202 CXLIX. SCITAMINEJB. (J. G. Baker.) [Globba. 



4 G. Wallichii, Baker; leaves small glabrous beneath, panicle very 

 long lax-fld., branches 1-2-fld., bracts small deciduous, bulbils few or 0, 

 corolla-segments ovate, staminodes lanceolate rather longer, lip small 

 placed a little above the segments, capsule small smooth. G. pendula, 

 Wall. Cat. 6533, not of Roxb. 



PENANG, Wallich, Curtis. 



Much weaker in habit than other species of the section. Leaves 3-4 in., caudate, 

 pale beneath. Panicle sometimes 1 ft, ; rachis and slender patent branches glabrous. 

 Calyx green, ^ in. Corolla pale yellow; tube 2-3 times the length of the calyx; 

 segments reflexed, in., upper concave; filament yellow, | in., bearing the small lip a 

 short distance above its base. Capsule in. diam. 



** Leaves more or less pubescent beneath. 



5. G. Hookeri, Clarke mss. ; leaves very hairy on the midrib beneath, 

 panicle long narrow, lower branches 2-3-fld. at the tip, bulbils sometimes 

 present, bracts small deciduous, corolla-segments and staminodes ovate and 

 equal in length, lip longer shortly bifid, capsule smooth. 



NEPAL, Wallich; SIKIUM HIMALAYA, alt. 3000-5000 ft., /. D.H. (Herb. Ind. Or. 

 No. 10). NAGA HILLS, alt. 4500 ft., Clarke. 



Doubtfully distinct from (#. racemosa, but more robust and floriferous, with 

 broader leaves. Flowers bright yellow ; lip not spotted. 



6. G-. ophioglossa, Wight Ic. t. 2002 ; leaves finely pubescent 

 beneath, panicle narrow, lower branches 4-6-fld., bracts small deciduous, 

 lower nodes with a few bulbils, corolla-segments ovate, staminodes longer 

 lanceolate, lip longer deeply bifid, capsule smooth. Horan. Prodr. 19. G. 

 orixensis, Wall. Cat. 6535 A, C, D, I, not of Roxb. Alpinia ? Missionis, 

 Wall. Cat. 6580. 



TRAVANCORE Heyne; Anamallay hills, &c., Wight, Jerdon. COCHIN, Gamble. 

 BEHAR, on Parasnath, alt. 2500 ft., Vicar y, Clarke. 



Leaf conspicuously caudate, . 6-9 in. Panicle 4-6 in., rachis and branchlets 

 glabrous; flower's not crowded at their tips; bulbils ovoid, deflexed. Calyx % in., 

 broadly funnel-shaped, pale green ; teeth broad, ovate. Corolla pale yellow ; tube 3 

 times the length of the calyx; segments in., ovate; lip twice the length of the 

 segments, lobes longer and narrower than in others of the section. Capsule in., 

 globose. 



7. G-. multiflora, Wall. Cat. 6537 A; leaves pubescent beneath, 

 panicle long narrow, lower branches 4-6-fld., bracts small deciduous, lower 

 nodes with bulbils, segments of corolla and staminodes ovate and equal in 

 length, lip not longer shortly bifid, capsule smooth. G. velutina, Wall, 

 in Voigt Sort. Sub. Calc. 573 (name only). 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, ASSAM, SILHET, the KHASIA HILLS, and MUNNIPORE. 



Leaves conspicuously caudate, ^-1 ft. Panicle ^-1 ft., rachis and branchlets very 

 hairy; branchlets more crowded than in the foregoing species, and flowers not 

 crowded at their tips. Calyx % in. Corona-tube 3 times the length of the calyx; 

 segments and lip 1 in. ; filament % in. ; anther in., sometimes obscurely margined. 



8. G-. substrig"osa ? King mss. ; leaves very pubescent on both 

 surfaces, panicle lax cernuous, branches few-fld., bulbils 0, bracts large 

 foliaceous persistent, corolla-segments ovate, capsule pubescent. 



TENASSERIM, Gallatly. 



Whole plant not more than 6-8 in. Leaves few, oblong-caudate, the largest 3-4 

 in. Panicle 1^-2 in. ; branches few, short, lower spreading or reflexed ; bracts 

 oblanceolate-oblong, pubescent. Calyx-tube | in. Corolla yellow, gland-dotted. 

 Capsule blackish, the size of a pea. 



9. Cr. Anderson!, Clarke, mss. ; leaves slightly pubescent beneath, 



