250 CXLIX. SCITAMINEX, (J. G. Baker.) [ Costus. 
Beng.? ; Fl. Ind. i. 58; Wall. Cat. 6555; Wight Ic. t. 2014; Grah. Cat. PI. 
Bomb.908; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 274; Thwaites Enum. 320. Reichb. Ie. 
Exot. t. 69; Pact. Mag. iv. t. 245.. C. arabicus, Jacq. Ic. t. 1. Hellenia 
grandiflora, Retz. Ohs. vi. 68. Banksia speciosa, Konig in Retz. Obs. ii. 
75.—Rheede Hort. Mal. xi. t.8; Rumph. Amboin. vi. t. 64, fig. 2. 
Throughout India from the CENTRAL and EASTERN HIMALAYAS, ascending to 
4000 ft. to CEYLON and Maracca.—DisrRis. Malay islands. . "ikv he 
Leafy stem 6-9 ft. stout. Leaves 4-1 ft. or more, oblong, acute, thinly silky - 
neath. Spike very dense-fld. 2—4 in. ; bracts ovate, bright red, 1-1} in. Calyx 1 " ; 
segments 3, ovate cuspidate. Corolla-segments white, oblong 1-14 in. Lip whit e, 
suborbicular, 2-3 in., the margins incurved and meeting. Filament 13-2 in. ith 
cluding the oblong petaloid connective. Capsule 1 in., globose, red, crowned Wi 
the persistent calyx. 
Var. C. NIPALENSIS, Rose. Scit. Pl. t. 80 (sp.) leafy stem shorter, leaves 
narrower lanceolate, spike globose. Wall. Cat. 6555 p. C. speciosus. Var. angus 
tifolius, Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 665—Central Himalayas. 
Var. ARGYROPHYLLUS, Wall. Cat. 6555 G, H.; leaves more densely silky and 
paler beneath, spikes globose, bracts pubescent.—Pegu and Penang. 
2. C. globosus, Blume Enum. Pl. Jav. 62? leaves glabrous beneath, 
peduncle produced direct from the rootstock, bract-leaves. very, $ ? 
small ovate, corolla-segments glabrous. Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1. 61 
Horan. Prodr. 36 ? 
Maracca, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1578).—DISTRIB. Java. :ddle to 
Leaves 6-8 by 21-3 oblanceolate-oblong, narrowed gradually from the midd B 
the base. Peduncle about 2 in. curved; bract-leaves X in., ovate, densely imbris 
Spike 14 in. globose; outer bracts ovate ; inner 1 in., oblong, back scabrous towar " 
the tip. Calys 1 in. Corolla-segments 1 in., ovate or oblong. Lip and stame 
C. speciosus. 
3. C. Kingii, Baker; leaves pubescent beneath, peduncle longer Vo 
duced direct from the rootstock, bract-leaves larger oblong, coro 
segments villose. 
PERAK; Larut, King’s Collector, 2104. the 
Leaves 6-8 by 3-3} in., oblanceolate-oblong, subcoriaceous, broadest above in 
middle, narrowed gradually to the base. Peduncle 4-5 in. stout; bracts ater 
densely imbricate, oblong, scariose. Spike 2}-3 in., very dense, globose; oon 
bracts above lin., ovate; inner lanceolate. Calyx-tube 1 in., villous; segm in. 
ovate, sharply cuspidate. Corol/a-segments 1 in., hairy. Lip suborbicular, 
long and broad. 
14. CYPHOSTIGMA, Benth. 
Rootstock thick, horizontal, perennial. Leafy stem short. wn 
oblong-lanceolate. Inflorescence a panicle distinct from the leafy ER 
lax, decumbent; flowers 1-2 to a bract, bracteolate. Calyx cyhn og- 
minutely 3-toothed, slit down one side. Corolla-tube cylindric; md 
ments linear-oblong, subequal. Lateral staminodes obsolete ; lip orbi e 
reniform, emarginate ; filament short ; anther-cells distant, crest very la We 
petaloid. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules many, superposed ; style filiform ; ae 
large, cylindric, gibbous at the base, stigma cup-shaped. Caps 
seeds unknown. 
