 



33. A. hypoleucum, Thw. JSnum. 318; leaves large oblong-lanceo- 

 late silvery beneath, spike 1-3-fld., peduncle very short, bracts oblong 

 membranous, lip broad longer than the corolla-segments, anther-crest 

 subquadrate crenate, capsnle 9-ribbed. 



CEYLON ; damp forests of the central province, up to 4000 ft. 

 Rootntock slender. Leafy stem stout, 4-5 ft. Leaves 1^-2 ft. by 3-5 in., per- 

 sistently silky beneath, petiole 3 in. Spikes many to a rootstock ; bracts 1J-2 in. 

 Corolla-tube as long as the bracts ; segments 1 in., oblong, white, subequal ; lip 

 orbicular-cuneate, 1^ in., entire, white with a yellow disk tinged with red. Capsule 

 1 in. globose, red. 



34. A. cannsecarpum, Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 644; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate glabrous, spike oblong nearly sessile, outer bracts oblong- 

 lanceolate, lip broad not longer than the corolla-segments, anther-crest 

 short truncate, capsule globose echinate. Elettaria cannsecarpa, Wight Ic. 

 t. 2007. 



NILGHIRI HILLS ; Wight, Gardner. 



Leafy stem 4-6 ft. Leaf 12 by 2| in. Spike 3 in. ; outer bracts 1-1^ in., tips 

 deep pink, paler below. Corolla-tube 1| in. ; segments oblong, half as long, the 

 upper broader ; lip obovate, yellow, ernarginate ; filament short ; anther-cells parallel, 

 glabrous ; crest very small, entire. Capsule rigid, 1 in. diam. Seeds angled. 

 Wight's description and figure do not agree with one another, and neither is quite 

 accurate. 



35. A. subulatum, Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 277; Fl. Ind. i. 44; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate glabrous beneath, spike globose shortly peduneled, outer 

 bracts obtuse with a horny cusp, lip obovate-cuneate emarginate, anther- 

 crest small truncate, capsule echinate. Horan. Prodr. 29. 



EASTERN HIMALAYAS ; Roxburgh. 



Leafy stem 3-4 ft. Leaves 1-2 ft. by 3-4 in. green, glabrous on both surfaces. 

 Spike very dense, shortly peduneled, 2-3 in.; bracts red-brown, outer 1 in., ovate, 

 inner shorter and obtuse. Calyx and corolla-tube 1 in. ; segments sobtuse, shorter 

 than the tube ; upper cuspidate. Lip yellowish white, rather longer than the corolla- 

 segments. Filament very short ; anther-crest entire. Capsule 1 in., globose, red- 

 brown, densely echinate. 



** Anther-crest 3-4-lobed. 

 f Spike 2-3-fld. 



36. A- biflorum, Jack in Mai. Misc. i. 2 ; leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 glabrous except the midrib, spike 2-fld. peduneled, bracts lanceolate, lip 

 obovate white with a yellow centre, anther-crest 3-lobed. Hook. Bot. 

 Misc. i. 274. 



PENANG, Jack. 



Rootstock not thicker than a goose-quill. Leafy stem 3 ft. Peduncle enveloped 

 in bracteal sheaths ; bracts reddish ; bracteole half as long as the calyx. Corolla 

 white, segments subequal. Lip white, tip rounded. Not seen. 



37. A. elatterioides. Baker ; leaves oblong-lanceolate softly pubes- 

 cent beneath, spike sessile 2-fld., bracts lanceolate, corolla-tube long 

 slender, lip broad longer than the corolla-segments, anther-crest 3-lobed. 

 Amomura sp. Griff. Notul. iii. 417. 



MALACCA, Griffith, Ketv Distrib. 5753, Maingay (K. d. 1573.) 



Hootstock slender. Leafy stem 2-2.} ft. Leaves 9-12 by 1J-2 in. Spikes many 



