326 AN ATTEMPT TO DEFINE 
e. foliis angustis, spicis abbreviatis, Blwm.—H. coronari Var. 6. 
Blum. l. c. 
€. foliis infra sericeis, Blum.—H. coronarii var. c. Blum. l. c. 
Patria. Typica forma floribus candidis centro in citrinum vergenti- 
bus propria videtur terris malayanis, fors etiam insulis philippinis (teste 
. specimine n. 765 a. Cunninghamio lecto in Herb. Banks., an spontan. ?) 
et China; per Hindustaniam inferiorem et Peninsulam Indis culta, 
precipue in Bengalia.—$8. Napalia. Simla, Hd. Thomson. Sikkim, 
Hb. et Ic. aliquot pict. Hook fil. Jugum kasianum, Hb. Hook. fil. 
(etiam Ic. pict.) et Thoms. Griffith in Hb. Hook. Assam, Domina Mack 
et Griffith in Hb. Hook. Nilagiri, Wight et Hawtayne. Dindygul, 
Wight (teste Ic. pict. citat.) Concan, Law, in Hb. Thomson. Ceylona, 
Walker in Hb. Hook. Tavoy et Mirgui, Griffith et Gomez. Java, in hortis, 
. e Malacca allat., Blume. Cochinchina? Finlayson.—y. Hb. Hook. fil. et 
Thoms. etiam Ic. pict. aliquot prioris.—8. Napalia. Sikkim, Hb. Hook. 
fil.—e. Provincia Bantam Javee, Blume.—¢. Provincia Cheribon Jave, 
in hortis, Blume. 
Roxburgh observes very justly in his Flora Indica, that H. corona- 
rium is a most charming plant, throwing out a profusion of large, beau- 
tiful, and fragrant flowers during many months of the year; that is, 
throughout the rainy season. This remark applies more or less to the 
‘whole genus, the plurality of its members being exceedingly handsome 
and sweetly perfumed; some to a still greater degree even than our 
present species. What I believe to be the type of the species, having 
almost pure-white flowers, with a pale yellow tinge towards the throat, 
does not grow wild in Nipal; at least I never found it there; but it is 
much cultivated in the gardens of Bengal, where it is a common prac- 
tice to pull out the flowers from the spike as they open in succession, 
which they will continue doing for weeks together, and putting them 
in water or wearing them as ornaments. 
2. H. flavum; foliis oblongis glabris, bracteis ovatis, tubo corolle plus 
dimidio exserto, laciniis exterioribus anguste linearibus, interioribus 
oblongis cuneatis, stamine labellum subrhomboideum bilobum acuti- 
useulum subzequante vel paullo superante. 
H. flavum, Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 1. Ej. Fl. Ind. i. p. 8 (cum nota 
Wall.) et in Herb. Banks. Rem. et Schult. Mant. p. 16 et Add. i. 
p. Tl. Spreng. Syst. i. p. 9 et Cur. Post. p. 6. Dietr. Spec. i. p. 32- 
D Synops. i. p. 9. Wall. Cat. Herb. n. 6542. Bot. Cab. vii. 
