3 = axis. Style sender in length sufficient to elevate ‘the large, hairy, | 
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10 | MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Hedychium. 3 
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äi slightly covered with Sii: soft, white hairs; 9-19 incheslong, — 
and about two broad.—Sheaths smooth on both sides, striated, termi- | 4 
nating ina ligulated process, (as in many of the grasses) which is often : 
two-parted.— Spike terminal, solitary, erect, linear-oblong, about the 1 
size of the thumb, compactly imbricated with many large, oval, con- 
cave, green, common, permanent bractes.— F/omwerslarge, pure white,* 
very fragrant, 2-4 to each common bracte, but seldom more than one — 
or two expand at the same time -—Bractes ; besides the common ex- - | 
terior ones, already mentioned, there are as many interior as there are 
flowers in the fascicle ; the largest of which is about half the length of 
the common bracte, al envelopes not only the most foreward (ex- - 
terior) flower, but all those of the same fascicle, gradually diminish- - : 
ing in size; all have a sheathing base, -are membranous, and stria- - 
ted —Calyx superior, one-leafed, a little inflated, contracted at the 
pe a little hairy, enian half the length of the tube of the corol. - 
-Con etalled. - Tube long and slender, from the apex of a4 
3 = ‘exterior hetes recurved. ^ Border flat, double. © Exterior three- | 1 
.parted; divisions equal, lanceolate, acute, membranaceous, striated. — 
Interior resupinate, three-parted ; lower two divisions obliquely oval, 1 
'short-clawed ; upper division broad, obcordate, banner- hike, with. i 
the fissure deep, and the lobes roundish: ; margins waved ; towarc 
the base tinged yellow.— Nectary ‘(of Kine: and Retzius) two short, | 
fleshy, subulate bodies embracing the base of the style. — Fi la- ; 
ment from the lower margin of the mouth of the tube, between th 
insertions of the inner border of the corol, ascending ; upper. sid 
channelled for the style, and inserted into the anther a little above 
its base. Anther linear, sub-erect, two-lobed.— Germ : 'obsoletely - 
three-sided, _three-celled, with many ovuía in each, attached to the ; 
andular, » green stigma just about the apex of the anther. ; 
— Capsule oblong;. thre three-valved, opening from the apex; ; 
inside orange - coloured.— Seeds many in each cell, invested. in their 
proper, multifid, crimson arl  Integuments two.—Perisperm and 
.—* A variety deeply tinged with Jiki is found in some of the interior provisicés 
and another of a pale yellow colour: all are equally fragrant, 
