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GENUS IX. AMOMTJM. 



IHoiiandvia Kfono^ynia. Sex: Syst: 



B&rin. Prom A, privative, and Momos, impurity, aUudiiig to the 

 coimter-poisoii qualities some species are supposed to possess. 



Gtes. Chae. Calyx tutular, 3-clefl at the apex, tube of the 

 coroUa short, outer lateral segments of the Umb narrower than 

 the posticous one, inner lateral ones none : lip very large, flattened 

 out: filament flat, produced at the sides and apex beyond the 

 mnticous anther, increased by two small lobes, terminal lobe 2-cleft : 

 ovary inferior, 3-ceUed: ovules horizontal, numerous, anatropal: 

 style filiform, hidden between the ceUs of the anther: stigma 

 funnel-shaped : capsule usually baccate, 3-ceIled, 3-valved : seeds 

 arillate. — ^Herbs : roots jointed, creeping, bifarious, membranaceous: 

 sheaths cleft : inflorescence radical, loosely imbricated. 



(1) A. DEAIBATUM. fEoxl.J 



Ident. Koxb. flor. Ind. I. p. 43. 



Spec. Chab. Stems numerous, 3 — 5-feet : leaves broad-lanceo- 

 late, viUouB beneath : spikes radical : bracts lanceolate, obtuse, 

 outer border vaulted : lip round oval, crest of one broad truncated 

 lobe : capsules ovate-oblong, 9-winged : flowers white, middle of 

 lip yeUow. 



Chittagong. SUhet. Flowering in March and April. 



(2) A. SUBULATTIM. fRoxl.J 



Ident. Eoxb. 1. c. p. 44. 



Migrm). Eoxb. Cor. Ill, t. 277. 



Spec. Chak. Leaves lanceolate, smooth : spites ovate, echinated 

 with the long subulate points of the bracts, calyx and upper seg- 

 ment of the outer border of the eoroUa : lip oblong : flowers large, 

 yeUow. 



Khasia hills, flowering in March and April. 



(3) A. SEKiCEUM. (Roxh.J 

 Ident. Eoxb. 1. c. p. 46. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves lanceolate, white silky beneath : racemes 

 radical, sub-globular, branched : lip obovate, spurred at the base : 

 flowers white, the centre of the lip variegated with pink veins on a 

 yellow ground. 



Khasia hUls, flowering in the rains. 



