78 ODOKOGRAPHIA. 



Hat, double. Exterior, 3-parted ; divisions equal, lanceolate, acute, 

 membranous, striated. Interior resupinate, 3-parted ; lower two 

 divisions obliquely oval, short-clawed ; upper division broad, 

 obcordate, banner-like, with the fissure deep and the lobes 

 i-oundish ; margins waved ; towards the base tinged yellow. 

 Xectary, two short fleshy subulate bodies embracing the base of 

 the style. Filament from the lower margin of the mouth of the 

 tube, between the insertions of the inner border of the corolla, 

 ascending ; upper side channelled for the style and inserted into 

 the anther a little above its base. Anther, linear, sub-erect, 

 2-lobed. Germ obsoletely 3-sided, 3 -celled, with many ovula in 

 each, attached to the axis. Style slender, in length sufficient to 

 elevate the large, hairy, perforated, glandular, green stigma just 

 above the apex of the anther. Capsule oblong, 3-celled, 3-valved, 

 opening from the apex ; inside orange-coloured. Seeds, many in 

 each cell, invested in their proper rnultifid, crimson aril. 

 Integuments two. Perisperm and vitellus together conform to the 

 seed ; the former occupies the lower and exterior portion ; the 

 latter the upper and interior portion and is in immediate contact 

 with the embryo. Embryo, simple, sulj-cylindric, nearly as long 

 as the seed. 



Hedychium flavum, Eoxb. Flor. Ind. i. p. 81 ; Edwardes Bot. 

 Eeg. t. 3039 ; Loddiges Bot. Cab. t. 604. A native of the valleys 

 between the hills near Silhet, where it is called Kattia-rityam by 

 the natives. It resembles H. coronarium in many respects, but 

 its root, stems and leaves are larger. Dr. Wallich's annotation to 

 the " Flora Indica " remarks that it differs from //. coronarium in 

 regard to its flowers, which are yellow and about one-third smaller, 

 having the inner segments of the corolla linear-clavate, the fissure 

 of the lip narrow, with straight sides, and its base contracted into 

 a linear claw. They possess the peculiar fragrance of the 

 Michelia Clio.rivpaca but in a less powerful degree. 



Hedychium angustifolium, Eoxb. Flor. Ind. i. p. 11 and 

 Eoxb. Flor. Ind. inedita Corornandel Plants, iii. t. 251. In Bengalee 

 vernacular Bhoo-ada. Xative of Chittagong, Silhet and the 

 eastern parts of Bengal, where it flowers about the beginning of 

 the rains, in June. In many respects it resembles other plants of 

 the genus. Its flowers are in fascicles, generally three-fold and 

 spreading out considerably from the rachis. When first expanded 



