24 BENGAL PLANTS. [Artificial Gi id 
or larger and gibbous behind; spikes almost always. 
rising direct from rhizome, rarely at apex of a | 
stem 935. Amomun 
eee contiguous, parallel :— = 
Fila: short, connective produced as a narrow 
on n gm, i 
subglobose ; spikes usually produced direct from the 
rhizome, sometimes at apex of a leafy stem 
936. 
Filament forming with the produced connective an 
semilunar pit ciliate round the spikes 
usually at ~~ of leafy stem, aa, idle ect 
from the rhizome 937 
{Flowers in racemes or panicles at the top of leafy “a 
filament long, anther-cells divergent at — ; stig 
bose [p. 23 
[p. 2 
inal tube with 5 subsimilar slightly unequal pete 
sesihidate, the 1-celled anther adnate to one of the sma 
segments; ovary 3-celled; placentas many-ovuled; sty 
flattened, stigma terminal, capitate; embryo seg 
Staminal tube very irregular, 5-6-lobed, 1 or 2 lobe 
lateral and 1 (the lip) anterior, with 2 or 3 lobes dors 
which 2 or 1 are hood-like and another bears the anther 
placentas 1l-ovuled; stigma oblique, dilated or 2-labia 
embryo ¢ curved :— c 
Ovary in appearance 1-celled and l-ovuled with 2 am 
rudimentary empty cells; stem leafy with a termi 
few-flowered inflorescence and convolute a b: 
9 
Ovary 3-celled, 3-ovuled :-— 
Stem leafy with terminal panicled scattered flowers 
heads of flowers ; bracts and bracteoles persistent 
942, Phryn 
*Perianth single, or obsolete or absent :—[p. 23] 
