114 SCITAMINE^ 



curled underneath, the other two spreading like two 

 curved horn under the hood. Behind the labellum is a 

 membrane on which lie the stigmas, and which is 

 extended laterally in two narrow ribbons which are 

 curled under and forward at the ends, and cover the 

 base of the anther. 



Dispcris zcylanica Trimen ; F.BJ. vi 169, CX I. A 

 smaller plant than the next. Lateral sepals concave not 

 waved, t. 527. 



Pulneys : on the downs in the open grass. 



Gen. Dist. Ceylon and Western Ghats. 



Disperis neilghcrrcnsis Wt. ; Vol. I p. 407. t. 528. 



Pulneys in shade of sholas. 



SCITAMINE/E. 

 CURCUMA. 



See Vol. I p. 408. 



HEDYCHIUM. 

 Hedychium chrysolcucum Hook] F.B.I. vi 225, as 

 H. coronarium. (See Kew Bulletin 1914.) A stout herb 

 growing 4 — 6 feet. Leaves, a foot by 3 to 5 in. t. 529. 

 Flowers in an ovoid head. 



H/EMODORACE/E. 

 OPHIOPOGON. 

 Ophiopogon intcrmcdius Don ; Vol. I p. 410. t. 530. 



AMARYLLIDACE/E. 



Vol. I p. 410. 



HYPOXIS. 



Small plants with globose tuber and narrow leaves 

 all from the ground. Flowers of the normal type for the 

 order, the perianth immediately above the ovary. 

 ' Species about 50, chiefly in South Africa, 



