232 CXLIX. SCITAMINE.E. (J. G. Baker.) [Hedycliium. 



i. 13; leaves not so long and narrow as in the two last, spike shorter, flowers dull 

 brick red or salmon-red often 3-4 in a fascicle, lip obovate-cuneate less deeply 

 bifid under % in. and broad. Hose. Scit. PI. t. 60; Sot. Mag. t. 2078; Kern. Hort. 

 t. 807. Chittagoug and Silhet, always at low levels. 



Var. H. CARNEUM, Hose. iScit. PL t. 57 (sp.) ; leaves l|-2 in., flowers white tinged 

 with pale red, lip orbicular ^~f in. long and broad, filament pale red 1^-2'in. Bot. 

 Mag. t. 2637; Lodd. Sot. Cab. t. 693. 



21. K. aurantiacum, Wall. Cat. 6551 ; leaves long lanceolate, spike 

 long moderately dense-fld., bracts oblong often 2-3-fld., calyx not longer 

 than the bract, flowers bright orange-yellow, staminodes lanceolate, lip 

 orbicular distinctly clawed deeply bifid, stamen more than twice as long as 

 the lip. Rose. $cit. PI. t. 39. H. Gardnerianum, var. 7, Wall, in KQW 

 Journ. v. (1853), 369 ; Savi Fl. Ital. iii. t. 112. H. angustifolium, Bot. 

 Reg. t. 157. 



KUMAON and NEPAL, alt. 5000 ft. or more. 



Leaves 1-1^ ft. by 2-3 in., narrowed gradually to the base, glabrous beneath. 

 Spike -1 ft. ; bracts oblong, green, glabrous, 1-1 in. Corona-tube not much 

 longer than the bract ; segments linear, 1 in. or more ; staminodes as long as the 

 corolla- segments ; lip shorter than the staminodes, about as broad as long ; filament 

 pale bright red ; anther linear, yellow, i in. The affinity is stronger with some forms 

 of coccineum than with Gardnerianum. ^ 



22. H. luteum, Herb. Calcut. ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, spike short 

 dense-fld., bracts oblong closely imbricate, flowers lemon-yellow, corolla- 

 tube twice as long as the bract, staminodes lanceolate, lip orbicular bifid 

 distinctly clawed, stamen half as long again as the lip. 



ASSAM, Oldham. 



Intermediate between H. flavum & aurantiacum. Stem slender. Leaves under 

 1 ft. Bracts broad, green, 1 in. Coro//a-tube 2 in. ; segments linear, pale yellow, 

 above 1 in. ; lip under 1 in. broad, uniform yellow throughout, narrowed suddenly to 

 a short claw. Described from a drawing in the Calcutta collection. 



23. K. g-ratum, Wall, ex Voigt. Sort. Suburb. Galcutt. 570 (name 

 only) ; leaves long lanceolate, spike dense-fld., bracts large oblong, corolla- 

 tube much longer than the bract, flowers whitish, staminodes oblong, lip 

 orbicular clawed deeply emarginate, stamen a little longer than the lip. 



KHASIA HILLS, Wattich. 



Leafy stem long and stout. Leaves above 1 ft., 3 in. broad. Spike % ft. ; 

 bracts 2-3 in. Corolla-segments linear, 1-J in. ; staminodes 1 in., narrowed to the 

 base ; lip 1 in. broad, narrowed suddenly to a short claw. Ditfers from coccineum 

 by its whitish flowers and shorter stamens. Described from a drawing in the 

 Calcutta collection. 



24. K. elatum, Br. in Bot. R,eg. t. 526 ; leaves large oblong, 

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

 calyx as long as the bract, flower white tinged with red, staminodes ob- 

 lanceolate, lip orbicular clawed bifid, stamen twice as long as the lip. 

 Rose. Scit. PI. t. 63; Wall. Cat. 6549 A, B; Lodd. Sot. Cab. t. 856; 

 Reichb. Fl. Exot. t. 270 ; Horan. Prodr. 26. H. coccineum, var. ft, Wall, 

 in 'Kew Journ. v. (1853), 373, in part. 



SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA j from KTJMAON to SIKKIM, alt. about 5000 ft. 



Leaf above 1 ft., 3-4 in. broad, glabrous beneath. Spike 1 ft. or more, rachis 

 very stout; bracts oblong, 1-li in., f in. broad. Calyx cylindric,! 1| in. Corolla- 

 tube a little longer than the bract; segments linear, 1 in. ; staminodes 1-li in., 



