Hedyckium.'] CXLIX. SCITAMINE^S. (J. G. Baker.) 227 



or erect ; bract thin, at most 1 in., glabrous, rolled round the calyx. Calyx 1 in. 

 long. Corolla-tube 2 in.; segments 1| in.; staoiinodes as long as the corolla- 

 segments; lip rather longer than the staminodes, cut down below the middle into 

 two acute segments ; anther linear. Capsule subglobose, pubescent. 



** Leaves quite glabrous beneath. 



5. K. spicatum, Hamilt. ex Smith in Sees Cyclop, xvii. No. 3 ; 

 leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, spike dense-fld., bracts large oblong 

 1-fld., calyx shorter than the bract, flowers white, staminodes lanceolate, 

 lip cuneate deeply bind, stamen rather shorter than the lip. Rose. Scit. PI. 

 t. 48 ; Hook. Exot. Flora, t. 46 ; Sot. Mag. t. 2300 ; Boyle III 357 ; Wall. 

 Gat. 6553 ; in Kew Journ. v. (1853), 328 ; Horan. Prodr. 24. 



SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA; NEPAL, Wallich. KUMAON, alt. 5000-7000 ft., 

 Royle, Strachey 8f Winterbottom. 



Leaves reaching 1 ft. or more, very variable in breadth, glabrous. Spike some- 

 times 1 ft. ; bracts oblong, obtuse, green, 1-1|- in. by f in. broad, flowers ascending 

 and closely imbricate in the type. Corolla-tube 2-2% in. ; segments 1 in., linear ; 

 staminodes 1 in., lanceolate; lip |-f in. broad, not at all clawed, lobes 2 rounded; 

 filament pale red ; anther linear, 5-^ in. Capsule glabrous, globose. 



Var. TBILOBUM, Wall, in Kew Journ. v. (1853) 328 ; spike laxer, bracts narrower 

 convolute round the calyx, corolla -segments staminodes and lip longer, the latter 

 with a small tooth between the two lobes. H. trilobum, Wall. Cat. 6554. Nepal, 

 Wallich. 



Var. ACUMINATDM, Wall, in Kew Journ. I. c. ; leaves glabrous beneath, spike 

 laxer and flowers fewer, bracts convolute round the calyx, flowers white or 

 pale yellow, tube, corolla-segments staminodes and clawed lip longer than in the 

 type, stamen about half as long as the lip. H. acuminatum, Rose. Scit. PL t. 47 ; 

 Sot. Mag. t. 2969; Lodd. Sot. Cat. t. 1795. Kumaon to Sikkiui, ascending to 

 7000 ft. 



Var. KHASIANUM, Clarke ; like the last, but leaves pubescent beneath. Khasia 

 Hills, Clarice. 



H.flavescens,~Lod((. Bot. Cat. t. 723 (not of Carey) and H. Sieboldii, Wall, in 

 Kew Journ. v. 371 (H. ftavescens, Lindl. in Hort. Soc. Journ. vii. 281, & Paxt. 

 Flow. Gard. iii. 164, tig. 311. H. Boxburghii, Siebold in Hort. Soc. Journ. 1. c.) are 

 probably varieties of this species. 



H. bicornutum, Wall, mss., is a monstrous form, with two stamens, each with a 

 large erect spur at the base of the anther. 



6. H. densiflorum, Wall. Cat. 6552 ; Kew Journ. (1853) v. 368 ; leav.es 

 oblong, spike long moderately dense-fld., bracts small oblong 1-fld., calyx 

 longer than the bract, flowers small bright yellow, staminodes lanceolate, 

 lip cuneate deeply bifid, stamen as long as the lip. Horan. Prodr. 25. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; NEPAL, Wallich ; SIKKIM, alt. 6000-8000 ft. Griffiths' 

 Collectors ; J. D. U. 



Leaves 1 ft. by 4-5 in., glabrous beneath. Spike sessile, sometimes 1 ft. ; 

 bracts oblong, -i-l in., rolled tightly round the calyx. Calyx cylindric, about 1 in. 

 Corona-tube 1-1^ in. ; segments linear, reflexing, under 1 in. ; staminodes lanceo- 

 late, under 1 in. j lip about in., not clawed ; stamen just exceeding the staminodes ; 

 filament yellow, anther linear. 



SECT. II. IVIacrostemium, Horan. Stamen much longer than the 

 lip (rather longer in S. Griffithianum). 



* Lip narow 2-fid or 2-partite, lobes or segments narrow (lip emarginate 

 in H. ellipticum.") 



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