WEST AFRICAN SPECIES OF AMOMUM. Ill 



antlierse crista lobo central! producto quadrato-oblongo bifido v. 1863> 

 subintegro, fructu ovali-lanceolato, seminibus ellipsoideis nitidis. Amoma 

 Hal. Gaboon Kiver, 1861, G. Mann. 



J-f* Scapi simplices, aut breves basi ramosi. 



3. A. Sceptrum, sp. nov. Foliis auguste oblongo-lanceolatis, 

 petiolatis, ligula scariosa, scapis simplicibus apice clavato-tur- 

 gidis circa 10-floris, bracteis superioribus dorso apiculatis, tern- 

 pore florifero transverse plicatis, fructu ovoideo-compresso v. 

 subtrigono glabro, pericarpio crasso, seminibus angulatis. 



Hob. Gaboon Kiver, 1861, G. Mann. 



4 A. Mannii, sp nov. Foliis oblanceolatis ellipticisve abrupte 

 acuminatis, petiolatis, scapis 2-3 unc., 3-2-floris, bracteis brevis- 

 sime apiculatis v. muticis, labello late obovato-rotundato. 



Hob. Corisco Bay, 1862, G. Mann. 



b. Labellum erectum, amplum, roseum v. purpureum. Foliis 

 subtus minute pubescentia v. margine breviter pilosa. Starni- 

 nodia libera. 



5. A. Subsericeum, sp. nov. Foliis lanceolatis acuminatis, 

 brevi-petiolatis, subtus pubescentia venulis transverse intertexta 

 subsericeis, scapis brevibus saspius bifioris, fructu ovato-lanceo- 

 lato v. ovoideo, seminibus ellipsoideis nitidis. 



Hob. Gaboon Eiver and Corisco Bay, 1862, G. Mann. 



6. A. Limbatum, sp. nov. Foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, acumine 

 tenuiter caudatis, brevissime petiolatis v. sessilibus, subtus nervo 

 inedio atque margine brevissime ferrugineo pilosis, scapis brevi- 

 bus 3-floris, fructu ovoideo seminibus ellipsoideis nitidis. 



Hal. Fernando Po, 1859 and 1861, G. Mann. 



c. Flores parvi, lutei. Folia pilosa. Staminodia coadunata. 



7. A. Pilosum sp. nov. Foliis elongato-lanceolatis acuminatis, 

 breviter petiolatis, sparse pilosis, scapis brevibus bifioris, labello 

 limbo transverse elliptico subcordato v. fere integro, fructu 

 parvo obovoideo in tubo persistente perianthii repente contracto 

 seminibus perparvis transverse rugulosis. 



Hab. Fernando Po, 1862, G. Mann. 



