

Globba.] CXLIX. SCITAMINE^E. (J. G. Baker.) 203 



panicle lax, flowers crowded at the tips of the branches surrounded by a 

 whorl of large bracts, corolla-segments and staminodes equal in length, 

 lip longer deeply bifid, capsule warted. 



SIZKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 1500-2500 ft. (Bk.fil. Sf Thorns. Herb. Ind. Or. 12), 

 Clarke, Gamble, King. 



Habit and leaves of G. racemosa. Leaves sometimes 1 ft., caudate. Panicle 3-4 

 in., erect or spreading, rachis very hairy, branchlets short, spreading; bracts^ in., 

 dark, ovate, membranous. Calyx green, tubular. Corolla bright yellow; tube 2-3 

 times the length of the calyx ; segments in. ; filament nearly 1 in. 



10. Cr. arracanensis, Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xxxix. pt. 

 ii. 83 ; leaves slightly pubescent beneath, panicle short, flowers crowded at 

 the tips of the short branches surrounded by a whorl of large bracts, 

 corolla-segments ovate lilac, lip deeply bifid, capsule smooth. 



ARRACAN ; forests of the low sandstone hills, Kurz. 



Habit of G. racemosa. Leaves 6-9 in., caudate. Panicle 3-4 in., subsessile, rather 

 spreading, bracts ^ in., much imbricate, broadly ovate, obtuse, membranous, lilac. 

 Calyx % in. Corolla-tube short, whitish ; lip yellow or tinged with, lilac, segments 

 obovate-oblong ; filament long, lilac. 



SECT. II. Careyella, Horan. Anther with a narrow entire border. 



11. G. sessiliflora, Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 1428; raceme narrow or 

 subspicate, bulbils many on lower nodes, corolla-segments ovate, 

 staminodes longer lanceolate, lip long deeply bifid. Horan. Prodr. 19. 

 G. Careyana, Roxb. Sort. Beng. 2; Fl. Ind. i. 80; Rose. Scit. t. 110; 

 Lodd. Bot. Gat. t. 691 ; Wall Cat. 6534 ; Horan. Prodr. 19. G. orixensis, 

 Wall. Gat. 6535 F. Scitaminea Finlaysoniana, Wall. Cat. 6623. 



PEGU, Carey, &c. 



Leafy stem 1-1J ft. Leaves 6 in., oblong, acuminate, pale and finely pubescent 

 beneath. Raceme short, erect or drooping ; upper half bearing flowers on the rachis 

 or on short branches ; lower half with crowded bulbils sessile in the axils of small 

 ovate scariose spreading or ascending bracts. Calyx %- in., narrowly funnel-shaped. 

 Corolla yellow; tube 2-3 times the length of the calyx; segments in.; filament 

 yellow, ^-f in. ; anther cuspidate, margin very narrow. Capsule globose, warted, the 

 size of a large pea. 



12. G. floribunda, BaJcer; panicle long lax, branches many-fld., 

 bulbils 0, staminodes scarcely longer than corolla-segments, lip long not 

 bifid. 



MALAY PENINSULA; Johore, King. 



Habit of G. multiflora, 2 ft. high. Leaves oblong, caudate, nearly 1 ft., 

 pubescent. Panicle erect, 6-8 in. ; rachis very hairy ; branches l-l in., many, 

 ascending, 6-8-fld. ; bracts small, deciduous. Calyx T ^ in. Corolla pale yellow ; 

 segments oblong, i in. ; anther narrowly margined at the sides and base ; lip inserted 

 above the base of the filament. Ovary glabrous. 



13. G-. uliginosa, Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 613? panicle long 

 very lax narrow, lower branches 1-2-fld., upper flowers sometimes replaced 

 by bulbils, corolla-segments and staminodes ovate and equal in length, 

 lip small. G. elongata, Xing mss. 



PENANG, King. MALACCA, Guming t Griffith (Kew Distrib. 5652), &c. DISTEIB. 

 Malay isles. 



Stem very weak. Leaves small, membranous. Panicle sometimes 6-9 in. ; bracts 

 small, deciduous. Calyx funnel-shaped, *-% in. Corolla yellow; tube in.; 

 segments | A in. ; filament ^ in.; lip placed a little above its base; anther obscurely 

 margined. Capsule smooth.' I doubt whether Beutham's Sect. Carey ella should be 



