20 IV. sciTAMiNE.E. [Amovium 



2. AMOMUM L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 644. 



1. A. Meleg-ueta Rose. Scitam. t. 98 (1828) ; Ridl. in Journ. Bot. 

 1887, p. I'M); Diirand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 126. 



Prinx'e's Island. — Flowers milk-white with a purple or rose-tint. 

 Seeds used by the blacks as a kind of pepper. In the lofty shady 

 primitive woods of Pico de Papagaio at 2500 to 3000 ft. In leaf and 

 fl. Sept. 1853. No. 6459. 



Island of St. Thomas.— In the more lofty shady woods where it is 

 also everywhere cultivated. Near the road to Monte Caffe, without fl. 

 or fr. Dec. 1H60. No. 6460. 



Var. violacea Eidl., I.e. ; Wehv. Apont. p. 544; Synops. p. 30 ; 

 Durand it 8chinz, I.e., p. 127. 



GoLi'NGo Alto. — Native name " Dongos de Congo." Flowers- 

 violet-purplish. Everywhere by streams, Monte de Alta Queta. 

 Jan. 185G. No. 6457- The least aromatic of all the species of this 

 genus observed by me in tropical Africa. Flowers a very pretty 

 violet, corolla-tube closely transversely plicate on the back. Rather 

 plentiful on the sides of the streams which run down from the high 

 mountains to the Cuango, near Sange, and on the mountains of 

 Queta at Zengas. Beginning of Nov. 1854. Banks of the Cuango^ 

 Jan. 1855. No. 6458. (The true Dongos of the Congo.) Flowers 

 white-violet, leafy stem 2 to 3 ft. high. Shady damp places near 

 rivers. (Dongos de Congo.) Coll. Carp. 103. 



2. A. latifolium Afzel. Remed. Guin. p. 5 (1813); Durand & 

 Schinz, I.e., p. 126. 



The following numbers may belong to this species : — 



PuXGo AxDONG(i. — Plentiful in ferruginous muddy soil in very 

 shady thickets, Sobato Cabango Quiquetta ; without fl. middle of 

 Jan. 1857. No. 6454. Road from Cazella to Puugo Andongo, 18 Oct. 

 1856. No. 6454/>. 



3. A. alboviolaceum Ridl., I.e.; Diu-and & Schinz, I.e., p. 125. 

 PuNGo Andongo. — A herb 2 to 3 ft. high ; stem erect ; leaves in 



two rows. Flowers whitish-violet, scentless. Very plentiful in 

 thickets and thin woods, in sandy and clay soil on the right of the river 

 Cuanza. In fl. Dec. 1856. No. 6453. 



4. A. Danielli Hook. f. in Hook. Journ. Bot. iv. p. 129(1852) ; 

 Ridl., I.e. ; Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 125. 



Var. purpureum Hook, f.. I.e., vi. p. 294. 



A. Danielli Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4764, non Hook, f., I.e., iv. p. 129. 



Prince's Island.— Flowers scarlet. Shady places in the coast 

 region, plentiful round S. Antonio, rather rare in the mountains. In 

 leaf and fl. Sept. 1853. No. 6455. Flowers a splendid scarlet. Leafy 

 stems 4 to 5 ft. high. Sept. 1853. Coll. Caki'. 986. 



Island OF St. Thomas. — In dense elevated woods. End of Dec. 1860. 

 Coll. Carp. 96. Flowers scarlet. Dec. 1860. Coll. Carp. 987. 



5. A. erythrocarpum Ridl., I.e. 



A. Danielli vnr. purpui^eiuii Durand A: Schinz, I.e., p. 125, non 

 Hook. f. 

 Island of St. Thomas.— Dec. 1860. No. 6449. 



