Hedycliiiim.~\ CXLIX. SCITAMINE^:. (J. G. Baker.) 231 



18. K. speciosum, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind Ed. Carey 8f Wall. i. 13 ; 

 Cat. 6550 ; PL As. Rar. iii. 51, t. 285 ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, spike long 

 moderately dense-fld. bracts large oblong 1-2-fld., flowers pale sulphur- 

 yellow, sta minodes linear, lip oblong-cuneate entire, stamen twice the 

 length of the lip. H. Gnrdnerianum, Wall, in Keiv Journ. v. (1853) 369, in 

 part. Gartiocbilus, Lestid. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 2, xv. 341. 



SILHET, Gomez. 



Leaves above 1 ft., 3-4 in. broad, glabrous beneath. Spike i-l ft. ; lower 

 bracts 1| in., f in. broad. Calyx cylindric, about as long as the bract. Corolla- 

 tube 2 in. ; segments linear, 1 in. ; staminodes longer than the segments ; lip not 

 clawed, 1 in. by ^ in. broad ; filament bright red, twice as long as the lip; anther 

 linear, yellow, - in. 



19. H. stenopetalum, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1902 ; very tall, leaves 

 oblong very hairy beneath, spike long lax or moderately dense-fld., bracts 

 large oblong often 2-fld., flowers pure white, staminodes oblanceolate, lip 

 oblong-cuneate bifid, stamen twice as long as tbelip. H. barbatum, Wall. 

 Cat. 6544. H. coccineum j8, in part, Wall, in Kew Journ. v. (1853), 373. 

 H. elatum, Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 75. H. el-artum var. orgyale, 

 Horan. Prodr. 25. 



ASSAM, KHASIA, the NAGA HILLS, and NORTH BURMA, alt. 1500-3000 ft. 



The tallest species. Leaves sometimes 2 ft. by 5-6 in., very hairy all over be- 

 neath. Spike 1 ft. or more, rachis very stout ; bracts rigid, often 2 in. by 1 in. 

 Calyx shorter than and corolla-tube scarcely longer than the bract. Corolla- 

 segments linear, 1| in. ; staminodes shorter than the corolla-segments ; lip pure 

 white, 1 in., narrowed gradually into a short claw ; filament pale, lg-2 in. j anther 

 linear, yellow, in. 



*** Lip orbicular. 



20. K. coccineum, Hamilt. ex Smith in Rees Cyclop, xvii. 5 ; leaves 

 lanceolate, spike long moderately dense-fld., bracts oblong 1-2-fld., calyx 

 not longer than the bract, flowers small bright crimson, staminodes 

 lanceolate, lip orbicular distinctly clawed deeply bifid, stamen more than 

 twice as long as the lip. Wall, in Kew Journ. v. (1853), 372, ex parte ; 

 Rose. Scit. PI. t. 58 ; Wall. Cat. 6548 ; Reichb. Ic. JSxot. t. 184 ; Royle III. 

 357 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. edit. Wall, fy Carey, i. 82, in note. 



CENTRAL and EASTERN HIMALAYA, common (under one or other form). 

 CEYLON (native ?). 



Leaves 1 ft. or more, 1 in. broad, base rather rounded, narrowed gradually from 

 the middle to the point. Spike 1 ft. ; bracts green, 1-1 in. Corolla-tube scarcely 

 longer than the bract ; segments 1 in., linear, reflexing; staminodes under 1 in., 

 | ^ in. broad; lip above in. and broad; filament H i n -; anther linear, -5 in. 

 The type was described and drawn from a plant in the Calcutta Garden. 



Var. H. EOSCOEI, Wall. mss. (sp.). Staminodes bright red; lip dull brick red. 

 H. coccineum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1209. 



Var. H. SQUARROSUM, Buck. Hamilt. mss. fsp.) ; less robust with smaller bright 

 crimson flowers and very long glabrous leaves often not above 1 in. broad. H. au- 

 gustifolium, Wall. Cat. 6547; in Kew. Journ. v. (1853) 371, in greater part, non 

 Roxb. Common in the Eastern Himalaya, Khasia, and Upper Burma, alt. 8-9000 ft. 

 Ceylon. 



Var. H. LONGIFOLITTM, Rose. Scit. PL t. 59 (sp.) ; flowers bright crimson, leaves 

 very narrow pubescent beneath. Same range as the last variety. 



Var. H. ANGUSTIFOLITJM, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 1 ; Cor. PI. iii. 248, t. 251 ; Fl. Ind 



