230 CXLIX. SCITAMINEE. (J. G. Baker.) [ Hedychium. 
finely pilose beneath. Spike 6-9 in. ; bracts 1-14 in., rolled tightly round the calya, 
calyx and corolla glandular. Corolla-tube 2-3 in. ; segments 1 in., linear. Stam- 
nodes nearly as long as the corolla-segments ; lip 1 in, long; filament bright red, 
1-14 in. ; anther large, linear. Capsule globose, glabrous, § in. diam.— Nearly 
allied to H. spicatum, 
Var. glanduligerum, Clarke. Leaves glabrous beneath. Whole plant especially 
the flower very glandular.— Khasia Hills. 
15. H. thyrsiforme, Hamilt. ex. Smith in Rees Cyclop. xiii. No. 4; 
leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, spike dense-fld. oblong, bracts cylindric 
1-üd., calyx not longer than the bract, flowers white, staminodes linear, 
lip narrow clawed 2-partite, segments narrow, stamen twice as long as the 
lip. Wall. Cat. 6541; in Kew Journ. v. (1853), 327 ; Rose. Scit. Pl. t. 56; 
Horan. Prodr. 25. H. heteromallum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 761. 
H. Tocucho, Herb. Hamilt. 
TRoPiCAL HIMALAYA; from Kumaon to SIKKIM, alt. 2-4000 ft., and 
CHITTAGONG. 
Leaf sometimes 1 ft., 3-4 in. broad, finely pilose beneath. Spike very dense, 
3-6 in. ; lower empty bracts ovate; flower-bracts cylindric, green, 14 in. Corolla- 
tube not much longer than the bract ; segments 1 in., linear; staminodes as long as 
the corolla-segments ; lip as long, distinctly clawed, usually cut about half way down 
into two linear-oblong segments ; filament whitish, 14-2 in.; anther linear. 
** Lip cuneate or obovate. 
16. H. Hookeri, Clarke mss.; dwarf, leaves short oblong, spike 
short oblong, bracts oblong imbricate 1-fld., calyx shorter than the brach 
flowers very small sulphur-yellow, staminodes oblong-cuneate, lip obovate- 
clawed bifid, stamen twice as long as the lip. 
Kuasta Hirs, alt. 4-5000 ft., Hook. f. kr Thomson. Assam, Griffith. 
Leafy stem slender, 1-1} ft. Leaves 5-6 by 2 in., thin, glabrous, caudate, base 
cuneate, Spike 1-2 in., resembling that of Globba bulbifera, few-fld. ; bracts 3 Ma 
oblong, laxly imbricate, green, glabrous. Calyx } in. Corolla-tube a little longer 
than the calyx ; segments linear, § in. ; staminodes as long as the corolla-seginents i 
lip nearly as long, distinctly clawed; filament 3-} in.; anther j in. Capsi 
globose, glabrous, 3 in. diam. 
17. H. Gardnerianum, Rosc. Scit. Pl. t. 62; tall, leaves oblong 
white pulveralent beneath, spike long moderately dense-íld., bracts large 
oblong 1-2-fld., calyx not longer than the bract, flowers bright, lemon-y ellow, 
staminodes oblanceolate, lip obovate-cuneate, tip 2-fid or 2-3-toothed, stamen 
twice as long as the lip. Wall. in Kew Journ. v. (1853), 369 (excl. syns: 
vars.); Bot. Reg. t. 774; Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 6913 (exel. syns.); Horan. 
Prodr. 25; Reichb. Exot. t. 183; Gard. Chron. 1875, i. 461, figs- 92, 9; 
Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. p. 3, t. 9. 
EASTERN HIMALAYA ; Nepal, Sikkim, and the Kuasia HILLs, alt. 4-8000 f 
Leafy stem 5-6 tt. Leaves 1-1} ft. by 4-6 in., white pulverulent beneath, 
are the young bracts and rachis of the spike. Spike 1-14 Ët: bracts 14-2 tbe 
rolled tightly round the flowers, glabrous. Corolla-tube a little longer than t 
bract; segments greenish, reflexing, 1-1} in. Stamdnodes above 1 in. yaa M 
broad ; lip lin. or more, 4-3 in. broad, narrowed gradually to a short claw ; filame? 
bright red, 2.25 in.; anther linear, j-1 in. Capsule-valves ovate, orange” 
within, persistent, $ in. Seeds brownish-crimson. Li 
Var. H. PALLIDUM, Kegel in Trans. Russ. Hort. Soc. 1864, t. 153 (sp-). d 
narrower, more distinctly clawed and distinctly bifid. Horan, Prodr. 25.—Khas 
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