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Scariose leaves, at length ascending: spikes short, ovate: bracts 

 lanceolate, red : perianth hairy on the throat and Hp : outer lobes 

 obovate-lanceolate, sub-cuspidate, inner reduced to two subulate 

 teeth or spurs : Hp oval, bicuspidate : filament produced beyond the 

 anther : capsule globose, echinate, dark brownish purple : perianth 

 yeUow. 



HooUculdroog, Neilgherries, ia dense forests, flowering in May. 



(2) E. CAXDAMomm. (Maton.) 

 Ident. White and Maton Linn. Soc. Trans, x. p. 254. 



Syn. Alpinia Catdamomum, Boxb. A. repens, 'Roecoe. A. 

 , racemosum, Lam. 



JEkgrao. Eoxb. Cor. III. t. 226. Eheede MaL xi. t. 4—6. 



Spec. Chab. Stem 6 — 9-feet enveloped in the sheaths : leaves 

 lanceolate-acuminate, sub-sessile, 1 — 2-feet long : sheaths slightly 

 villous : scapes several, flexuose, jointed, branched : flowers alter- 

 nate, solitary at each point of the racemes : outer divisions of the 

 corolla oblong, concave, inner lip obovate, curled at the margins, 

 apex 3-lobed, marked in the centre with purple violet stripes ; 

 flowers pale greenish-white. 



HiUy parts of Travancore and "Wynaad. Coorg. Nuggur. 

 -Flowering in the rains. Produces the weU-known Cardamoms. 



(3) E. cosiATA. (Yoight.) 

 Ident. Voight Hort. Calc. p. 668. 



Syn. Alpinia Cardamomum Medium, Roxh. I. e. p. 74. A. 

 media, Spreng. 



Migrm. Boxb. Cor. III. t. 252. 



Spec. Chas. Leaves lanceolate, villous underneath : spikes 

 radical, lax : lip ovate-lanceolate : capsule pediceUed, ovate-oblong, 

 conical, 9- winged : flowers large, red, fragrant 



Khasia hills, flowering in June. 



(4) E. LDfeTiiroEMis. (ScJmlt.J 



Ident. Schult Mant. 



Syn. Alpinia linguiformis, Roxb. 



Engrcm, Boxb. Cor. III. t. 276. 



Spec. Char. Leaves lanceolate, smooth on both sides : spikes 

 radical, linear, rather open : lip tongue-shaped, 2-cleft, base broad, 

 without spurs, sides, incurved : flowers red, lip yellow, and down 

 the centre slightly red. 



Interior of Bengal, flowering in the rains. 



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