Hemiorchis.] CXLIX. SCITAMINE^. (J. G. Baker.) 207 



Ovary 1 -celled ; placentas 3, parietal; sty le filiform ; stigma small, sub- 

 globose. Capsule small, 1-celled, 3-valved. Seeds conical, aril white. 



K. burmanica, Xurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xlii. pt. ii. 108, 

 t. 8-; Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 7120. 



KHASIA HILLS, Mann. PEGU, MARTABAN and TENASSEEIM, Kurz. 



Habit of Gastrochilus. Rhizome white, hypogoeous. Leaves few, oblong, acute. 

 Peduncle with spike ^-1 ft., very pubescent, as are the rachis and calyx. Spike 

 dense upwards; bracts small, lanceolate, deciduous. Calyx funnel-shaped, reddish- 

 brown, in., cleft below the middle. Corolla-lobes reddish-brown j staminodes 

 about in., greenish-white ; lip whitish, minutely dotted with red-brown ; stamen 

 half as long as the corolla-segments. Capsule globose, 10-grooved, crowned by the 

 persistent acute calyx-lobes. 



4. ROSCOEA, Smith. 



Root fibres thick, fleshy, fascicled ; rootstock 0. Leaves lanceolate or 

 oblong. Flowers in terminal spikes ; bracts persistent, 1-fld. Calyx 

 long, tubular, slit down one side. Corolla-tube slender, as long as or 

 longer than the calyx ; lateral segments spreading ; upper broad, cucullate, 

 erect, hiding the staminodes and stamen. Lateral staminodes oblanceolate, 

 petaloid, erect ; lip large, cuneate, deflexed, 2-fid or emarginate ; filament 

 short, erect ; anther-cells linear, contiguous, connective produced at the 

 base into a forked appendage. Ovary 3-celled, cylindric or oblong ; ovules 

 very numerous, superposed ; style erect ; stigma turbinate, margins ciliate. 

 Capsule cylindric or clavate, membranous, tardily 3-valved. Seeds ovoid, 

 miaute, arillate. One species in Cochin China, and the following. 



1. R. alpina, Royle, III. 361, t. 89 ; stem short, produced leaves 2-3 

 sessile oblong-lanceolate, spike sessile 1-2-fld., corolla-tube much longer 

 than the calyx, limb dark purple, upper segment orbicular, lip broad 

 deeply bifid. Wight Ic. t. 2013 ; Horan. Prodr. 20. K. purpurea, Uoyle 

 1. c. t. 89, f. 3. E. purpurea var. minor, Watt. Cat. 6528 D, E. 



TEMPERATE CENTRAL and WESTERN HIMALAYAS ; from KASHMIR to NEPAL, 

 ascending to 11,000 ft. 



Whole plant 4-6 in. high. Leaves 3-4 in., under and not fully developed at the 

 flowering time. Calyx-tube green, 1 in. or more, slit nearly to the base. Corolla- 

 tube white, 1 in., longer than the calyx ; upper segment orbicular-cuspidate, erect, 

 -f in. long and broad; lateral in., linear-oblong, deflexed. Staminode oblong- 

 spathulate, half as long as the upper segment ; fertile stamen as long as the stami- 

 node ; lip obovate-cuneate, |-| in., bifid about one-third of its length. 



2. R. purpurea, Smith Exot. Bot. ii. 97, 1. 108 ; leafy stem elongate, 

 produced leaves 5-6 lanceolate, flowers few in a sessile spike, corolla-, 

 tube not longer than the calyx, limb purple rarely pale lilac or white, 

 upper segment obovate-cuneate, lip broad deeply bifid. Hook. Exot. Fl. 

 t. 144; Bot. Mag. t. 4630; Rose. Scit. t. 64; Lodd. Bot. Cal. t. 1404; 

 Horan. Prodr. 20 ; Wall. Cat. 6528 A, B. 



CENTRAL and EASTERN HIMALAYA; from Kuinaon to Sikkim, ascending to 

 10,000 ft. ASSAM, the KHASIA HILLS, and BURMA. 



Leafy stem \-\ ft. long. Leaves 6 by -1 in. at flowering time ; sheaths broad, 

 imbricated. Bracts oblong, hidden in the sheaths of the upper leaves. Cafyar green, 

 1 in., slit deeply down one side as the flower expands. Corolla-tube rather dilated 

 upwards; upper segment about 1 in., very cucullate; lower lanceolate, decurved 

 about as long. Staminode oblanceolate unguiculate, half as long as the upper 



