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CXXXVII. ZINGIBERACE^E. 
[Amomum. 
Anther-crest reniform, angles not prolonged . 
Anther-crest very small or none; fruit spinous. 
Lip bilobed at tip; fruit oblong 
Lip centre toothed ; fruit large globose 
Lip small boat-shaped; staminodes and crest 
very small, 3 lobed sometimes present . 
Lip broad; flowers in a dense sub-globose head 
Lip narrow spathulate; staminodes small 
Staminodes conspicuous. 
Spikes cylindric tall on tall peduncles. 
Bracts ovate not recurved at tip. 
Calyx truncate; peduncle and flowers 
tomentose pubescent .... 
Calyx urceolate trilobed; peduncle and 
flowers glabrous ..... 
Bracts with acute recurved tips; flowers 
small ....... 
Spike short on short peduncle, cylindric; stami¬ 
nodes linear setaceous .... 
Spikes obconic. 
Lip trilobed hastate ..... 
Lip bifid at tip ...... 
Lip entire spoon-shaped; bracts papery brown 
Lip entire oblong; flowers very small . 
(5) A. flavum 
( 6 ) A. lappaceum 
(7) A. ochreum 
( 8 ) A. uliginosum 
(9) A. cephalotes 
(10) A. Holttumii 
(11) A. cylindraceum 
{12) A. cylindrostachys 
(13) A. squarrosum 
(14) A. perakense 
(15) A. hastilabium 
(16) A. macrodons 
(17) A. testaceum 
(18) A. micranthum 
(1) A. xanthophlebium Bak. in Hook fil. F.B.I. vi. 241; Ridl. 
Mat. ii. 31. A. stenoglossum Bak. l.cc. 
Stems stout, 6 ft. tall. Leaves oblong-lanceolate cuspidate, 
2 ft. long, 2 to 4 in. wide, glabrous; petioles 1 in. long. Spikes 
obconic, 6 in. long, 3 in. through or more. Peduncles 4 to 6 in. long. 
Bracts oblong, 2 in. long, 1 in. wide, red. Flower 1 in a bract. 
Calyx 1 in. long, trifid, brown pink. Corolla tube thick, 1*5 in. long, 
upper lobe ovate, lower oblong; all cherry red. Lip little longer 
obovate convolute, yellow, streaked red. Anther-crest round, upper 
angles horn-like. Capsule oblong, 1 in. long, pubescent. Hab. 
Common in lowland forest up to 3000 ft. altitude. Singapore, 
Bukit Timah; Bukit Mandai; Selitar. Johor, Gunong Pulai. 
Malacca (Maingay); Nyalas (Goodenough). Dindings, Pangkor. 
Perak, Thaiping Hills (Kunstler); Bujong Malacca. Penang Hill 
(Curtis). Native name: Tepus. Use: Flowers as a sumbul in 
curries. 
(2) A. aurantiacum Ridl. 
Stem stout tall, glabrous. Leaves oblong acuminate sub- 
coriaceous shortly narrowed at base; petioles short thick, ligule 
oblong truncate, longer. Spikes ovoid, 1*5 in. long; peduncles 
stout, 2 in. long, covered with ovate blunt round bracts pubescent, 
•75 in. long, *5 in. wide. Flowers large orange, lip centre red. 
Calyx spathaceous glabrous except the pubescent tips of the two 
lobes, 1 in. long. Corolla tube as long, lobes linear-oblong round, 
1*25 in. long. Lip obovate broad round, 1 in. long and nearly as 
wide. Stamens shorter, anther-crest small round, arms broad 
oblong curved truncate, 8-nerved; style hairy. Hab. Kelantan in 
Glam Wood Kota Bharu (Ridley). 
