198 CXLVIII ORCHIDEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 
Epidendrum hexandrum, Kon. in Re'z. Obs, Pt. vi. 45 — Appendicula Rene, 
H. f. ante p. 8 
» liliiflorum » » » 61- Limodorum liliiflorum, 
Willd. 
» longiflorum  ,, » » 55 
» lycopodioides ,, » » 55 Malacca, on Mangostin 
bark. 
» nudum » » „ 52 
39 ophrydis 39 33 » 46 | 
» orchideum — ,, » » 48 = ? Ceratochilus orchideus, 
ex. Lindl. Gen. & Sp. 
Orchid. 232. 
» plantaginifolium » » 60 Malacca, near Tsing, on 
top branches of loftiest 
trees. . 
» . pusillum » » , 49 = Sarcochilus Wightii, H. 
f.; ante p. 37. 
” sessile. » » » 60= Bulbophyllum clandes- 
tium, Z. antev. p. 793. 
» spathulatum ,, » », 43 = Vanda spathulata, Spr. 
ante p. 50. 
” subulatum — ,, » » bl=? Ærides  cylindricum, 
! L., ez. Lindl. Gen. 4 
"n Sp. 240. 
n Supplex minima » » 47 = Dendrobium  atropur-. 
pureum, Miq. ante Y. 
p. 724. . 
? tomentosum ,, » » 99 = Eria tomentosa, Lindl, 
. ante v. p. 803. 
» _Variegatum — ,, » » 44 
Serapias Epidendrza » » „» 65 - Eulophia virens, Bl. 
ante p. 1. 
Order CXLIX. SCITAMINEIE. (By J.G. Baker, F.R.S.) 
Herbs, often large, rarely with a woody caudex. Leaves cauline oF 
radical, usually membranous, closely pinnately nerved from a midrib. 
Flowers bracteate and often bracteolate, solitary or spicate, rarely panicu- 
late, irregular, hermaphrodite (except Musa). Calye superior; sepals free 
and imbricate, or connate into an entire toothed or spathaceous tube. 
Corolla-tube long or short, free or adnate to the petaloid staminodes ; lim 
3-partite, segments free or connate. Stamens either 5 subequal with a 6th 
imperfect, or one perfect with the rest forming petaloid staminodes ; anthers 
linear, 2-celled, or of one cell on the margin of a petaloid connective. Ovary 
3-, rarely l- or 2-celled; style usually slender, with 2 very short stylodes 
crowning the ovary ; stigma entire or subentire ; ovules many, rarely few, 
axile, rarely parietal, anatropous. Fruit usually crowned with the remains 
of the perianth, loculicidally 3-valved, or fleshy or membranous and in s 
iscent. Seeds various, albumen flowery ; — a abou 
40, species 4-500, chiefly tropical. y; embryo small. Gener 
The Traveller’s tree, Rarenala madagascariensis, Sonnerat (Urania speciost, 
Wall. Cat. 5765), is frequently plan i ar Si much 
the leaves of a GA but they eegend near Singapore. Ti " 
Tribe I. Zingiberese. Calyx tubular or Stamen 1; 
anther 2-celled; lateral staminodes filiform or lad, er small, or 0 
Style slender, embraced below the stigma by the anther. Embryo centra! 
straight, t \ 
