Amomum.] oxlii. scitamineje. (J. G. Baker.) 235 



Malacca, Griffith {Kew Distrib., 5758). Penang, on Government Hill, CwrUs, 

 1530. 



Lea/ees 1-14 ft. by li in., bright green. Spilce 2 in. long and broad ; peduncle 

 arcuate, as long as the spike ; outer bracts bright red, 1^ in. ; inner as long, Ungu- 

 late. Gali/x 1 in., spathaceous, cylindric ; teeth minute, densely pilose. Corolla- 

 tube as long as the calyx ; segments 1 in. oblong, glabrous. Lip scarlet, with a 

 small obovate tip, and margins incurved more than half way up. Anther-ceWs 

 glabrous. — A closely-allied plant from Perak (King's Collector, 2933) has stems 12- 

 15 ft. and leaves 3 ft. by 4-5 in. 



10. A. DIaing'ayi, Baker ; leaves lanceolate glabrous beneath, spike 

 globose, peduncle long erect, bracts glabrous outer orbicular, lip twice as 

 long as the corolla-segments. 



Malacca, Maingay {Kew Distrib, 1586) . 



Eootstock slender, woody. Leaves thin, 12 or more by 2 in., narrowed very 

 gradually to the base. Spike many-fld., 1^2 in. long and broad j peduncle 12 in. ; 

 bract-leaves several distant obtuse small ; outer bracts 1 in. orbicular; inner Ungu- 

 late. CaVyx 1 in. ; segments linear-lanceolate, as long as the tube. Lip 1 in., 

 narrowed to an obtuse tip. Filcmient connate with the lip nearly to the top ; anther- 

 cells hairy. Fruit bright red, neither ribbed nor echinate. 



ff Spike oblong. 



■ 11. A. macrocheilos, Baker ; spike oblong shortly peduncled, outer 

 bracts large .oblong acute glabrous, lip more than twice as long as the 

 corolla-segments bifid, margins o£ the lower third incurved. Achasma 

 macrocheilos. Griff. Notul. iii. 429 ; Ic. Plant. Asiat. t. 357. 



Malacca, Griffith. 



Leaves unknown. Spike 3 in. ; peduncle 2 in., bract-leaves small, ovate, imbri- 

 cate j outer bracts brownish, 2-2 j in. Calyx cylindric, spathaceous, as long as the 

 corolla-tube. CoroHa-segments linear-oblong, above 1 in. ; upper broader. Flower 

 greenish red. Lip 24 in. j upper half linear, deeply bifid. Anther glabrous, deeply 

 emarginate. 



12. A. costatum, Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 644; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate pubescent beneath, spike oblong shortly peduncled, outer bracts 

 oblong-lanceolate glabrous, lip twice as long as the corolla-segments. 

 Alpinia costata, Boxb. Coram. PI. t. 252. A. Oardamomum medium, 

 Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 74. E. coetata, Soran. Prodr. 31. Elettaria media, 

 lAnk ex Soram. Oardamomum medium, Schult. Mant. i. 244. 



Eastekn Teopical Himalayas j Silhet, Roxbmgh. 



Rootstock J in. diam. Leajy stem stout, S-6 ft. Leaves 2-3 ft. by 3-4 in. 

 Bpikes 2-3 in. ; peduncle as long as the spike; outer bracts pink, 14 in. Corolla- 

 tube 2 in., cylindric ; segments obtuse, half as long as the tube. Lip 2 in., deflexed, 

 Ungulate, red-yellow, tip entire, flat in the upper half, margins below the middle 

 slightly incurved. Frvdt i in., ovoid, strongly ribbed, smooth. Seeds many, obovoid, 

 truncate acrid, aromatic, brownish. 



13. A. linffulforme, Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 644; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate glabrous beneath, spike oblong few-fld. shortly peduncled, outer 

 bracts ovate whitish glabrous, lip more than twice as long as the corolla- 

 segments. Alpinia Imguiforme, Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 75; PI. Coromand. 

 t. 276. Elettaria linguiformis, Schult. Mant. i. 24 ; Horan. Prodr. 31. 



Eastekn Himalaya, Tropical region, Sikkim, J. D. S. Khasia Hills 

 (Sook. f. S; Thorns. Serb. Ind. Or., 10), King. Benoal, Boxburgh. 



Bhizome stout, copiously stoloniferous. Leajy stem 4-6 ft. Leaves thin. 



