Iledychium.'] ScitaminecB. 245 



Stam. about as long as the lip. 



L. pubescent beneath, fl. white . . . . i. H. CORONARIUM. 



L. glabrous beneath, fl. yellowish . . . 2. H. flavescens. 



Stam. twice as long as the lip or more . . . 3. H. coccineum. 



1. K. coronarium, K(£n. in Retz. Obs. iii. ^i (1783)- Bla- 

 mal, 5. 



Moon, Cat. i. Thw. Enum. 319. C. P. 3018. 



Fl. B. Ind. vi. 225. Wight, Ic. t. 2010. Bot. Mag. t. 708. 



Rootstock stout, horizontal, \-2 in, diam., fleshy, jointed ; 

 stem 3-4 ft., erect, leafy; 1. 9-12 by 2 in., lanceolate, finely 

 acuminate, glabrous or sparsely pubescent along the midrib 

 beneath, sheath smooth, ligule long, membranous ; spike 

 3-6 in. long, oblong ; bracts closely imbricate, 3-4-fld., oblong, 

 tips rounded, outer ii-2 in., coriaceous, brown in age, brac- 

 teoles 3, membranous ; cal. \-i\ in., cylindric, green, shorter 

 than the bracts ; cor.-tube 3 in., segm. linear, half as long as 

 the tube, reflexed ; lateral staminodes \\-2 in., oblong or 

 oblong-lanceolate; lip \\-2 in. broad, suddenly constricted 

 into a short claw, entire or 2-fid, lobes rounded ; stam. if in., 

 as long or rather longer than the lip, anth. about \ in. long ; 

 fr. oblong, glabrous, valves orange-yellow within ; seeds many, 

 with a crimson aril. 



Moist region by streams to about 4000 ft.; common. Fl. Aug., Sept.; 

 fragrant, pure white, with a tinge of green in upper staminode. 

 Throughout India and Malaya. 



2. K. flavescens, Carey in Rose. Scitam. PI. t. 50 (1825). 



H. coronariian, Keen, van. Wall, in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 325 ; Thw. 

 Enum. 319; Trim. Syst. Cat. 91. C. P. 3728. 



Fl. B. Ind. vi. 226 (under H. coronaritnn). Wight, Ic. tt. 2008-9. Bot. 

 Mag. t. 2378 {H.flaviwi). 



Rootstock stout, horizontal, 2-3 in. diam., jointed; stem 

 6-8 ft., stout, leafy; 1. 2 ft, linear-lanceolate, caudate-acumi- 

 nate, glabrous above, appressed silky beneath, with easily 

 detached hairs, sheaths long, quite glabrous; ligule if in., 

 thin, obtuse; spike 4-5 in.; bracts 2^ in., thick, convolute, 

 very obtuse, slightly hairy, margins ciliate, membranous; 

 fl. numerous, in clusters of 3-4 opening consecutively, sessile, 

 bracteoles large, membranous; cal. -tube i^ in., narrow, split 

 half way down, membranous, slightly silky and ciliate; cor.- 

 tube over 3 in., very slender, at first straight then curved, 

 segm. i^-ii in., linear, acute, membranous; lateral stami- 

 nodes 2 in., erect, oblong-spathulate, emarginate or bilobed, 

 lip broadly obcordate, bilobed, narrowed into a short claw ; 

 fil. 1 1 in., stout, erect, anth. | in.; ov. silkily hairy. — Chiefly 

 Trimen mss. 



