250 CXLIX. SCITAMINE^:. (J. G. Baker.) [Coitus. 



Peng.?- PL Ind. i. 58; Wall. Gat. 6555; Wight Ic. t. 2014; Grak. Cat. PL 

 Bomb. 208 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 274 ; Thwaites Enum. 320. ReicU. Ic. 

 Exot. t. 69 ; Paxt. Mag. iv. t. 245. C. arabicus, Jacq. Ic. t. 1. Hellenia 

 grandiflora, Retz. Ohs. vi. 68. Bauksia speciosa, Kcenig in Eetz. Obs. iii. 

 75.Rkeede Hort. Mai. xi. t. 8 ; Rumph. Amboin. vi. t. 64, fig. fy 



Throughout India from the CENTEAL and EASTERN HIMALAYAS, ascending to 

 4000 ft. to CEYLON and MALACCA. DISTEIB. Malay islands. 



Leafy stem 6-9 ft. stout. Leaves -1 ft. or more, oblong, acute, thinly silky be- 

 neath. Spike very dense-fld. 2-4 in. ; bracts ovate, bright red, 1-1^ in. Calyx 1 in. ; 

 segments 3, ovate cuspidate. Corona-segments white, oblong 1-1^ in. Lip white, 

 suborbicular, 2-3 in., the margins incurved and meeting. Filament H-2 in. in- 

 cluding the oblong petaloid connective. Capsule 1 in., globose, red, crowned with 

 the persistent calyx. 



Var. C. NIPALENSIS, Rose. Scit. PI. t. 80 (sp.) leafy stem shorter, leaves 

 narrower lanceolate, spike globose. Wall. Cat. 6555 p. C. speciosus. Var. angus- 

 tifoliu s, Ker in Sot. Reg. t. 665 Central Himalayas. 



Var. AiiGYBOPnYLLtrs, Wall. Cat. 6555 G, H. j leaves more densely silky and 

 paler beneath, spikes globose, bracts pubescent. Pegu and Penang. 



2. C. globosus, Blume Enum. PI. Jav. 62 ? leaves glabrous beneath, 

 peduncle produced direct from the rootstock, bract-leaves, very short 

 small ovate, corolla-segments glabrous. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 610 ? 

 Horan. Prodr. 36 ? 



MALACCA, Maingay (Kew Distril. 1578). DISTEIB. Java. 



Leaves 6-8 by 2^-3 oblanceolate-oblong, narrowed gradually from the middle to 

 the base. Peduncle about 2 in. curved; bract-leaves in., ovate, densely imbricate. 

 Spike 1^ in. globose ; outer bracts ovate ; inner 1 in., oblong, back scabrous towards 

 the tip. Calyx 1 in. Corona-segments 1 in., ovate or oblong. Lip and stamen 

 C. speciosus. 



3. C. XLingrii, Baker; leaves pubescent beneath, peduncle longer pro- 

 duced direct from the rootstock, bract-leaves larger oblong, corolla- 

 segments villose. 



PEEAK ; Larut, King's Collector, 2104. 



Leaves 6-8 by 3-3| in., oblanceolate-oblong, subcoriaceous, broadest above the 

 middle, narrowed gradually to the base. Peduncle 4-5 in. stout; bracts 1 in., 

 densely imbricate, oblong, scariose. Spike 2^3 in., very dense, globose ; outer 

 bracts above 1 in., ovate; inner lanceolate. CaZy^-tube 1 in., villous; segments 

 ovate, sharply cuspidate. Corona-segments 1 in., hairy. Lip suborbicular, 2 in. 

 long and broad. 



14. CYPHOSTXGMA, Bcntli. 



Rootstock thick, horizontal, perennial. Leafy stem short. Leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate. Inflorescence a panicle distinct from the leafy stem, 

 lax, decumbent; flowers 1-2 to a bract, bracteolate. Calyx cylindric, 

 minutely 3-toothed, slit down one side. Corolla-tube cylindric ; seg- 

 ments linear-oblong, subequal. Lateral staminodes obsolete ; lip orbicular- 

 reniform, emarginate ; filament short ; anther-cells distant, crest very large 

 petaloid. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules many, superposed ; style filiform ; stigma 

 large, cylindric, gibbous at the base, stigma cup-shaped. Capsule and 

 seeds unknown. 



