Cureuma.] CXLIX. SCITAMINEE. (J. G. Baker.) 215 
obtuse, flower-bracts green tinged with red, those of the eoma reddish, 
flowers reddish-yellow. Horan. Prodr. 24. 
CENTRAL INDIA, Colebrooke. 
Rootstock oblong, bearing many subglobose tubers at the end of fibres. Leaves 
Plain green, obtuse, rounded at base, 6-8 by 3-4 in.; petiole shorter than the 
blade, Peduncle very short. Spike autumnal, oblong, 3-4 by 2 in. diam.; bracts 
l in.; those of the coma oblong, ascending, similar to flower-bracts in colour. 
Flowers small, dull red, except the yellow orbicular emarginate lip. 
22. €. decipiens, Dalz. in Kew Journ. ii. (1850), 144; rootstock small, 
sessile tubers 0, petiole short, leaves thin cordate-ovate cuspidate, bracts 
and flowers purple. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 274; Horan. Prodr. 23. 
The Concan, Dalzell, Law. 
Rootstock bearing numerous small almond-like tubers at the end of fibres. 
eaves thin, 6-8 in, by 3-4., base rounded tip, deltoid with a small cusp; petiole as 
ong as the blade. Spikes wstival, earlier lateral, later central, 4-6 by 13-2 in. ; 
uncle short; lower bracts ovate, 1 in.; many upper sterile, longer, oblong ; 
ower shorter than the bract ; lip bifid, margins curled. 
2. €. albiflora, Thw. Enum. 316; rootstock small, sessile tubers 0, 
Mi eie Short, leaves small oblong rounded at the base, flower-bracts green 
Mog. t. Gre white with a yellow spot on the lip. Hook. f. in Bot. 
Certon ; Maskellia, in the Ambagamowa district, at a low elevation. 
Rootstock bearing a few small tubers at the end of fibres. Leaves bright green, 
e el 21-3 in., acute, base rounded or cordate ; petiole deeply channelled, as long 
hn father longer than the blade. Peduncle very short ; spike oblong, 3-4 m. j 
in. ucts 2 in., oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, upper shorter, ovate. Flowers 
marie  Corolla-lobes oblong. Staminode broad; lip } in. broad, shallow, 
Sinate, pure white, with a yellow spot at the throat. 
e c. oligantha, Trimen in Journ. Bot. 1885, 245; rootstock small, 
* tubers 0, petiole short, leaves small ovate narrowed to the base, 
igre? bracts green all fertile, flowers white with a yellow spot on the 
Sim ; Central Province, near the Mahaweli river, Trimen. i 
distinct ye; albiflora. Leaves 5-7 in., thin, bright light transparent green, wi l 
veins and transverse veinlets, Peduncle short, slender; spike 4-6 in. ; 
Corolla rupe" appressed, acuminate; flowers few, erect, large for the genus 
ite. lin e lin; segments long, pinkish. Staminode subacute, crispe ul 
es ih broad, deeply bifid, with a yellow stain at the throat, Seeds oblong, 
3» shining, exarillate, 
e 
Szor III H . ] tre 
af o Hiteheniopsis, Baker. Spike autumnal, from the cen 
at the tin of leaves; bracts very obtuse, adnate at the sides and spreading 
Ge E parviflora, Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar. i. 47, t.57; rootstock EP 
ga gie oblong rounded to the base, fertile bracts green, those of the 
greenish-white, lip violet. Horan. Prodr. 24. 
U : 
wl, banks of the Irrawaddy, near Prome, Wallich. 
boa ?6* oblong, fibres bearing a few small fusiform tubers. - 
een, Pedum pe 4-8 in. ; blade green, cuspidate, 4 ft. by 2-3 in., 
2 in, byli nere short, slender, hidden by the clasping petioles; * 
n. diam. ; flowcr-bracts 3-1 in., very obtuse, tips spreading. 
Leaves about six 
veins durker 
spike oblong, 
Flowers 
