240 CXLTX. sciTAMiNE*. (J. Q. Baker.) {Amomum. 



33. A. hypoleucum, Thw. Enum. 318; leaves large oblong-lanceo- 

 late silvery beneath, spike 1-3-fld., peduncle very short, bracts oblong 

 membranous, lip broad longer than the corolla-seginents, anther-crest 

 subquadrate crenate, capsule 9-ribbed. 



Ceylon j damp forests of the central province, up to 4000 ft. 

 Rootstoch slender. Leafy stem stout, 4-5 ft. Leaves 1^-2 ft. by 3-5 in., per- 

 sistently silky beneath, petiole 3 in. Spikes many to a rootstock ; bracts li-2 in. 

 Gorolla-txihe as long as the bracts ; segments 1 in., oblong, white, subequal ; lip 

 orbicular-cuneate, I5 in., entire, white with a yellow disk tinged with red. Capsule 

 1 in. globose, red. 



34. A. cannsecarpnm, Benth. in Gen. Vlant. iii. 644 ; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate glabrous, spike oblong nearly sessile, outer bracts oblong- 

 lanceolate. Up broad not longer than the corolla-segments, anther-crest 

 short truncate, capsule globose echinate. Blettaria cannsecarpa, Wight Ic. 

 t. 2007. 



NiLGHiEi Hills ; WigJit, G-wr&ner. 



Leafy stem 4-6 ft. Leaf 12 by %\ in. Bpihe 3 in. ; outer bracts l-lj in., tips 

 deep pink, paler below. CoroHa-tube \\ in. ; segments oblong, half as long, the 

 upper broader ; lip obovate, yellow, emai^inate ; filament short j anther-cells parallel, 

 glabrous ; crest very small, entire. Capsule rigid, 1 in. diam. Seeds angled. — 

 Wight's description and figure do not agree with one another, and neither is quite 

 accurate. 



35. A. subulatum, Boxb. Oor. PI. t. 277; Fl. Ind. i. 44; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate glabrous beneath, spike globose shortly peduncled, outer 

 bracts obtuse with a horny cusp, lip obovate-cuneate emarginate, anther- 

 crest small truncate, capsule echinate. Soran. Prodr. 29. 



Eastekn Himalayas ; Roxburgh. 



Leafy stem 3-4 ft. Leaves 1-2 ft. by 3-4 in. green, glabrous on both surfaces. 

 (Spiie very dense, shortly peduueled, 2-3 in. ; bracts red-brown, outer 1 in., ovate, 

 inner shorter and obtuse. Calyx and corolla-tube 1 in. ; segments sobtuse, shorter 

 than the tube ; upper cuspidate. Lip yellowish white, rather longer than the corolla- 

 segments. Filament very short ; anther-crest entire. Capsule 1 in., globose, red- 

 brown, densely echinate. 



** Anther-crest 3-4-lobed. 



t 8pihei-Z-fid. 



36. A. bifiorum, Jach in Mai. Misc. i. 2 ; leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 glabrous except the midrib, spike 2-M. peduncled, bracts lanceolate, lip 

 obovate white with a yellow centre, anther-crest 3-lobed. Hooh. Bot. 

 Misc. i. 274. 



Penang, JacTc. 



Bootstock not thicker than a goose-quill. Leafy stem 3 ft. Peduncle enveloped 

 in bracteal sheaths ; bracts reddish ; bracteole half as long as the calyx. Corolla 

 white, segments subequal. Lip white, tip rounded. — Not seen. 



37. A. elatterioides, Baker ; leaves oblong-lanceolate softly pubes- 

 cent beneath, spike sessile 2-fld., bracts lanceolate, corolla-tube long 

 slender, lip broad longer than the corolla-segments, anther-crest 3-lobed.^ 

 Amomura sp. Griff. JSfotul.iii. 417. 



Malacca, Griffith, Keto Distrib. 5753, Maingay (K. d. 1573.) 



Rootstock slender. Leafy stem 2-2^ ft. Leaves 9-12 by 1^-2 in. Spikes many 



