218 CXLIX. SCITAMINE^:. (J. G. Baker.) [Gcxtrochiluj. 



4. G-. tillandsioides, Baker; perennial, stem 0, leaves distinctly 

 petioled, flowers many in a long subsessile spike with imbricate bracts, 

 staminodes linear-oblong not longer than the corolla-segments. 



?PERAK ; Kunstler. 



Leaves 6-8 in., oblong, subacute, base rounded, green above, purplish beneath, 

 petiole nearly or quite as long as the blade. Spike 6 in. ; bracts 20-30, oblong, about 

 1 in. Staminodes |-j in., whitish, similar to the corolla-segments in shape and 

 size ; lip orbicular-cuneate, in. long and broad, pure white with a faint yellow spot 

 at the throat; stamen half as long as the lip; filament as long as the anther. :_ 

 Described from a specimen cultivated in Sort. Calcutt. 



5. CJ. rubrolutea, Baker \ perennial, leafy stem produced, leaves 

 oblong caudate sessile or shortly petioled, flowers many, spike very narrow 

 terminal on the stem or on a radical scape, corolla-tube not longer than the 

 bract, staminodes yellow rather longer than the red corolla-segments. 



KHASIA HILLS ; J. D. H. % T. T., Clarke. 



Leafy stem ^-1 ft. or more. Leaves 6-8 in. narrowed to the base. Spike 2-3 in., 

 as long as its peduncle or scape, much narrower and fewer flowered than in G. 

 pulcherrima ; bracts few, small, closely sheathing the scape. Coro/Za-seginents 

 1 in. ; staminodes yellow, -i in. broad ; stamen nearly as long as the staminodes ; 

 lip obloug-cuneate, panduriforin, upper half red, lower yellow. 



6. G. parvula, Wall. Cat. 6590; annual, stem short, leaves small 

 shortly petioled oblong, flowers solitary from the centre of the leaves, 

 corolla-tube not longer than the bract, staminodes longer than the corolla- 

 segments. 



TAVOY, Gomez. 



A dwarf annual, with 3-4 acute membranous leaves 1^2 in. long at the top of a 

 short stem. Root-fibres all slender. Bract green, under 1 in., wrapped tightly 

 round the corolla-tube, its base hidden by the sheath of the uppermost leaf. Corolla- 

 segments linear-oblong, greenish, in. ; lip % in., obovate-cuneate ; stamen arcuate 

 half as long as the lip. Habit of a KcBmpferia of the Sincorus section. 



1MPEHFECTLY KNOWN AND UNDESCRIBED SPECIES. 



G. ? TILI^FOLIA, Baker ; annual, root-fibres slender fascicled, leafy stem short, 

 leaves 4-5 by 3 in. distinctly petioled ovate cuspidate, base oblique, spike 4-5 in,, 

 terminal, sessile dense-fld., bracts 1-1 in., oblong-lanceolate scariose imbricate, 

 corolla-tube as long as the bract, segments lanceolate under an inch, staminodes 

 not longer than the segments, lip oblong-cuueate 1| in. KHASIA HILLS, tropical 

 region, Sk.f. fy Thomson (Monolophus 6, Herb. Ind. Or.). I have not been able to 

 make out the structure of the anther. 



G. AFFINIS, Wall. mss. ex. Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 372 ; Horan. Prodi'. 

 22). Assam. 



G. JENKINSII, Wall. mss. I. c. Assam. (See under G. longiflora.) 



8. K.JEIVIPFSRIA, Linn. 



nootstocJc often tuberous, fibres various. Stem short or 0. Leaves few. 

 Flowers spicate, on radical scapes, or terminating a leafy stem. Calyx 

 short, cylindric, splitting down one side. Corolla-tube long, slender ; 

 segments equal, usually spreading. Staminodes broad, petaloid ; stamen 

 short, arcuate ; anther-cells separated on a broad connective, which is pro- 

 duced above into a petaloid crest, not spurred below; lip broad, usually 

 bifid. Ovary 3-celled ; style long, filiform ; stigma turbinate. Capsule 

 oblong ; pericarp thin. Seeds subglobose, aril small lacerate. Tropics of 

 the Old World. 



