228 CXLIX. SCITAMINEJ;. (J. G. Baker.) [Iledychium. 



f Leaves glabrous beneath. 



7. K. crassifolium, Baker ; leaves oblong-lanceolate subcoriaceous, 

 bracts short oblong 1-fld., calyx twice as long as the bract, flowers bright 

 yellow, calyx-segments very long, staminodes lanceolate half as long as 

 the corolla-segments, lip narrow long clawed bipartite segments narrow, 

 stamen twice as long as the lip. 



PEEAK, in dense jungle, on trees, King's Collector. 



Epiphytic ; leafy stem 15-2'J in. Leaves under 1 ft. 1-^-2 in. broad, glabrous, 

 firmer in texture than in any other species, narrowed gradually from the middle to 

 the base. Bracts green, glabrous, -| in. rolled tightly round the calyx. Corolla- 

 tube -in. longer than the calyx ; segments linear-convolute, 2 in. long ; staminodes 

 and lip about 1 in. ; filament bright red, 2 in. ; anther large, linear. 



8. XI. longicornutum, Griff, mss. ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, spike 

 short dense-fld. oblong, bracts oblong hairy imbricate 1-fld., calyx longer 

 than the bract, corolla-segments much longer than the oblanceolate 

 staminodes, lip bipartite, segments narrow, stamen twice as long as the 

 lip. 



MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay. 



Epiphytic. Stem slender, 1-1| ft. Leaves 1 ft. by 2-2-| in., thin, narrowed 

 gradually to the base and apex. Spike 1^-2 in. ; lower bracts 1 in. Calyx pro- 

 truded, s-i in. beyond the bract. CoroZZa-tube protruded % in. beyond the calyx ; 

 segments bright red, 1^-2 in. ; staminodes half as long as the corolla-segments ; lip 

 a little shorter than the staminodes ; stamens as long as the corolla -segments ; 

 anther linear. 



9. H. Gomezianum, Wall. Cat. 6543, in Kew Journ. v. (1853) 368 ; 

 leaves long lanceolate, spike dense-fld. curved, bracts 1-fld. cylindric, calyx 

 longer than the bract, flowers white, staminodes linear, lip narrow clawed 

 bipartite, segments narrow, stamen much longer than the lip. Horan. 

 Prodr. 25. Hedychium, Griff. Notul. iii. 419, first species. 



TAVOY, Gomez ; TENASSEEIM, Griffith. 



Epiphytic, gland-dotted. Leafy stem 1 ft. or more. Leaves sometimes above 

 1 ft., 2-3 in. broad, narrowed gradually from the middle to the base. Spike cernuous, 

 3-4 in. ; bracts glabrous, rolled tightly round the calyx. Calyx twice as long as the 

 bract. CorcZZa-tube a little longer than the calyx ; segments linear, 1 in. white ; 

 staminodes rather shorter than the corolla-segments; lip white; filament 1^ in.; 

 anther linear, orange yellow. 



10. K. ellipticum, Hamilt. ex Smith in Sees, Cyclop, xvii. No. 2; 

 leaves oblong, spike short dense-fld., bracts oblong imbricate 1-fld., calyx 

 as long as the bract, flowers white, staminodes linear, lip narrow nnguicu- 

 late faintly bifid, stamen twice as long as the lip. Rose. Scit. PI. t. 55 ; 

 Sot. Cat. t. 1881 ; Wall, in Kew Journ. v. (1853) 327 ; Horan. Prodr. 25. 

 H. fastigiatum, Watt. Cat. 6340. 



TEOPICAL HIMALAYA, from GAEWHAL, SIKKIM, and KHASIA HILLS, alt. 2000- 

 5000 ft. 



Leaves -1 ft. by 3-5 in. SplTce very dense, 3-4 in. ; bracts bright green, about 

 1 in. CoroZZa-tube twice as long as the bract; segments 1 in M linear; staminodes 

 rather shorter and broader than the corolla-segments ; lip oblong, distinctly clawed, 

 shorter than the staminodes, only emarginate at the apex ; filament 1J--2 in.; anther 

 linear, orange yellow. 



11. K. villosum, Wall, in Soxb. Fl. Ind. i. 12; in Kcw Journ. v. 



