CXXYI. SCITAMINE,E. 727 



stock tuberous, oblique ; root-fibres long, slender. Leaves numerous, 

 8-12 by 2-3 in., oblong-lanceolate, long-acuminate, glabrous, green 

 above, paler beneath, narrowed into a deej^ly channelled petiole as long 

 as the blade. Plowers in terminal dense spikes 3-0 in. long, on usually 

 naked peduncles reaching 18 in. long ; bracts the lower remote, the 

 upper dense, 1-2^ in. long, lanceolate, acute, gi*een, persistent, each 

 including a pair of flowers. Calyx tubular, loosely sheathing the corolla- 

 tube, 1-1^ in. long, 3-toothed, the teeth subequal. Corolla-tube reaching 

 3| in. long ; lobes lanceolate, f in. long, the posticous cucuUate and 

 niucronate. Lateral staminodes oblong, acute, white. Lip bi'oad, 2-fid, 

 more than 1 in. long. I'ilament short, jV jn. long and as broad ; con- 

 nective produced above the anther into a subtrapezoidal ciliate appendage. 

 Stigma turbinate, tuberculate on the back. Capsules obovoid, red, sub- 

 tomentose, g in. long. Seeds dark brown with a white lacerate aril. 

 n. B. I. V. 6, p. 224; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) 

 p. 520 ; K. Schum. in Engler, Pflanzenreich, v. 4, part 40 (1904) p. 72. 

 Hedychium scaposam, Niinmo, ex Grab. Cat. PI. Bo. (1839) p. 205 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 273. Monolojphus scajiosus, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. 

 V. 2(1850) p. 143 ; AVight, Icon. t. 2030.— Flowers : July-Nov. Yern. 

 Chohola ; Sunha. 



KoNKAN : Sfocks .', Law !, Dalzell ! ; Malwaii, Lalzdl \ ; banks of rivulets in the 

 S. Konkan, Dalzell S( Gibson. Deccan : Stocks !, Woodrvio ! ; Lanoli, Woodrow, 

 Graham, King \; KarVi, Grahctrin, Jacqueino7i 1,639 I Kanaka: Law I — Distrib. India 

 (W. Peninsula). 



Kcpmj^feria rotunda, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 3. A stemless plant with a 

 tuberous rootstock and many thick succulent root-fibres bearing oblong 

 tubers. Leaves few, erect, 12 by 3-4 in., oblong, acuminate, mottled 

 green above and pale red-purple beneath. Flowers sweetly fragrant, of 

 various shades of purple and white, appearing in April before the leaves. 

 Cultivated but not indigenous in the Bombay Presidency. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 6, p. 222 ; Grab. Cat. p. 208 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p.' 86 ; Wight, 

 Icon. t. 2029 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 4, p. 244 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 12 (1899) p. 520 ; K. Schum. in Engler, Pflanzenreich, v. 4, 

 part 46 (1904) p. 87; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1038; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 4, p. 561. — Flowers: Apr. Veen. Bhui-chamjpa. 



3. HITCHENIA, Wall. 



Annual herbs ; rhizome \\\t\\ tuberiferous fibres. Leaves ])etiolate or 

 sessile, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic. Flowers in terminal spikes ; bracts 

 subcoriaceous, all fertile or the upper sterile, forming a coma. Calyx 

 tubular, membranous, 3-toothed. Corolla-tube elongate, slender, slightly 

 enlarged above ; lobes 3, subequal, oblong or ovate. Lateral staminodes 

 petaloid, free from the filiform filament. Lip scarcely longer than the 

 corolla-lobes, orbicular or cuneate, 2-lobed. Anther-cells marginal on 

 the broad connective, not crested ; filament as long as the lip, narrow, 

 complicate. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules many, superposed ; style filiform; 

 stigma exserted beyond the anther-cells, turbinate. Capsule oblong, 

 3-gonous, coriaceous, crowned by the calyx, variously rupturing or sub- 

 3-valved. Seeds shining, usually arillate. — Disteiu. Species 3, Indian. 



