Hitchenia.} CXLIX. SCITAMINEX, (J. G. Baker.) 225 
fibres. Leafy stem 3-4 ft. Leaves oblong, 1-14 ft. by 5-6 in., narrowed to the 
base, often tinged red-brown. Spike à ft.; bracts 1 in., green, obovate-cuneate, 
spreading in the upper third, those of the coma longer, whitish. Flowers yellow ; 
corolla-tube slender, 1} in. ; expanded limb 1 in. diam. ; staminodes oblong, } in. ; 
lip + in. diam., deeply bitid ; stamen shorter than the corolla-segments. 
3. H. Careyana, Benth. in Gen. Plant. iii. 643; bracts all flowering, 
corolla-tube little longer than the bract, segments linear, staminodes 
minute, lip cuneate with a long claw, filament long. Curcuma Careyana, 
Wall. Cat. 6595, 
Eastern HIMALAYA, subtropical region. KHasiA HILLS, ASSAM, Cacuar, 
Suet and Manipur, 
Bien 4 ft. Leaves oblong, 1-2 ft. by 4-5 in., narrowed gradually from the 
middle to the base, Spike 6-8 in.; bracts 1-1} in., closely imbricate, obovate- 
Die, squarrose ; bracteoles 1 in., lanceolate. Flowers purple; corolla-segments 
è m.; staminodes minute, obovate-cuneate, emargiuate; lip $ in., cuneate, with a 
ong claw and a small bifid cusp; filiform filament iin. Capsule small, green, 
oolong -trigonous.—Resembles H. glauca in habit, but differs so much in structure 
that probably it should form a different genus. 
IMPERFECTLY KNOWN SPECIES. 
Ge H. MUSACEA, Baker; stemless, leaves like Musa in texture, 14 ft. by 6-8 in., 
ong, base rounded, petiole as long as the blade, spike central, peduncle 3 ft. long, 
vith li-l} Jn. orbicular coriaceous slightly squarrose each several-fld., flowers 
ered and imperfect. Curcuma musacea, Wall. Cat. 6596.—Singapore, Wallich. 
a, Griffith, Maingay. 
10. HEDYCHIUM, Konig. 
do oofatoc] horizontal, tuberous; root-fibres not much thickened. Stem 
seat, leafy. Leaves distichous, oblong or lanceolate. Flowers sub- 
Cal ty Orin terminal spikes ; bracts oblong, subcoriaceous, one- or more-fld. 
Mul tubular, 3-dentate. Corolla-tube long, slender; segments linear, 
narro, Spreading. Lateral staminodes linear or oblong-cuneate ; filament 
s anther-cells contiguous, connective not produced; lip large, bifid. 
nig celled 5 ovules many, superposed; style long, filiform, stigma 
à Ose. Capsule globose, 3-valved. Seeds many, small, aril lacerated. 
à and Malay Islands. 
te” L Gandasulium, Horan. Stamen never much longer than 
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aves more or less pubescent beneath. 
l. H. corona ro = 79. o 
9 rium, Kænig in Retz Obs. ii. 73; leaves oblong or 
tagane eolate, spike dlense-fld., bracts large oblong imbricate 3—4-fld., 
ip bro white or tinged with yellow, staminodes oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 
longer th shallowly bifid distinctly clawed, stamen as long as or rather 
Ea, yy, u the lip. Roxb, in Asiat. Res. xi. 325 ; Hort. Beng. 1; Fl. Ind. 1.10; 
Plt, s. ` & Carey, i, 9; Rose. in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 343, t. 20, f. 6 ; Scit. 
dw, i 56 Bot. Mag. t. 708; Smith Exot. Fl. ii. t. 107; Blume Enum. Fl. 
The, 5 Wight Ic. t. 2010; Wail. Cat. 6539, in Kew Journ. v. (1853), 325 ; 
Candas 919. H. spicatum, Lodd. Bot. Cat. t. 653, not of Hamilt. H. 
do ii Um, Prophetæ and album, Herb. Hamilt.—Hedychium, Grif. 
Ki E 419 (the 2nd species.)—Rumph. Amboin. t. 69, fig. 3. o 
