Hedychium. moxaxdria monogyxia. 11 



bractes. Flowers larg-e. pure white.* very fragrant, from 

 two to four to each common bracte. but seldom more than 

 one or two expand at the >ame tune. Bractes ; besides 

 the common e\t> . -. already mentioned, there are as 



manv interior a* there are flowers in the fascicle: the larsrest 



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of ™hich is about halt the length of Ac common bracte, and 

 envelopes uot only the most forward (exterior) dower, bid 



all tbo-e of the <ame fascicle, gradually diminishing in size ; 

 all have a <heathin°r base, are membranous, and striated. 

 Calyx superior, one-leafed, a little inflated, contracted at the 

 ■oath, a little hairy, striated, half the lenirth of the tube of 

 the ooroL Carol one-pemfledL Tube lung and slender, 

 from the apex of the i sxterior br acto recurved. Border 

 flat, double. Exterior three-parted ; divisions equal, lan- 

 ceolate, acute, membranaceous, striated. Interior resupinate, 

 three- pan ed ; lancer two divi- - iliquely oral, short- 

 clawed; mjMr division broad, obcordate, banner-like, with 

 the figure deep, and the lobes roundish; margins waved; 

 towards the booE tmged yellow. Nectary < •: K.nig and 

 Retziu-) two >hon. Beaky, mhwrrnp bodies embracing the 

 base of me mjle, Filament from me lower margin of the 

 mouth of the tube, between the insertion- of the inner 

 In nler of the enrol, ascending: upper side channelled fix 

 me btj k •. and msened into the anther a little above its base. 

 .luther linear, sub-erect, two-lobed. Germ obsoletely three- 

 sided, three-celled, with many ovula in each, attached to the 

 axis. Style slender, in length surhcient to < 

 hairy, perforated, glandular, green stigma just about the 

 apex of the anther. Co; fcmg, three-celled, three- 



valved. opening from the apex : inside orange coloured. 

 Seeds manv in each cell, arrested in their proper, niulntid, 

 crimson aril. Integument $ two. Ptrisperm and vitellus 



* A varietv deeply tinged with yellow, is found in some of the 

 interior provinces ; and another of a pale yellow : all are equally 

 fragrant. 



