THE SPECIES OF HEDYCHIUM. 827 
n. 604. Rose. Mon. Pl. n. 48. Bot. Mag. lviii. n. 3039. Wall. Ic. 
pict. in Mus. Procur. Ind. Or.— ZH. coronarium? potius nova species, 
Roxb. in Herb. Banks. 
Patria. Jugum kasianum, Herb. Hook. fil. et Thoms., etiam Ic. pict. 
prioris. E 
As far as I know, this is a good species, and entirely confined to 
the range named above; nor have I seen it vary. It is smaller than 
H. coronarium; the flowers decidedly so. The filament is mostly a little 
shorter than the lip, sometimes slightly longer. The specific name cor- ` 
rectly indicates the colour of the flower. 
3. H. ellipticum; folis ellipticis, spicá fastigiatà, bracteis laxiuscule 
imbricantibus, corollee tubo dimidio exserto, limbi interioris, exteriore 
angustissimo brevioris, laciniis cuneatis, stamine labellum lanceolatum 
acute bifidum bis superante. 
3. H. ellipticum, Hamilt. in Cycl. Rees. xvii. in loco, n. 2. Dietr. 
Sp. i. p.33. Dietr. Synops. i. p. 9. Spreng. Syst. i. p. 9. Rose. 
Mon. Pl. n. 55. Bot. Cab. xix. n. 1881.—4. album B. Hamilt. in 
Herb. Smith.— 4. fastigiatum, Wall. Cat. Herb. n. 6540. 
Patria. Napalia. Kamaon; ad alt. ped. 3-4000, Strachey et Win- 
terbottom in Hb. Hook.—Sikkim, ad alt. ped. 4-5000, Hb. Hook. fil. 
et Ic. pict. Mont. kasianze, Hb. Hook. et Thoms. et Te. pict. prior. 
The spike is remarkably fastigiate, even before the expansion of the 
flowers, which are white with orange-coloured stamen; or yellowish, 
always so in their declining stage. ‘The species is among the less com- 
-mon in Nipal. 
4. H. thyrsiforme ; foliis ellipticis lucidis subtus vaginisque pilosulis, 
spicá subelongatà squarrosá bracteis cylindraceo-convolutis recurvis 
valde approximatis, tubo corolle tertià parte exserto, limbi interioris, 
exteriore angustissimo brevioris, laciniis lineari-cuneatis, stamine la- 
bellum ovale acute bifidum, nune fere indivisum bis superante. - 
H. thyrsiforme, Hamilt. 1. e. n..4. Spreng. Syst. i. p. 9. Cur. 
Post. p. 7. Dietr. Spec. i. p. 33. Dietr. Synops. i. p. 9. . Rose. 
Mon. Pl. n. 56. Wall. Cat. Herb. n. 6541.— 4H. heteromallum, Bot. 
Reg. ix. n. 767. Spr. Cur. Post. p. 6. H. Tocucho, Hamilt. in Herb. 
Banks. 
Patria. Napalia. Sikkim, Hb. Hook. fil. et Ic. pict. ; Cathcart, Te. 
pict. 
Like the preceding, this is a very distinct species (ah si sic omnes !), — a 
