148 THE SCITAMINE OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 
Corolla tube longer 2 inches in length lobes short broad blunt. 
Lip 14 inch long, narrow linear apex deeply bifid, lobes narrow 
+ inch long. Anther + inch long deeply emarginate. 
Malacca at Ayer Panas (Griffith). Perak, Thaiping Hills 
(Curtis) (King 1897). 
Apparently rare as I have not met with it. It is easily dis- 
tinguished by its narrow lip deeply forked at the end, The flo- 
wers are entirely red according to Griffith. 
Baker’s Amomum gomphochei'us (Flor. Brit. Ind. vol. p. 226) 
is based upon the plant numbered 1897 of King’s collection but 
he says the tip of the lip is cuneate, while the plant | have receiv- 
ed from Calcutta under this number is as described above and 
is clearly Griffith's Achasma macrocheilus. 
§$ 2. PHHOMERIA Lindl. 
H. imperiatis Ridl. Pheomeria imperialis Lind], Introd. Nat 
Syst. ed. 2,446. A/ninia magnifica Roscoe. Scitam. 75. 
Stems about 13 feet tall one inch through. Leaves oblong 
acute green glabrous 2 feet long and 6 inches across, ligule 
ovate blunt nearly an inch long. Scapes about 3 feet tall 
partly covered with green sheaths, head cone-shaped elonga- 
ting as the flowers open to 4 inches. Bracts lower ones oblong 
ovate 4 inches long and 2 inches across, spreading or recurved 
fleshy empty, upper ones linear oblong, all waxy pink with 
white edges. racteoles tubular spathaceous 3-lobed, short. 
Calyx 4 inch long deeply bitid lobes acute red. Corolla tube 
barely an inch long, lobes lorate thin obtuse pink. Lip longer 
narrow oblong obtuse, sides convolute, crimson with a white edge. 
Stamen filament linear flat white pubescent, anther oblong emar- 
ginate crimson splitting at the top. Style rather stout, stigma 
clubbed with a slit on the lower face. Stylodes short broad and 
thick, lobed. Fruits obconic green hairy, one inch through in 
a compact head, seeds numerous black enclosed in a translucent 
acid pulp. 
Commonly cultivated under the name of ,Kantan, the spikes 
in bad being eaten as a curry stuff. This form may possibly not 
be native. 
Johore, Kota Tinggi. Perak near the Waterfall, Thai- 
ping. 
