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HEDYCHIUM* coccmeum. 



Scarlet Garland Flower 





MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA 



Nat 



YCHIUM. Suprd, vol. 2. fol. 157. 



H. coccineum ; spicS. elongata oblonga glaucescente, fasciculis subtrifloris 

 patentibus, limbi interioris laciniis cultriformibus, labello subrotundo 

 bilobo plicato : lobis acutiusculis ungue brevi gracili, stamine concolore 

 labello dupl6 longiore, foliis ensiformibus bifariis a basi attenuatis subtus 

 glaucis : costa pilosa. Wallich MSS. 



H. coccineum. Hamilton inRees, no. 5. Bot, cab. 8, t. 705. Cat. of hot. 



gard. calc, ed. 2. ined. 



H. longifolium. 



Wallich 



H. angustifolium. Ejusdem sec. Wallich. 



Caules erectij graciliores qu&m in speciebus quihusdam aliis^ guadri* 

 pedaleSy juxta latera vaginarum glaucescentes. Folia suhbifaria^ erecto-' 

 patentiay i basi parum rotundata, bipedalia^ ciliata^ sensim attenuata in 

 acumen tenuissimum Jiliformey siibtiis ylavca^ costd pilosd. Ligula brevis, 

 truncata, rctusa, nunc biloba. Spica lO-pollicaris-pedalis, rachi irregu- 

 lariter triangularis villis longis laxd adpressis solubilibus copiosis vestita. 

 Fasciculi sparsiy patenteSy bifloriy rarilis trijlori. Flores saturate coccineif 

 fere inodori. BracteeD exleriores oblongce, vix acutce^ ciliat<By leviter glau- 

 cescentesy 14 lineas longce, tubo corollas ter breviores. Calyx villosulus, ore 

 hidentato. Limbi corollcB exterioris laciniae contortcey tubo parum breviores, 

 interioris breviores, semilanceolatcBy margine antico gibboso^ basi attenuatce. 

 Labellum rhomboideo-subrotundum, basi rotundatd infundibuliformi complin 

 catuMy ad medium bifidum; lobi parhn divergentes, acutiusculis ovati; 

 unguis limbo dimidio brevior, canaliculatus. Filamentum labello duplb 

 longius, arcuato-divaricatum^ antherajwe oblonga, coccinea. Ovarium vil- 

 losum. Stigma ab apice anthera scepiiis parum solutum. Wallich MSS. 



For the opportunity of making a drawing of this species 

 of Heclychium, we are obliged to Mr. Hatfield, of the 



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