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_ Hepycnium rlavum. Yentow Garuanp-. 
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Class and Order. 
Monanpria Monoeynua, 
Generis | Character. 3 
Anthera cduiplex: Fuam. genicullatum, extra antheram’ 
ton elongatum. Stylus filamento longior, filiformis, tena- 
cissimus, im suleo co anthere receptus. Es and 
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Hepycurum flavum ; foliis elliptico-lanceolatis apice elom= 
ape subtus pubescentibus, corollz laciniis linearibus, 
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bello altius retuso. 
Hepycuium flavum, Wallich in Roxb. Flor. Ind. 1. p. 31. 
_ 
,, Descr. Root tuberous. Stems erect, two or three feet 
__ high, rather stout. Leaves lanceolate, very fine pointed, pu- 
:  bescent and pale underneath (Waxxicn says smooth on both 
_ Sides). Sheaths slightly pubescent, with an upright stipula 
_ Nearly and inch and half long. Spike terminal, solitary, 
_ Sect, oblong, imbricated, six or eight inches long. Flowers 
_ Numerous, yellow, very fragrant. Exterior Bractes oblong, 
_ vate, obtuse, concave, two-flowered. Internal Bractes 
‘uch smaller, diaphanous, involving the tube of each co- 
olla. Calyx superior, half the length of the tube (nearl 
—*Siong. Watt.), opening obliquely, margin of the mou 
‘futire (2- or 3-toothed. Waiut.). Tube of corolla slender, 
ager than the exterior bracte ; lacinie, all five linear ; the 
Wo interior ones broader than the rest, deeper coloured, 
btuse, and not withering so soon; labellum, or sixth la- 
‘Sila, erect, lar, , obcordate. Filament linear, and, with 
the two-lobed anther, about the length of the labellum, 
