Atnomum."] CXLIX. SCITAMINEJE. (J. G. Baker.) 241 



to a rootstock j bracts 1 in., reddish, membranous. Corona-tube 2 in., very 

 slender ; segments in., linear-oblong, membranous. Lip white, subcochleate, twice 

 as long as the corolla-segments, with a broad yellow central band with a reddish 

 border ; anther-crest large, petaloid. 



ft Spike many -fid., oblong. 



38. A. JBLing-ii, Baker; leaves oblong-lanceolate, spike oblong pedun- 

 cled, bracts ovate, lip small broad emarginate, anther-crest obscurely 

 3-lobed, fruit neither costate nor echinate. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA; King. 



Leafy stem stout. Leaves above a foot long, 3-4 in. broad. Spike 4-5 in. ; 

 bracts pale brown, 1-1 ^ in. ; peduncle as long as the spike. Corona-tube 1 in. ; 

 segments oblong, obtuse, nearly as long as the tube. Lip | in. broad, white tinged 

 with yellow, obscurely 3-lobed, narrowed suddenly to a broad claw ; stamen shorter 

 than the lip. Capsule globose, 1 in. diam. 



39. A. ulig-inosuxn, Kaenig in Eetz Obs. iii. 56; leaves oblong 

 glabrous, spike peduncled, outer bracts oblong, lip broad emarginate 

 margins rounded ascending, anther-crest 4-lobed, capsule globose echinate. 

 Wurfbainia, GiseJce Prsel. Linn. 206. 



MALAY PENINSULA ; Raput Nok, Kcenig. 



Rootstoch filiform. Leafy stem 3-4 ft. Leaves scarcely 1 ft. Spike distant 

 from the leaves; bracts oblong, membranous, subrigid, white. Corona-segments 

 white ; upper oblong, obtuse ; lateral lanceolate. Lip with a rigid claw and a 

 recurvato-ascending cymbiform blade.-/-De 'script, from Roenig, I. c. 



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ftf Spike globose,. 



40. A. xanthophlebium, BaJcer leaves lanceolate glabrous, spike 

 globose shortly peduncled, outer bracts large oblong glabrous, lip broad 

 3-lobed longer than the corolla-segments, anther-crest trifid. 



MALACCA, Malngay (Kew Distrib. 1585). 



Leafy stem long, robust. Leaves above 1 ft. Spikes 2-2% in. and broad ; 

 peduncle about as long ; outer bracts reddish, 1 in. Corona-tube as long as the 

 bract ; lower segments oblong, upper broader ovate. Lip dull red, paler towards the 

 margin, with radiating yellow veins. ^Int/ier-crest broad ; lateral lobes decurved. 



41. A. aromaticum, Roxb. FJ-. Ind. i. 45 ; leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 glabrous beneath, spike globose shortly peduncled, outer bracts small ovate, 

 lip large obovate-cuneate, anther-crest trifid, fruit neither costate nor 

 echinate. Wall. Cat. 6559 ; Horan. Prodr. 29 ? Renealmia fasciculata, 

 Rose. Scit. PI. t. 109. Geocallis fasciculata, Horan. Prodr. 33. 



EASTERN HIMALAYAS, tropical region ; NEPAL, Wallich ; SIKKIM, KHASIA 

 HILLS, SILHET, & NORTHERN BENGAL ; Roxburgh, &c. 



Leafy stem 3-4 ft. Leaves -1 ft. by 2-4 in., and glabrous on both sides. 

 Spike small, globose ; peduncle generally short, rarely longer and decumbent ; outer 

 bracts 1 in., ovate, pale brown. CoroZZo-tube 1 in. ; segments obtuse> nearly as long 

 as the tube, white, tinged with brown. Lip pale yellow, twice as long as the corolla- 

 segments, outer half deflexed. Anther-erest large, petaloid, lobes rounded. Capsule 

 1 in., oblong, trigonous. 



Renealmia fasciculata is founded on a rough drawing, probably of this species. 



42. A. pterocarpum, Thw. JEnum. 317; leaves large oblong- 

 lanceolate glabrous beneath, spike globose shortly peduncled, outer bracta 



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