Hedijchium.} CXLIX. SCITAMINE^E. (J. G. Baker.) 229 



(1853) 329 ; Gat. 6545 A, B ; leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, spike long 

 dense-fld., bracts oblong very hairy often 2-3-fld., calyx longer than the 

 bract, flowers white, staminodes linear, lip narrow clawed bipartite seg- 

 ments narrow, stamen twice as long as the lip, anther small sagittate. 

 Rose Scit. PI. t. 54 ; Horan. Prodr. 25. 



NEPAL, SILHET, ASSAM, KHASIA HILLS, MUNIPUB, alt. 4000-6000 ft. 



Leaves sometimes 1 ft. 2-4 in. broad, glabrous beneath. Spike ^-1 ft. j 

 racbis very stout and hairy ; bracts pale green, f -1 in. Calyx about 1| in. Corolla- 

 tube longer tban the calyx ; segments linear, 1-1 in. ; staminodes like the corolla- 

 segments ; lip 1 in. or more; nlament 1^-2 in., bright red; anther much shorter 

 than in any other species. 



Var. TENTTIFLOEUM:, Wall. Cat. 6516 C. ; flowers much smaller than in the type, 

 corolla-segments staminodes and lip ^ in. Assam, Silhet and Khasia. 



'ff 1 Leaves more or less pubescent beneath. 



12. K. aureum, Clarke & Mann mss. ; dwarf, leaves small thin lan- 

 ceolate, spike short dense-fid, oblong, bracts 1-fld. wrapped tightly round 

 the calyx, calyx as long as the bract, flowers very small golden yellow, 

 staminodes linear, lip narrow cuneate deeply bifid segments narrow, stamen 

 half as long again as the lip. 



NORTHERN KHASIA HILLS ; alt. 5000-6000 ft., Clarke, Mann. 



Epiphytic ; leafy stem short, slender. Leaves 6-8 by 1-1 in., slightly pubescent 

 beneath, tapering gradually to a long point. Spike 1^-2 in. j bracts cylindric, 

 green, glabrous, ^ in. Calyx about as long as the bract. Corona-tube ^-f in. j 

 segments linear, %-% in. ; staminodes as long as the corolla-segments ; lip A- in! 

 long, narrowed gradually to a short claw ; filament as long as the lip j anther 

 linear, in. Capsule globose, glabrous, the size of a pea. 



13. K. gracile, Roxb. Hort. Beng.; Fl. Ind. i. 14; Cor. PI. iii. 

 48, t. 251 ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, spike long moderately dense-fid., 

 bracts 1-fld. wrapped tightly round the calyx, calyx longer than the bract^ 

 flowers small greenish white, staminodes linear, lip oblong-cuneate 2-par- 

 tite, segments narrow, stamen half as long again as the lip. Wall. Gat 

 5546 B. in Kew Journ. v. (1853) 367, in part. 



KHASIA HILLS and CHITTAGONG, Roxburgh, Wallich. 



Leafy stem 2-3 ft. Leaves 5-6 by 1^-2 in., thin, caudate, finely pubescent 

 beneath. Spike 2-4 in. ; bracts f in., green, cylindric, thin, glabrous. Calyx a 

 little longer than the bract. Corona-tube 1 in., very slender; segments linear, 

 nearly as long as the tube; staminodes very narrow, shorter than the corolla-seg- 

 ments ; lip ^ in., distinctly clawed; nlament 1 in., bright red; anther linear. Capsule 

 globose, glabrous, the size of a pea. 



Var. H. GLAUCUM, Rose. Scit. PI. t. 53 (sp.) More robust and larger in all its 

 parts ; leaves glabrous and glaucous beneath ; spike often 6-9 in. ; bracts f in. ; parts 

 of the flower half as long again as in the type. H. gracile, Wall. Cat. 6546 A, in 

 Kew Journ. v. 367, in part ; Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 6638. Khasia Hills, 

 Bhotan, and Sikkim, alt. 3000-6000 ft. 



14. V H. G-riffithianum, Wall, in Kew Journ. v. (1853), 369; leaves 

 lanceolate, spike lax-fld., bracts 1-fld. cylindric, calyx longer tjian or 

 equalling the bract, flowers white or pale yellow,, staminodes linear, lip 

 long narrow clawed bipartite? segments narrow, stamen rather longer than 

 the lip. Horan. Prodr. 25. 



KHASIA HILLS, alt. 4-5000 ft., Griffith, Hoolc.f. $ Thorns. 



Leaves sometimes above 1 ft., 2-3 in. broad, marked above with glandular lines, 



