Cypfwdigma.] cxlix. scitamine^. (J, G. Baker.) 251 



C. pulchellunij Benth. Gen. Plant, iii. 645 ; Hook. le. PI. t. 1380. 

 Amomum pulchellum, Thwaites JSnwm. 318. 



CEYtON J forests of the central province, alt. 3000 ft. 



Leafy tuft 1^-2 ft. Leafy stem formed from the connate bases of the petioles. 

 Leaves 1-2 ft. by 3-5 in. broad at the middle, narrowed to the base ; petiole J-l ft. 

 Fa/nicles like those of Blettaria, decumbent, sometimes a foot long ; bracts oblong, 

 obtuse, clasping the slender racbis. Cah/x under 1 in. CoroHo-tube rather longer 

 than the calyx ; segments under an inch long. Lip 1 in. broad, red and yellow ; 

 anther-crest orbicular, crenulate, rose-purple, nearly as broad as the lip. 



15. XSZiETTARXA, Maton. 



Rootstoch thick, horizontal, perennial. Leafy stem long. Leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate. Panicle produced direct from the rootstock, long, 

 flexuous, decumbent ; bracts 2-3-fld. ; flowers shortly pedicelled, bracteolate. 

 Oah/x cylindric, membranous, shortly lobed. CoroZZa-tube cylindric ; mid- 

 segment oblong, convex ; lateral narrower. Lateral sta/minodes minute 

 teeth ; lip obovate-cuneate ; filament very short ; anther-cells contiguous, 

 not crested. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules many ; style filiform ; stigma small, 

 turbinate. Capsule globose or oblong, coriaceous, iudehiscent. Seeds 

 small, angled by pressure. 



E. Cardamomum, Maton- in Trans. Linn. Soc. z. 254 ; Bentl. 

 & mm. Med. PI. t. 267 ; Thw. Enum. 318 ; Horam. Prodr. 30. Alpinia 

 Cardamomum, Boxb. in Asiat. Ses. xi. 355 ; Hort. Beng. 1 ; Coromand. PI. 

 t. 226; Fl. Ind. i. 70; Grah. Cat. PI. Bomb. 206; Dalz. &; Gibs. Wlor. 

 Suppl. 86. Amomum Cardamomum, Linn. 8p. 1 ; White in Trams. Linn. 

 Soc. X. 220, t. 4-6. A. repeus, Willd. 8p. Plant, i. 9 ; Woodv. Med. Bot.. 

 t. 131. A. racemosum, Lam,. JSncyc. i. 134. Cardamomum officinale, 

 Salisb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. i. 232. — Sheede Sort. Mai. xi. 9, t. 4-5. 



MALiBAB; On the Western Ghats, from Kurg southwards (wild or cultivated). 

 Cbtlon (cult.). 



Leafy stem 6-9 ft. Leaves 1-2 ft. by 3 in., pubescent beneath. Panicles several 

 to one leafy stem, 1—2 ft. ; bracts linear-oblong, persistent, 1^-2 in. Cah/x i in. 

 CoroHa-tube shortly exserted ; segments -J in. Lip longer than the corolla-seg- 

 ments, white sheathed with violet. Capsule subglobose or oblong, marked with 

 many fine vertical ribs. 



Var. MAJOE, Tliw. Enum. 318 ; more robust, leaves broader, capsule 1 in. 

 oblong-fusiform. E. major. Smith in Sees. Cyclop. ; Soran. Prodr. 31. — Ceylon, 

 up to 3000 ft. (indigenous). 



16. EXiETTARXOPSIS, Baker. 



Sootstock slender, wide-creeping. Lea/iies 1-2-nate direct from the 

 rootstock, long petioled. Spike radical lax-fid. ; bracts small, membranous. 

 Calyx-]imh spathaceous, clasping the flower-bud. GoroUa-tnhe slender, 

 cylindric ; segments linear-oblong or lanceolate. Lateral staminodes ; 

 lip obovate-cuneate ; filament shorter ; anther with a small orbicular 

 petaloid crest. Ovary oblong, 3-celled ; ovules many, superposed ; style 

 filiform ; stigma small, globose. Fruit and seeds unknown. — A Bornean 

 species and the following : — 



1. E. exserta. Baker; spike erect, corolla-segments lanceolate, tube 

 very long. Cyphostigma exsertum, Scortech. in Nuov. Gior. Bot. Ital. 

 iviii. 310, t. 13. 



