Amomum| IV. SCITAMINEE. 21 
Gotunco ALTO.—Fruit very large, scarlet; flowers not seen. In 
primeval wood near Banza, Sohato de Quilombo. Jan. and Feb. 1855. 
No. 6451. A herb 5 to 12 ft. high, the whole plant aromatic ; leaves 
shining, firm and leathery. Flowers a splendid yellow, helmet-shaped ; 
capsule as big as a pigeon’s egg, often even as big as a hen’s, a splendid 
scarlet. Plentiful near streams on the densely leafy mountain heights; 
native name “ Dongos.” Sobati Quilombo and Queta. In fr. May, in 
fl. Nov. and beginning of Dec. 1855. No. 6456. Flower golden. Dongos. 
Matias de Alta Queta, May 1855. Coun. Carp. 984. Flowers in- 
tensely yellow. Quilombo-Quiacatubia 1855. Coun. Carp. 1116. 
Mara pe Punco.—No. 6452. 
Fruit twice as large and seeds four or five times as large as in the 
specimens of A. Danielli var. purpwrewm, in which it is placed by Durand 
' ae Schinz, J.c., and from which it is also distinguished by its yellow 
owers. 
The following numbers may belong here, but in the absence of 
satisfactory material determination is impossible :— 
Prince's Istanp.—Here and there in shady places growing with a 
scarlet-flowered Amomum. A single leaf. Pico de Papagaio, Sept. 
1853. No. 6450. Probably A. Danielli var. purpwreum. 
Barra DO Benco.—A tuberous herb, tuber scarcely aromatic. A 
single specimen without flower in places once cultivated near S. Antonio 
on the river Bengo ; afterwards sought in vain; Dec. 1853. No. 6462. 
Apparently near A. erythrocarpum Ridl., but represented only by a 
single leaf, and probably a distinct species. 
Ponco Anponco.—A herb with a thick root, white straw-colour 
within and only slightly aromatic, leaves pleasantly aromatic, the 
narrowest of all the west tropical African Amomums. In woods, 
Mangue. Without fl. or fr. Jan. 1857. No. 6461. Perhaps A. Melequeta 
Rose. 
Punco ANDONGO.—Damp meadows, Near Cuanza. March 1857. 
A much damaged leaf and a few cylindrical roots; perhaps a new 
species. CoLu. Carp. 985. 
3. ZINGIBER Adans. ; Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 646. 
1. Z. officinale Rose. in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. p. 848 (1807) ; 
Ridl. in Journ. Bot. 1887, p. 129; Durand & Schinz, Consp. FI. 
Afr, v. p. 128. 
GoLtunco ALTo.—Cultivated in some localities in the district. 
Without fl. August 1855. No. 6463. 
4, COSTUS L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 646. 
1. C. afer Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 683 (1823); Ridl. in Journ. Bot. 
1887, p. 131; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 128. 
Gotunco Atto.—A herb usually 5 to 6 ft. high, stroboli as large as 
the cones of Pinus maritima, flowers white, limb a pretty rose-purple ; 
stems almost always somewhat nodding; flower-scape occasionally 
rising directly from the rhizome and leafless, but densely covered with 
scales. Plentiful on river banks, hidden among huge grasses and 
almost always growing with a species of Canna. Cambondo, 19 Sept. 
