‘Tas. 4516. 
HEDYCHIUM cHRYSOLEUCUM. 
Golden and white Garland-flower. 
Nat. Ord. ScrtramiIne®.—Monanpria MonoGyNnlia. 
Gen. Char. Cal. tubulosus, tridentatus. Corolle tubus elongatus, gracilis, 
limbi laciniz exteriores anguste, equales, interiores conformes, paulo breviores ; 
labellum majus indivisum, v. sepius emarginatum aut bifidum. Filamentum 
filiforme ; anthera terminalis, incumbens, utrinque emarginata. Stylus filiformis ; 
stigma infundibuliforme. Ovarium inferum, triloculare. Ovuda in loculorum 
angulo centrali plurima, horizontalia, anatropa. Capsula trilocularis, loculicido- 
trivalvis. | Semina plurima, arillata.—Herbe in Asia tropica obvie, caulescen- 
tes; radicibus éuberosis, articulatis, horizontalibus; foliis in vaginis semi-amplea- 
icaulibus subsessilibus ; inflorescentia terminali, spicata, spathis imbricatis, floribus 
fasciculatis, bracteis involutis. Endl. 
Hepycuium chrysoleucum ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis, spathis exte- 
rioribus latis obtusissimis, interioribus cylindraceis tubulosis, floribus laxe 
spicatis, perianthii limbi laciniis ext. linearibus, int. lacinia media rotundata 
unguiculata profunde bifida, laciniis lateralibus oblongo-ovatis basi attenua- 
tis, stamine laciniis longiore. 
A very handsome and deliciously scented “ garland-flower,” 
the flowers a very pure white, bright orange In the disk, and 
the anther and filament a very deep orange. It has been long 
an inhabitant of our stove, and was sent from India by the late 
Dr. Roxburgh. It appears to have escaped the notice of. the 
distinguished author of the work on monandrous Scitamimean 
plants; though it is nearly allied to two which are figured in 
that splendid book, the Hedychiwm flavescens (H. flavum, Bot. 
Mag. t. 2378) and Hedychium spicatum. From the former it 1s 
at once distinguished by its glabrous leaves, from both by the 
larger flowers and the much larger and broader lateral segments, 
and by the pure white of the inner segments of the perianth with 
the rich orange-colour of the disk or centre. It flowers in the 
autumn, and deserves a place in every stove. 
Dzscr. Plant about five feet. Leaves a foot or more long, 
JUNE lst, 1850. 
