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[Amomum. 
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Hab. Dense forests at about 3000 ft. altitude or less. Johor, Pulau 
Tinggi (Burkill). Pahang, Telom. Selangor, Ginting Peras. Perak, 
Thaiping Hills (Ridley). Use : Fruit eaten by Sakais. 
The plants originally described by me had no staminodes or crest, but the 
Telom plant had both. 
(7) A. ochreum Ridl. Journ. Roy. zls. Soc. S. Br. 32, p. 135; 
Mat. ii. 35. 
Stems tall and stout. Leaves oblong cuspidate glabrous, 3 ft. 
long, 7 in. wide; petioles *5 in. long. Spikes short globose, elongat¬ 
ing in fruit; peduncles 1*5 in. long. Bracts lanceolate, 1*5 in. long. 
Flowers large yellow. Calyx 1 in. long, lobes lanceolate, tips hairy. 
Corolla tube thick, lobes oblong blunt, 75 in. long. Lip over 1 in. 
long, convolute, edge toothed. Anther oblong. Fruit large, globose 
covered with short processes green. Hab. Rare. In mountain 
forests. Selangor, Ginting Bidai (Ridley). Pahang, Upper Tras 
Valley, under Fraser Hill (Burkill). 
(8) A. uliginosum Koen, Retz. Observ. iii. 56. 
Rhizome long, much branched. Stems 5 ft. tall. Leaves 
narrow lanceolate, long cuspidate, glabrous, 1 ft. long, 1 in. wide. 
Spikes obconic, 1*5 in. long, 1 in. across; peduncles 1 to 4 in. long. 
Bracts ovate-elliptic, pink or brown. Calyx *5 in. long, pink, lobes 
•5 in. long. Corolla tube little longer, lobes narrow acute pink. 
Lip boat-shaped geniculate, knee crimson, limb short white, 
central bar yellow edged crimson, *5 in. long. Staminodes o. 
Anther oblong, crest 3-lobed. Fruit globose, -5 in. through, covered 
with soft red processes. Hab. Abundant in woods and banks in 
forest to about 3000 ft. altitude. Johor, Ulu Kahang (Holttum); 
Muar, Sungei Pauh (Fox). Malacca, Bukit Sadanen (Derry). Pahang, 
Kwala Tembeling. Negri Sembilan, Tampin Hill. Perak, Larut 
(Kunstler); Temengoh. Bindings. Penang, Balik Pulau. Kedah, 
Van. Distrib. Siam, Borneo. Native names: Pua Hijau; Pua 
Gajah; TepusMerah. Use: Fruit is eaten by Jakuns and sometimes 
the plant is cultivated by them. 
(9) A. cephalotes Ridl. 
Stems slender, glabrous. Leaves linear acuminate, base nar¬ 
rowed glabrous, 1 ft. long, 8 in. wide, ligules *25 in. long, oblong 
entire. Heads sub-globose, 1*5 in. long, on peduncles 5 in. long, 
covered with lanceolate bracts, glabrous, outer bracts lanceolate 
pubescent, 1 in. long. Flowers numerous, cream with yellow mid¬ 
rib and tips slightly streaked with brown; pedicel stout velvety, 
•25 in. long. Calyx spathaceous with saccate hairy points. Corolla 
tube *i in. long, lobes linear-oblong blunt, -5 in. long. Lip obovate 
as long, -3 in. wide with 2 central keels. Stamen filament very short; 
anther broad oblong with no crest or arms, pubescent. Hab. 
Pahang, Gunong Sen yum (Evans). 
(10) A. Holttumii Ridl. 
Leaves narrow lanceolate acuminate, tip very narrow, base 
