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jzome slender СРЕ for some аа. Leaf soli- 
tary with a slender petiole 11 feet long, blale ovate acute 
eight inches long four and a half inches wile, green 
at the base by a large sheath ; spike obconic 11 inch long, 
Bracts broad ovate with the points recurved rosy. Flowers 
small white. Corolla with a slender tube 4 an inch long lobes 
narrow linear acute 1 an inch long. Lip oblong obovate emar- 
ginate, the lobes rounded white with a yellow central spot, and 
some violet streaks on the lobes. Staminodes broader than the 
petals lorate obtuse white. Stamen with a broad filament, anther 
oblong та а crest broad recurve. obtuse dark violet, cells 
narrow line 
Pa ШЗ Tahan Woods. 
C. parviflora Wall. Fl. As. Rar. 147. t 57. collected by 
Wallich ne near Prome in Burmah has been found by Dr. Keith in 
Sia 
CONAMOM UM n. gen. 
Stout plants with a woody rhizome elevated above the 
ground. Leafy stems tall. Leaves oblong lanceolate. Scapes 
on the rhizome pelunclel with dense spikes of flowers, bracts 
stiff green or brown persistent. Calyx tubular with three equal 
regular lobes. Corolla tube short and thick, lobes unequal, the 
upper one largest oblong. Lip three-lobed ас entire. Stamino- 
des linear smaller than corolla lobes. Stamen short and broad, 
anther with curved linear arms above. багаш ай туч тә ог 
oblong. 
These plants have the general habit of Geostachys, but pos- 
‚ sess free staminodes of some size, and the curved arins of the 
anther like those of Amomum 
C. citrinum. n. в 
Leaves oe lanceolate cuspidate, base acute a foot or 
more long, dem thes wide, glabrous, midrib stout,. petiole short 
winged, ligul e { inch long. Scapes several about 13 inches tall. 
Peduncle 8 xe = long ‘and May 4 inch through, stiff with 
