1022 
HEDYCHIUM maximum. 
Large White Hedychium. 
MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. SciTAMINEiE. 
HEDYCHIUM. Supra!, vol. 2.fol. 157. 
H. maximum; foliis lato-lanceolatis acuminatis subtils pilosis, capitulo sub- 
sessili oblongo imbricato, bracteis marginatis apice lanatis, labello maximo 
obcordato petalis longiore. 
H. maximum. u Roscoe’s Scitamineee.' 
Folia pedalia, lanceolata, acuminata, basi vaginantia, disticha, immargi- 
nata, subtils pilosa, caule vaginisque glaberrimis; ligula magna, sphacelata, 
. oblonga, retusa, apice erosa. Spica ovato-oblo7iga, arctit imbricata, basi 
pilosiuscula. Bractese communes magna, solitaries, ovata, marginatee, apice 
brunnece lanatee; duabus inferioribus sterilibus; propriarum exterior mono- 
phylla, membranacea, hinc Jissa, apice pubescens, emarginata, du<e interiores 
parvee ad basin exterioris. Calyx membranaceus, hinc Jissus, tridentatus. 
Labellum magnum, carnosum, explanatum, rotundum, obcordatum. Pct a a 
oblonga, unguicidata, labello breviora. Stamen petalis paulb brevius. An- 
thera linearis, basi libera. Stigma infundibulare, pilosum. Glandul® 2, ad 
basin styli. Ovarium polyspermum. 
This fine species is a native of India, whence it has 
been lately introduced into our gardens. We do not find 
it noticed in any work to which we have access; but we 
believe it has been named in Mr. Roscoe s work on Scita- 
mineae, a publication which we have not had an oppoitumty 
of consulting. 
Our drawing was made some time ago, from a plant in 
Mr. Colvill’s Nursery. A stove-plant requiring the same 
treatment as the nearly allied H. coronarium. 
Leaves a foot long, lanceolate, acuminate, sheathing at 
the base, distichous, not bordered, hairy beneath; the 
stem and sheaths quite smooth; the ligula large, withered, 
oblong, retuse, eroded at end. Spike ovate-oblong, closely 
