208 CXLIX. SCITAMINE2E. (J. G. Baker.) [JRoscoea. 



segment ; fertile stamen as long as the staminode ; antber-tails in. ; lip 1-1^ in., 

 deflexed. Capsule cylindric, 1-1 in. Varies greatly in robustness, breadth of 

 leaves and colour and size of flowers. Var. 2t. exilis, " Smith;'' Horan. Prodr. 21, 

 is probably a dwarf narrow-leaved variety. 



Var. 11 PEOCEKA, Wall. PL As. liar. t. 242; Wall. Cat. 6528 C. ; taller, more 

 robust, with broader leaf-sheaths and larger flowers. / It. purpurea, Lindl. in Hot. 

 Meg. xxvi. t. 61. Kumaon, Nepal and Sikkim. 



Var. R. BRANDISH, King mss. ; leaf-sheaths narrower and perianth-tube longer 

 than in the type. Khasia Hills. 



3. It. capitata ? Smith, in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 461 ; stem elongated, 

 leaves many linear, flowers many in a dense oblong peduncled spike, 

 corolla-tube not longer than the calyx, limb pale blue, upper segment 

 oblong-cuneate, lip narrow emarginate. Wall. PL As. Bar t 255 Gat 

 6529 ; Horan. Prodr. 20. 



NEPAL, Wallich, Scully. . 



Stem -1 ft. or longer. Leaves crecto-patent, -1 ft. by ^ in. Peduncle erect, 

 3-6 in. Spike l|-2 in.; bracts green, Jancedlate, 1-1$ in. Calyx 1 in., green, 

 minutely 2-toothed, slit deeply down one side. Upper corolla-segment f in., 

 arcuate, very concave j lower rather longer, oblanceolate deflexed. Staminode 

 nearly as long as the upper segment; lip 1 by in., oblong-spathulate. Capsule 

 1 in., clavate. 



IMPERFECTLY-KNOWN SPECIES. 



4. R. LONGIFOLIA, Baker ; stem short, produced leaves about 6 outer oblong 

 inner 12 in. linear or lanceolate, flowers 1-3 in a sessile spike, calyx-tube slender 

 cylindric l^ in., oorolla-tube twice as long, limb not seen, capsule shortly pedicolled 

 clavate above an inch long. SIMLA, on Fagu, Thomson. 



5. CAUTIaETTA, Royle. 



Characters of Roscoea, but flowers yellow, dorsal lobe of the corolla 

 narrow, and capsule dehiscing to the base with recurved lobes exposing the 

 seeds in a columnar mass. Species, the following. 



1. C- lutea, Royle III. 361 ; spike lax few-fld., leaves sessile lanceolate 

 or oblong-lanceolate, bracts oblong green much shorter than-the calyx, 

 seeds black angular exarillate. Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 6991. Eoscoea 

 gracilis, Smith in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 460 ; Horan. Prodr. Scit. 21. E. 

 elatior, Smith 1. c.; Wall. Cat. 6531 A, B. E. lutea, Royle III. 361, t. 89, 

 f. 2 ; Wight Ic. t. 2013. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; from Kashmir to Sikkim, ascending to 7-8000 ft. 

 KHASIA HILLS, J. D. H. $ T. T. 



Stem 12-18 in., slender. Leaves 6-9 by l-l- m - fl t flowering time, usually 

 purple beneath. Flowers 6-12 in a lax peduucled spike, rachis red flexuose ; bracts 

 - in. Calyx red, above in., minutely toothed, slit deeply down one side. 

 Corolla-tube slightly exserted ; limb bright yellow ; upper segment | in., lower 

 as long, oblong-cuneate, deflexed. Staminode nearly as long as the upper segment, 

 bases minutely spurred on the inner side; lip f in., 2-lobed to below the middle, 

 lobes oblong. Capsule i in., bright red, globose ; valves ovate, reflexed, red inside. 

 Seeds black, angled, top flat. 



2. C- Cathcartij Baker ; spike dense many-fid., leaves sessile lanceo- 

 late or oblong-lanceolate, bracts green oblong shorter than the calyx, seeds 

 black angular exarillate. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 7-8000 ft., Griffith's Collectors, &c. 



Very near C. lutea, but more robust, flowers twice or thrice as many, bracts 



