Mani.isia.'] cslix, soiTAMiNEiE. (J. G. Baker.) 201 



2. TIL. spathulata, Sohult. Mamt. i. 49 ; staminodes with a narrow 

 claw and flattened petaloid blade. Moran. Frodr. 19. Globba spathulata, 

 Eoxb. Sort. Beng. 2 ; Fl. Ind. i. 83. 



SiLBET, Sowbwgh; Chittagongs, Lister. 



Habit and foliage of M. saltatoria, but panicle larger, branches more numerous, 

 bracts oblong, uppermost about as long as the calyx, corolla-segments narrower, 

 lip less deeply bifid, staminodes much shorter, and placed lower down on the 

 filament, 



2. eXiOBBA, Linn. 



Rhizome short, creeping ; stem erect. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanoeolate. 

 Flowers in terminal panicles, rarely spikes ; bracts usually deciduous, buds 

 often replaced by bulbils. Calyx funnel-shaped, 3-L)bed. Oorolla-tuhia 

 longer than the calyx ; lobes ovate, subequal. Lateral staminodes petaloid, 

 contiguous to the corolla-segments ; lip defleied ; filament with 2 dorsal 

 appendages, long, incurved ; anther oblong, connective simple, winged or 

 spurred, produced beyond the cells. Ovary 1-celled ; placentas 3, parietal; 

 style filiform, placed in a groove of the filament ; stigma turbinate. Cap- 

 sule globose, finally dehiscent. Seedls small, ovoid ; aril small, white, 

 lacerate. — Species about 25, Indian, Chinese, and Malayan. 



Sect. I. Aplanthera, Moran. Anther neither winged nor spurred. 



* Leaves glabrous heneath (or sliglitJy pubescent in G. racemosa). 



1. &• racemosa, Smith Exot. Bot. ii. 115 t. 117; leaves slightly hairy 

 or quite glabrous beneath, panicle long narrow, lower branches 2-3-fld. at 

 tha tip, bulbils 0, bracts small deaidnons, corolla-segments and staminodes 

 ovate equal in length, lip longer shortly bifid, capsule smooth. G. orixensis, 

 Wall. Cat. 6S35 B, G, H., not of Boxb. 



Central and Basteen Htmalaya, ascending to 6000-7000 feet in Kumaon. 



Leafy stems 1^2 ft. Leaves 6-9 in., oblong or oblong-lanceolate, subcaudate, 

 sometimes slightly hairy beneath on the ribs towards the bsse. Fanicle J-l ft. ; 

 rachis glabrous ; bi-anch-bracts and flower-bracts caducous. Calyx i in., yellowish, 

 shortly lobed. CoroZte bright yellow; tube 2-3 times the length of the calyx; seg- 

 ments J in., reflexed ; filament 2-3 times the length of the segments. Capsule ^ in. 

 — The name racemosa is a misleading one. 



2. G. orlzensis, Bioxi. in Asiat. Res. xi. 358; Sort. Beng. 2; Coram. 

 Fl. t. 229 ; Fl. Ind. i. 78 ; leaves glabrous beneath, panicle long narrow, 

 lower branches 2-3-fld. at the tip, bulbils 0, bracts small deciduous, corolla- 

 segments staminodes and lip equal in length, capsule warted. Moran. 

 Frodr. 19. 



SiEKiM Himalaya, at a low level, Sook. f. et Thorns. {Merl. Ind. Or. Wo. 15). 

 NOBTHERN ClBOAES, EoxburgJi. 



Nearly allied to 6-. TOcemosa, but flowers smaller, deep orange, with a' shorter 

 corolla-tube ; lip spotted with red-brown at the throat ; capsules smaller. 



3. G. Clarkel, Baker; leaves glabrous beneath, panicle long narrow, 

 lower branches 2-3-fld. at the tip, bulbils many, bracts small deciduous, 

 corolla-segments and staminodes ovate equal in length, lip longer shortly 

 2-lobed, capsule smooth. 



SiKKiM Himalaya ; alt. 3000-7600 ft. ( Herb. Ind. Or. E.f. Sf T., No. 9) ; Khasia 

 Hills, J. D. S. alt. 3000-5700 ft. ; Munnipobb, Watt. 



Nearly allied to <?. racemosa, but racemes longer and laser, with most of the 

 upper flowers changed into bulbils, calyx less corolline, usually brownish, corolla 

 yellow, tinged with brown. 



