No. 693. 
HEDYCHIUM CARNEUM. 
Class. 
MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
A native of India, lately introduced. The 
stem grows to about the height of five feet : 
the leaves are smooth, except the midrib, 
which is a little villous ; they are lanceolate, 
ending in a long point as fine as a hair. 
The spike is about six inches long, the fas- 
cicles of flowers usually threefold, each con- 
taining two flowers. The bractes are rigid, 
rather longer than the tube, which is about 
aninch. The border is double, the exterior 
three parted, divisions equal filamentose 
twisted, interior three parted, upper division 
banner-like, deeply two-lobed, short clawed, 
lower divisions equal, spreading, oblong. 
It flowers in August: the blossoms are 
fragrant: it must be kept in the stove, and 
may be increased by dividing the roots in 
spring: the soil should be rich loam. 
