208 CL, SOITAMINEZ. (J. G. Baker.) [ Roscoea. 
segment ; fertile stamen as long as the staminode ; anther-tails A in. ; lip 1-14 wi 
deflexed. Capsule cylindric, 1-1} in.—Varies greatly in robustness, breadth o 
leaves and colour and size of flowers. Var. R. exilis, ^ Smith ;" Horan. Prodr. 21, 
is probably a dwarf narrow-leaved variety. 
Var. R. procera, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. t. 242; Wall. Cat. 6528 C. ; taller, more 
robust, with broader leaf-sheaths and larger flowers. R. purpurea, Lindl. in Bot. 
Reg. xxvi. t. 61.—Kumaon, Nepal and Sikkim. 
Var. R. BRANDISII, King mss. ; leaf-sheaths narrower. and perianth-tube longer 
than in the type.—Khasia Hills. 
3. R. capitata, Smith in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 461; stem elongated, 
leaves many linear, flowers many in a denge oblong peduncled spiko, 
corolla-tube not longer than the calyx, limb pale blue, upper Arm 
oblong-cuneate, lip narrow emarginate. Wall. Pl. As. Rar. t. 255; Cat. 
6529; Horan. Prodr. 20. 
NEPAL, Wallich, Scully. t 
Stem 4-1 ft. or longer. Leaves erecto-patent, 4-1 ft. by 4 in. Peduncle erect, 
8-6 in. Spike 14-2 in.; bracts green, lanceolate, 1-14 in. Calyx 1 in., green, 
minutely 2-toothed, slit deeply down one side. Upper corolla-segment $ M» 
arcuate, very concave; lower rather longer, oblanceolate deflexed. Stam u 
nearly as long as the upper segment; lip 1 by } in., oblong-spathulate. Capsi 
1 in., clavate. 
IMPERFECTLY-KNOWN SPECIES. 
4. R. LONGIFOLIA, Baker; stem short, produced leaves about 6 outer obieg 
inner 12 in, linear or lanceolate, flowers 1-3 in a sessile spike, calyx-tube sloni 
cylindric 1} in., corolla-tube twice as long, limb not seen, capsule shortly pedice 
clavate above an inch long.—S1MLA, on Fagu, Thomson. 
5. CAUTLEYA, Royle. 
Characters of Roscoea, but flowers yellow, dorsal lobe of the corolla 
narrow, and capsule dehiscing to the base with recurved lobes exposing 
seeds in a columnar mass.—Species, the following. 
1. C. lutea, Royle Ill. 361; spike lax few-fld., leaves sessile lanceolato 
or oblong-lanceolate, bracts oblong green much shorter than.the ca in 
seeds black angular exarillate. Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 6991. Rosco 
gracilis, Smith in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 460; Horan. Prodr. Scit. 21. ei 
elatior, Smith l. c.; Wall. Cat. 6531 A, B. R. lutea, Royle Ill. 291,3" 
f. 2; Wight Ic. t. 2013. ft. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; from Kashmir to Sikkim, ascending to 7-8000 
Knuasra Hisis, J. D. H. & T. T. . ually 
Stem 12-18 in., slender. Leaves 6-9 by 1-1} in. at flowering time, Jeng 
purple beneath. Flowers 6-12 in a lax peduncled spike, rachis red flexuose ; si 
i-i in. Calyx red, above } in. minutely toothed, slit deeply down one ower 
Corolla-tube slightly exserted ; limb bright yellow ; upper segment i-i in» ent, 
as long, oblong-cuneate, deflexed. Staminude nearly as long as the upper segale, 
bases minutely spurred on the inner side; lip $ in., 2-lobed to below the mic. 
lobes oblong. Capsule 4 in., bright red, globose ; valves ovate, reflexed, red inside: 
Seeds black, angled, top flat. 
2. C. Cathcarti, Baker; spike dense many-fld., leaves sessile Janceo- 
late or oblong-lanceolate, bracts green oblong shorter than the calyx, 8e% 
black angular exarillate. ` 
Bremm HiMALAYA, alt. 7-8000 ft., Grifith’s Collectors, &c. practs 
Very near C. lutea, but more robust, flowers twice or thrice as many, 
