LJ 
266 CXIX. SCITAMINEJE. [ Alpinia. 
diameter, with a brittle crustaceous pericarp. Seeds few in each 
cell, dud. packed, with a small arillus.—Hellenia coerulea, R. Bri 
Prod. 308, 
Queensland. Shoalwater bay and Northumberland islands, R. Brown; Endeavour 
river, A. Cunningham; Moreton island, F. Mueller; Fitzroy island, C. Walter; very 
common "o Rie ae ham bay, Dallachy, and Rockhampton, O’Shanesy. 
nter's river, R, Brown; Tweed river, very common, Guilfoyle ; 
—— he anus rivers, Beckler ; Richmond river, Henderson, Fawcett. 
1} in. long or shorter. Calyx about 1 in. long, narrow, dilated upwards 
aa sent y 3-lobed. Corolla white, vA oatsidd, the lobes about 
s long, the tube longer. Labellum onger than the corolla, 
eh Lus Rockingham bay, Dallachy ity have seen no specimen, the above 
character is taken from that given by F. Mueile 
6. COSTUS, Linn. 
Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx tubular, nox 3-lobed. Corolla- 
tube short, the limb with 3 erect lobes bell 
ib large. Filament broad and eal ike prn wit 
ve and produced laterally and beyond the cells into a et appen- 
dete No staminodes. Ovary 3-celled, with numerous ovules. Style 
filiform, the agha dilated, flatly 2- lobed, with 2 dorsal appendages. 
Capsule 3-celled, Nen loculicidally i in 3 valves. Seeds arillate.— 
Herbs with an iy m and a dense terminal spike. Bracts 
road, winter. ‘with 1 flower in the axil of each. 
The genus is spread ov over the tropical regions of both the New and AN Old World. 
The Australian species, which I have not seen, is believed to be endem 
. C. Poti Il. Fragm. iv. 164. Stems sods 10 ft. high. 
hana on vet = petioles, oblong-lanceolate, acutely acuminate, 4 to 
9 in. long, 14 to 24 in. broad, sprinkle d underneath with appressed 
hairs, the BÉ i dion pr rodu ced above the ^ ren truncate - 
0 
terminal appendage beyond the anther-cells. Capsule crowned by the 
persistent calyx, about } in. long, opening loculicidally in 3 slits 
Queensland. maim oie bay, Dallachy.—'The above description dicat from 
that given by F. Mue 
