230 CXLIX. SCITAMINE^E. (J.G. Baker.) [Hedycldum. 



finely pilose beneath. Spike 6-9 in. ; bracts 1-1^ in., rolled tightly round the calyx, 

 calyx and corolla glandular. CoroZZa-tube 2-3 in. ; segments 1 in., linear. Sta-ati- 

 nodes nearly as long as the corolla-segments ; lip 1 in. long ; filament bright rud, 

 1-1^ in. ; anther large, linear. Capsule globose, glabrous, \ in. diam. Nearly 

 allied to H. spicatum. 



Var. glanduligerum, Clarke. Leaves glabrous beneath. Whole plant especially 

 the flower very glandular. Khasia Hills. 



15. H. thyrsiforme 9 Hamilt. ex. Smith in Rees Cyclop, xiii. No. 4; 

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

 1-fld., calyx not longer than the bract, flowers white, staminodes linear, 

 lip narrow clawed 2-partite, segments narrow, stamen twice as long as the 

 lip. Watt. Cat. 6541 ; in Kew Journ. v. (1853), 327 ; Rose. Scit. PI. t. 56 ; 

 Horan. Prodr. 25. H. heteromallum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 767. 

 H. Tocucho, Herb. Hamilt. 



TEOPICAL HIMALAYA j from KUMAON to SIKKIM, alt. 2-40CO ft., and 

 CHITTAGONG. 



Leaf sometimes 1 ft., 3-4 in. broad, finely pilose beneath. Spike very dense, 

 3-6 in. ; lower empty bracts ovate; flower-bracts cylindric, green, 1| in. Corolla- 

 tube not much longer than the bract ; segments 1 in., linear; staminodes as long as 

 the corolla-segments ; lip as long, distinctly clawed, usually cut about half way down 

 into two linear-oblong segments ; filament whitish, l-2 in. ; anther linear. 



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Lip cuneate or obovate. 



16. K. Hookeri, Clarke mss. ; dwarf, leaves short oblong, spike 

 short oblong, bracts oblong imbricate 1-fld., calyx shorter than the bract, 

 flowers very small sulphur-yellow, staminodes oblong-cuneate, lip obovate- 

 clawed bifid, stamen twice as long as the lip. 



K.HASIA HILLS, alt. 4-5000 ft., Hook. f. fy Thomson. ASSAM, Griffith, 

 Leafy stem slender, 1-1| ft. Leaves 5-6 by 2 in., thin, glabrous, caudate, base 

 cuneate. Spike 1-2 in., resembling that of Globba bulbifera, few-fld. ; bracts in., 

 oblong, laxly imbricate, green, glabrous. Calyx $ in. Corolla-tube a little longer 

 than the calyx ; segments linear, in. ; staminodus as long as the corolla-segments ; 

 lip nearly as long, distinctly clawed; filament -| J in.; anther in. Capsule 

 globose, glabrous, 5 in. diam. 



17. K." G-ardnerianum, Rose. Scit. PL t. 62 ; tall, leaves oblong 

 white pulverulent beneath, spike long moderately dense-fld., bracts large 

 oblong 1-2-fld., calyx not longer than the bract, flowers bright lemon-yellow, 

 staminodes oblanceolate, lip obovate-cuneate, tip 2- fid or 2-3-toothed, stamen 

 twice as long as the lip. Wall, in Kew Journ. v. (1853), 369 (excl. syns. fy 

 vars.} ; Bot. Reg. t. 774 ; Hook.f. in Bot. Mag. t. 6913 (excl. syns.) ; Horan. 

 Prodr. 25 ; Reiclib. Exot. t. 183 ; G-ard. C/iron. 1875, i. 461, figs. 92, 93 ; 

 Mart. FL Bras. iii. p. 3, t. 9. 



EASTERN HIMALAYA; Kepal, Sikkim, and the KHASIA HILLS, alt. 4-8000 ft. 



Leafy stem 5-6 ft. Leaves 1-1^ ft. by 4-6 in., white pulverulent beneath, as 

 are the young bracts and rachis of the spike. Spike 1-1 ^- ft. ; bracts 1^-2 in., 

 rolled tightly round the flowers, glabrous. Corona-tube a little longer than -the 

 bract; segments greenish, reflexing, 1-1 in. Staminodes above 1 in. by |-f in. 

 broad ; lip 1 in. or more, ^-f in. broad, narrowed gradually to a short claw ; tilament 

 bright red, 2-2| in.; anther linear, i | in. Capsule-valves ovate, orange-red 

 within, persistent, f in. Seeds brownish-crimson. 



Var. H. PALLIDTJM, Regel in Trans. Russ. Hort. Soc . 1864, t. 153 (sp.). Lip 

 narrower, more distinctly clawed and distinctly bifid. Horan. Prodr. 25. Khasia, 

 J. D. H. 



