238 CXLIX. SCITAMINE X, (J. G. Baker.) [ Hedychium. 
+ Leaves glabrous beneath. 
7. H. crassifolium, Baker; leaves oblong-lanceolate subcoriaceous, 
bracts short oblong 1-fld., calyx twice as long as the bract, flowers bright 
yellow, calyx-segments very long, staminodes lanceolate half as long as 
the corolla-segments, lip narrow long clawed bipartite segments narrow, 
stamen twice as long as the lip. 
PERAK, in dense jungle, on trees, King’s Collector. . 
Epiphytic; leafy stem 15-20 in. Leaves under 1 ft. 11-2 in. broad, glabrous 
firmer in texture than in any other species, narrowed gradually from the middle to 
the base. Bracts green, glabrous, E in. rolled tightly round the calyx. Corolla- 
tube 3 An. longer than the calyx; segments linear-convolute, 2 in. long ; staminodes 
and lip about 1 in. ; filament bright red, 2 in. ; anther large, linear. 
8. H. longicornutum, Griff. ss. ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, spike 
short dense-fld. oblong, bracts oblong hairy imbricate 1-fld., calyx longer 
than the bract, corolla-segments much longer than the oblanceolate 
staminodes, lip bipartite, segments narrow, stamen twice as long as the 
ip. 
Matacca, Griffith, Maingay. 
Epiphytic. Stem slender, 1-11 ft. Leaves 1 ft. by 2-21 in., thin, narrowed 
gradually to the base and apex. Spike 11-2 in.; lower bracts 1 in. Calyr pr 
truded, 4-1 in. beyond the bract. Corolla-tube protruded } in. beyond the calyx; 
segments bright red, 13-2 in. ; staminodes half as long as the corolla-segments ; lip 
a little shorter than the staminodes; stamens as long as the corolla -segments ; 
anther linear. 
9. H. Gomezianum, Wall. Cat. 6543, in Kew Journ. v. (1899) 368; 
leaves long lanceolate, spike dense-fld. curved, bracts 1-fld. cylindric, calyx 
longer than the bract, flowers white, staminodes linear, lip narrow CA 
bipartite, segments narrow, stamen much longer than the lip. Horor. 
Prodr. 25. Hedychium, Griff. Notul. iii. 419, first species. 
Tavoy, Gomez; TENASSERIM, Griffith. . pore 
Epiphytie, gland-dotted. Leafy stem 1 ft. or more. Leaves sometimes a 
1 ft., 2-3 in. broad, narrowed gradually from the middle to the base. Spike cern 
3-4 in.; bracts glabrous, rolled tightly round the calyx. Calyx twice as long Lie? 
bract. Corolla-tube a little longer than the calyx; segments linear, lin. whi : 
staminodes rather shorter than the corolla-segments; lip white; filament 1i ">? 
anther linear, orange yellow. 
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10. H. ellipticum, Hamilt. ex Smith in Rees, Cyclop. xvi Bus 
leaves oblong, spike short dense-fld., bracts oblong imbricate 1-fld., eum 
as long as the bract, flowers white, staminodes linear, lip narrow ungue 
late faintly bifid, stamen twice as long as the lip. Rose. Scit. PI. t. 25 
Bot. Cat. t. 1881 ;. Wall. in Kew Journ. v. (1853) 327; Horan. Prodr. 9^ 
H. fastigiatum, Wall. Cat. 6340. l 
000 eae HIMALAYA, from GARWHAL, SIKKIM, and Knasta His: alt. 2000- 
5000 ft. A 
Leaves 4-1 ft. by 3-5 in. Spike very dense, 3-4 in.; bracts bright green, abon 
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lin. Corolla-tube twice as long as the bract ; segments 1 in., linear; stan 
rather shorter and broader than the corolla-segments ; lip oblong, distinctly cl 
shorter than the staminodes, only emarginate at the apex; filament 13-2 in.; 20 
linear, orange yellow, 
1l. H. villosum, Wail. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 12; in Kew Jm" E 
