Globba. MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 79 



bular, and ornamented with a large, orange-coloured, two- 

 lobed lip, or apron. Anther at the extremity of the filament, 

 inked, double, or two-lobed. Style embraced at the base 

 by the two subulate bodies (nectaries of Konig); above 

 the tube of the corol, it takes a curved direction like the fila- 

 ment, but is shorter, so that the curve is less ; its end passes 

 between the lobes of the anther. Stiff ma clubbed, half im- 

 mersed between the lobes of the anther. Capsule sub-globu- 

 lar, watery, fleshy, one-celled. Seeds many. 



4. G. Hura. R. 



Leaves ovate-oblong. Racemes terminal, erect; pedicels 

 tern, three-flowered. Anther with a membranaceous crest. 

 Hura siainensium. Kbn. in. Retz. Obs. 3. 49. 



Native of the peninsula of Malacca. 



5. G. pendula. R. 



Leaves lanceolate Racemes terminal, compound, much 

 longer than the leaves, pendulous. Anther bicalcarate. 



Found by Mr. William Roxburgh, on the Island of Pulo- 

 Pinang-. Flowering time the rainy season. 



Root fibrous. Leaves lanceolate, smooth, fine-pointed. 

 Sheaths a little hairy on the outside. Racemes terminal, so- 

 litary, compound, very long, pendulous. Pedicels remote, 

 diverging, generally three-flowered. Bractes caducous; 

 those of the pedicels solitary, oblong, ciliate; those of the 

 flowers oval, ciliate. Calyx campamilate, three-toothed. 

 Corol; tube ascending, long and slender; border double. 

 Exterior three-parted, of these the tipper one is concave ; the 

 other two obliquely obovate, expanding, ami flat. Interior 

 border of two, opposite, lanceolate, expanding' lobes. Fila- 

 ment very long, curved ; base tubular and winged, with a 

 bifid, cuneiform, yellow lip or apron, above it is grooved for 

 the reception of the style. Anther two-lobed ; each lobe 

 bending in a long curved spur. Germ beneath, oval. Style 



