Cyp3iostiyma.~] CXLIX. SCITAMINE^:. (J. G. Baker.) 251 



C. pulchellum* Benth. Gen. Plant, iii. 645 ; Hook. Ic. PL t. 1380. 

 Amomum pulchellum, Thwaites Enum. 318. 



CEYLON ; forests of the central province, alt. 3000 ft. 



Leafy tuft l|-2 ft. Leafy stem formed from the connate bases of the petioles. 

 Leaves 1-2 It. hy 3-5 in. broad at the middle, narrowed to the base; petiole -1 ft. 

 Panicles like those of Elettaria, decumbent, sometimes a foot long ; .bracts oblong, 

 obtuse, clasping the slender rachis. Calyx under 1 in. Corona-tube rather longer 

 than the xalyx ; segments under an inch long. Lip 1 in. broad, red and yellow ; 

 anther-crest orbicular, crenulate, rose-purple, nearly as broad as the lip. 



15. ELETTARIA, Maton. 



Rootstock thick, horizontal, perennial. Leafy stem long. Leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate. Panicle produced direct from the rootstock, long, 

 nexuous, decumbent ; bracts 2-3-fld. ; flowers shortly pedicelled, bracteolate. 

 Calyx cylindric, membranous, shortly lobed. Corona-tube cylindric ; mid- 

 segment oblong, convex ; lateral narrower. Lateral staminodes minute 

 teeth ; lip obovate-cuneate ; filament very short ; anther-cells contiguous, 

 not crested. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules many ; style filiform ; stigma small, 

 turbinate. Capsule globose or oblong, coriaceous, indehiscent. Seeds 

 small,' angled by pressure. 



El. Cardamomum, Maton in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 254; Bentl. 

 & Trim. Med. PL t. 267 ; Thw. Enum. 318 ; Horaft. Prodr. 30. Alpinia 

 Cardamomum, Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 355 ; Hort. Beng. 1 ; Coromand. PI. 

 t. 226; Fl. Ind. i. 70; Grah. Cat. PI. Bomb. 206; Dalz. $ Gibs. Flor. 

 Suppl. 86. Amomum Cardamomum, Linn. Sp. 1 ; White in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. x. 220, t. 4r-5. A. repens, Willd. Sp. Plant, i. 9 ; Woodv. Med. Bot r , 

 t. 131. A. racemosum, Lam. Encyc. i. 134. Cardamomum officinale, 

 Salisb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. i. <2?>2.Rheede Sort. Mai. xi. 9, t. 4-5. 



MALABAR; on the Western Ghats, from Kurg southwards (wild or cultivated). 

 CEYLON (cult.). 



Leafy stem 6-9 ft. Leaves 1-2 ft. by 3 in., pubescent beneath. Panicles several 

 to one leafy stem, 1-2 ft. ; bracts linear-oblong, persistent, 1^-2 in. Calyx | in. 

 Corona-tube shortly exserted ; segments in. Lip longer than the corolla-seg- 

 ments, white sheathed with violet. Co^swZe'subglobose or oblong, marked with 

 many fine vertical ribs. 



Var. MAJOR, Thw. Enum. 318 ; more robust, leaves broader, capsule 1 in. 

 oblong- fusiform. E. major, Smith in Sees. Cyclop. ; Horan. Prodr. 31. Ceylon, 

 up to 3000 ft. (indigenous). 



16. ELETTARIOPSIS, Baker. 



Rootstock slender, wide-creeping. Leaves 1-2-nate direct from the 

 rootstock, long petioled. Spike radical lax-fid. ; bracts small, membranous. 

 Calyx-limb spathaceous, clasping the flower-bud. Corolla-tube slender, 

 cylindric ; segments linear-oblong or lanceolate. Lateral staminodes ; 

 lip obovate-cuneate ; filament shorter ; anther with a small orbicular 

 petaloid crest. Ovary oblong, 3-celled ; ovules many, superposed ; style 

 filiform ; stigma small, globose. Fruit and seeds unknown. A Bornean 

 species and the following : 



1. E. exserta, BaJcer; spike erect, corolla- segments lanceolate, tube 

 very long. Cyphostigma exsertum, Seortech. in Nuov. Gior. Bot. Hal. 

 xviii. 310, t. 13. 



