236 cxLix. sciTAMiNEJB. (J. G. Baker,) [Amomum. 



1-1| ft. by 3-5 in. Spikes about 3 in. ; peduncle as long or shorter j inner bracts 

 lanceolate, pink, 2-2J in. CoroHo-tube cjlindric, 2 in. ; segments oblong, bright 

 red, half as long as the tube. Z4p bright yellow, deflexed, above 2 in. long, biiid, 

 margins below the middle Incurved. Stamen shorter than the corolla-segments. 

 Ooary hairy. 



14. A, gromphocheilosj Baker; leaves large lanceolate glabrous 

 beneatli, spike oblong shortly-peduncled, outer bracts oblong-lanceolate 

 large glabrous, lip twice as long aa the corolla-segments, tip cuneate. 



Pekak, King's Collector, 1897. 



Leafy stem 12 ft. Leaves 2-3 ft. by 3 in. Spike 3 in. ; outer bracts 2 in. 

 Corolla-txihe 2 in. ; segments linear-oblong, under 1 in. Lip twice as long as the 

 corolla-segments, with a cuneate-clawed tip, margins incurved to the tip of the 

 corolla-segments. Anther emarginate ; cells glabrous, tips much divaricated. 



15. A. xnegralocheilos, Baker; leaves oblong-lanceolate, spike 

 oblong very shortly peduncled, outer bracts ovate glabrous, lip more than 

 twice as long as the corolla-segments tip obovate. Achasma ■ megalo- 

 cheilos, Ghriff. Notul. iii. 426 ; Ic. Plant. Asiat. t. 355. 



Malacca ; foot of Mount Ophir, Griffith. 



Leafy stem stout, 12-16 ft. Spike 3-1 in.; outer bracts 1^2 in. Calt/x 

 spathaceoas, eylindric, above 2 in. long ; teeth small, lanceolate. Coroifct-tube .as 

 long as the calyx ; segments 1 in., linear-oblong. Lip 3 in., bright red ; margins of 

 the lower half incurved, yellow. Anther-ce\\6 glabrons, tip emarginate. 



Sect. III. IIornstedtia« Betz. (gen.) {Bonaeodes, Blume; Ste.no- 

 chasma, G-riff.). Spike radical. Lip narrow, margins incurved. Anther 

 crested. 



16. A. macrodus, Scorfech. in Niiov. Gfiorn. Bot. Ital. xviii. 309, 

 t. 12 ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, spike small subglobose shortly peduncled, 

 bracts small ovate-lanceolate, lip not longer than the corolla-segments 

 oblong margins involute, anther-crest small truncate. 



Malay Peninsula ; Kinta, Scoriechini. 



Leafy stem slender, 2 ft. Leaves caudate, 6-8 by 2-3 ^n. Spike 1 in. diam. ; 

 bracts red, glabrous, 4 in. Qalyx spathaceous, i in. CoroUa-tuhe half as long 

 again as the calyx ; segments oblong, J in. Lip bifid, tip yellow, purple inside 

 towards the base ; small staminodes developed ; anther-crest entire j cells parallel, 

 glabrous. 



17. A. rubro-Iuteum, Baker; leaves lanceolate glabrous beneath, 

 spike globose sessile, outer bracts ovate glabrous, lip much longer than 

 the corolla-segments. 



Malacca, Maingay {Kew Distrib., 1588). 



Leaves about 1 ft. by 2 in. Spike 2 in. ; outer bracts 1^- in., pink ^ upwards. 

 CoroMa-tube 1^ in. j segments linear-oblong, subeqnal. Lip lingulate, deeply cleft 

 at the tip, bright crimson, incurved margins yellow. Filament shortly produced 

 beyond the anther. 



18. A. Xieonurus, Xoenicf in Betz. Obs. iii. 69; leaves oblong, 

 lanceolate glabrous beneath, spike eylindric subsessile, outer bracts large 

 ovate pubescent, lip not longer than the corolla-segments. Hornstedtia 

 Lebnurus, Betz. Obs. vi. 18. Stenochasma convoluta. Griff. Notul iii 433 • 

 Ic. PI. Asiat. i.ib9. ■" , • •'•*^^. 



