208 CxLix. soiTAMiNEJ!. (J. G. Baker.) • [Rescoea. 



segment ; fertile stamen as long as the staminode ; anther-tails ^ in. ; lip l-lj in., 

 deflexed. Capsule cylindrie, l-lj in. — Varies greatly in robustness, breadth of 

 leaves and colour and size of flowers. Var. JS. exilis, " Smith;" Horan. Prodr. 21, 

 is probably a dwarf narrow-leaved variety. 



Var. a. PEOCERA, Wall. PI. As. Sar. t. 242; Wall. Cat. 6528 C. ; taller, more 

 robust, with broader leaf-sheaths and larger flowers. E. purpurea, Lindl. in Sot. 

 Reg. xxvi. t. 61. — Kumaoti, Nepal and Sikkim. 



Var. R. Bkandisii, King mss. ; leaf-sheaths narrower and perianth-tube longer 

 than ''in the type. — Khasia Hills. 



3. B.. capltata; Smith in Trans, Linn. Soc. xiii. 461 ; stem elongated, 

 leaves many linear, flowers many in a dense oblong peduncled spike, 

 coroUa-tnbe not longer tlian tke calyx, limb pale, blue, upper segment 

 oblong-cuneate, lip narrow emarginate. Wall. JPl. As. Sar. t. 265.; Gat. 

 6529 ; Koran. Prodr. 20. 



Nepal, Wallich,, Scully. 



Stem -J-l ft. or longer. Leaves ereeto-patent, ^-1 ft. by \ in. Peduncle erect, 

 3-6 in. Spike lJ-2 in.; bracts green, lanceolate, 1-li in. Oalyx 1 in., green, 

 minutely 2-toothed, slit deeply down one side. Upper corolla-segment f in., 

 arcuate, very concave ; lower rather longer, oblanceolate deflexed. Staminode 

 nearly as long as the upper segment ; lip 1 by ^ in., oblong-spathulate. Capsule 

 1 in., clavate. 



IMPBKPEOTIT-KNOWlf SPECIES. 

 i. R. LONOIPOLIA, Baker ; stem short, produced leaves about 6 outer oblong 

 inner 12 in. linear or lanceolate, flowers 1—3 in a sessile spike, calyx-tube slender 

 cylindrie IJ in., corolla-tube twice as long, limb not seen, capsule shortly pedicelled 

 clavate above an inch long. — Simla, on Fagu, Thomson. 



5. CAUTXiEVA, Boyle. 



Characters of Boscoea, but flowers yellow, dorsal lobe of the corolla 

 narrow, and capsule dehiscing to the base with recurved lobes exposing the 

 seeds in a columnar mass. — Species, the following. 



1. ©■ lutea, Boj/le III. 361 ; spike lax few-fld., leaves sessile la,nceolate 

 or oblong-lanceolate, bracts oblong green mtich shorter than-tlie calyx, 

 seeds black angular exavillate. Mook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 6991. Eoscoea 

 gracilis, Smith in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 460; Soran. Prodr. Scit. 21. R. 

 elatior, Smith I. c; Wall. Cat. 6531 A, B. R. lutea, Boyle III. 361, t. 89, 

 f. 2 ; Wight Ic. t. 2013. 



Tempbkate Himalaya j from .Kashmir to Sikkim, ascending to 7-8000 ft. 

 Khasia Hills, J. D. H. ^ T. T. 



Stem 12-18 in., slender. Leaves 6-9 by 1-H '^'^- "t flowering time, usually 

 purple beneath. Flowers 6-12 in a lax peduncled spike, rachis red flexuose j bracts 

 i-i in. Oah/x red, above i in., minutely toothed,' slit deeply down one side. 

 Corolla-tahe slightly exserted ; limb bright yellow ; upper segment -J-J in., lower 

 as long, oblong-cuneate, deflexed. Staminode nearly as long as the upper segment, 

 bases minutely spurred on the inner side; lip f in., 2-lobed to below the middle, 

 lobes oblong. Capsule i in., bright red, globose ; valves ovate, reflexed, red inside. 

 Seeds black, angled, top flat. 



2. €■ Cathcartl, Baker ; spike dense many-fid., leaves sessile lanceo- 

 late or oblong-lanceolate, bracts green oblong shorter than the calyx, seeds 

 black angular exarillate. 



Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 7-8000 ft., Griffith's Collectors, &c. 



Very near 0. lutea, but more robust, flowers twice or thrice as many, bracts 



