Amomum.1 oxlix. sciTAMiNBiE, (J. G. Baker.) 237 



Malacca, Kaenig ; dense woods at Rhim, OriffUh. 



Leafu stem 6 ft. or more. Leaves above 1 ft. Spihe 3-4 in., 1 in. diam. ; outer 

 bracts 1^ in., ovate, acute, rigid, reddish-green. Coro'/a-tube 3 in.; segments 

 linear, red, lialf as long as tlie tube. Lip with an obtuse rigid point and sides, in- 

 volute in the lower third. Matter-cells hispid; crest small, emarginate. Capsule 

 large, oblong-trigonous. 



19. A. scyphiferuiu, Eoenig in Betz. Ohs. iii. 68 ; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate pubescent beneath, spike oblong shortly peduncled, outer 

 bracts large suborbicular rigid reticulated, lip as long as the corolla- 

 segments. Hornstedtia Scyphus, Retz. Obs. vi. 18. Stenochasma urceolare, 

 Griff. Notul. iii. 431 ; Ic. Plant. Aaiat. i. 358. 



Malacca, Koenig, Q-riffitTi, Maingay (Kew Disirih., 1582). Sik&aporb, Ridley. 



Leafy stem 10-12 ft. Leaves 1^3 ft. by 4-6 in. Spike 4 in., 2 in. diam. ; 

 central bracts 2 iu., rigid, tip rounded, vertical ribs raised and connected by 

 tomentose cross veinlets. OoroUa-tnbe 2 in. ; segments shorter, linear-oblong. Lip 

 bright red, concave to the tip, base auriculate. Anther-cells pilose ; crest orbicular- 

 oblong. Capsule 1 in., oblong-trigonous. 



20. A. triorg'yale, Baker ; leaves oblong-lanceolate pubescent 

 beneath, spike oblong subsessile, outer bracts large suborbicular not 

 reticulated, lip as long as the corolla-segments. 



Peeak, King's Collector. 



Nearly allied to A. scypTiiferum. Leafy stem 20 ft. Leaves above 2 ft. by 6 in., 

 distinctly petioled. Spike like that of A. scyphiferwm, bnt the bracts less rigid and 

 the close vertical ribs not connected by raised pubescent cross-veinlets. CoroMa-tube 

 2 in. ; segments and lip shorter than the tube. 



Sect. IV. Euaxnomuin, Benth. SpiJce radical. Lip broad. Anther 

 crested. 



* Anther-crest entire or crenate. 



+ Anther-crest lunate. 



21. A. Kcenigrii, BaJcer; leaves oblong, spike ovate-oblong shortly 

 peduncled, outer bracts obtuse, lip 3-lobed bifid longer than the corolla- 

 segments, anther-crest semilunar. Amomum, No. 57, Zcenig in Betz. Obs. 

 iii. 64. Meistera, GHseke Prtel. Linn. 206. 



Coast of Tenassbeim ; island of Junk Seylau, Kcenig. 



Leafy stem 6-7 ft. Outer bracts ciliate, cymbiform, as long as the corolla-tube. 

 CoroWa-segments obovate, snbequal, white. Lip white, broader than the corolla- 

 segments ; central lobe small ; anther-crest white. — I have seen no specimen. 



22. A. acuminatum, IJhw. Enwm. 317; leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 caudate glabrous beneath, spike globose shortly peduncled, bracts small 

 oblong acute, lip broad 3-lobed longer than the corolla-segments, anther- 

 crest semilunar. 



Ceylon ; Eatnapoora, at a low elevation. 



Rootstock wide-creeping. Leafy stem %-4i ft. Leaves 5-6 by 1^ in., shortly 

 petioled. Spike 1-14 in- > bracts under 1 in. lAp yellow tinged with red ; central 

 lobe emarginate ; anther-cells ciliate ; crest crenulate. 



23. A. fulviceps, Thw. JEnum. 317 ; leaves oblong-lanceolate glabrous 

 beneath, spike globose, peduncle moderately long, bracts oblong pubescent, 

 lip 3-lobed not longer than the corolla-segments, anther-crest semilunar. 



