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