206 CXLIX. SCITAMINE^. (J. G. Baker.) [Glolla. 



PEEAK, alt, 2-3000 ft., King's Collector, 2414. 



Stem 1 ft. Leaves about 5, oblong-caudate, 4-5 in., finely pubescent beneath. 

 Panicle % f t. ; main bracts 55 in.; lower 4-5 bulbilliferous; branches spreading, 

 5-6-fld. Calyx i in. Corolla segments pale yellow ; staminodes A in. Ovary 

 rugose. Very near G. Schomburgkii, Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 6298, of Siam. 



24. G-. bulbifera, Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 358; Fl. Ind. i. 78; spike 

 lax, bracts ovate ascending persistent, lower nodes bearing bulbils, corolla- 

 segments ovate, staminodes rather longer oblong, lip small deeply bifid, 

 anther-wings spreading. Thic. Enum. 315. G. marantina, Wall. Cat. 

 6532; Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 272; Blume Enum. i. 62. G. bracteata, 

 Serb. Seyne. G. bracteosa, Horan. Prodr. 20. G. marantinoides, Wight 

 Ic. sub t. 2001. G. strobilifera, Zoll. $ Moritz. Syst. Verz. 84 ; Mia. FL 

 Ind. Bat. iii. 591. 



EASTERN HIMALAYA and TROPICAL INDIA; MALABAB, the MALAY PENINSULA 

 and CEYLON. DISTKIB. Malay Islands, Timor. 



Stem not so stout as in G. marantina; leaves smaller and sheaths not so broad. 

 Spike 3-4 in. ; bracts -1 in., green, not touching one another, many of the lower 

 enclosing ovoid bulbils. Flower and stamens as in G. marantina ; in both the 

 quadrate yellow deeply bifid anther-wings spread horizontally from the sides of the 

 cells. 



25. Cr. marantina, Linn. Mant. ii. 170; spike dense, bracts imbricate 

 persistent, lower nodes bulbilliferous, staminodes oblong rather longer 

 than the corolla-segments, lip small deeply bifid, anther-wings spreading. 

 Rose, in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 356 ; Scit. t. Ill ; Smith Exot. Bot. ii. 85, 

 t. 103 ; Roxb. in Asiat. Res. xi. 358; FL Ind. i. 77 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 

 691. Colebrookia bulbifera, Roxb. in Donn Hort. Cant. edit. 1. 



KHASIA HILLS, Griffith.- DISTRIB. Malay Islands, Philippines. 



Stem 1 ft. Leaves 5-6 in., oblong, acuminate, sheaths broader than in the other 

 species. Spike oblong, strobiliform, 1J-2 in. ; bracts |-1 in. broad, ovate, green, 

 bulbils ovoid. Calyx short, green, teeth ovate. Corolla, yellow ; tube 3 times the 

 length of the calyx ; segments in. ; lip as long as the segments; filament - in. 

 Ovary smooth. 



SPECIES IMPERFECTLY KNOWN. (Anthers not seen.) 



26. G. CANAEENSIS, Baker ; leaves small thin caudate, panicle narrow erect very 

 few- and lax-fid., most of the flowers replaced by long narrow acuminate bulbils, 

 calyx green narrowly funnel-shaped in., corolla-tube more than twice as long as 

 the calyx, corolla-segments oblong in. Canara, Laio. 



27. G. PLATYSTACHYA, Raker ; leaves large and thin, panicle short lax and very 

 broad, lower branches 2-4 in. ending in a bulbil and bearing numerous close flowers 

 shortly pedicelled towards the end each subtended by a small persistent ovate 

 acutely-keeled bract, calyx green broadly funnel-shaped T a in., corolla-tube 3 times 

 the length of the calyx, segments oblong yellow -| in. Canarn, Law. (Hk. f. & 

 Thorns. Herb. Ind. Or. 14.) 



3. HEXKXORCHXS, Kurz. 



Rhizome stout, creeping. Leafy stem distinct from the flowering, pro- 

 duced after it. Flowers spicate ; bracts membranous, deciduous. Calyx 

 short, deeply 3-lobed. Corolla-tube shorter than the calyx, 3-lobed, lateral 

 lobes oblong, midlobe rather longer, ovate. Lateral staminodes like the 

 corolla-lobes, obovate with a short basal spur ; lip orbicular, concave ; 

 filament short; anther-cells contiguous, connective narrow not produced. 



