Cautleya.] , CXLix. scitamin'eje. (J, G. Baker.) 209 



larger, calyx longer and lip broador, with crisped margins; capsule and seeds quite 

 similar. 



3. C- splcata, Baker ; spike dense many-fld., leaves oblong acuminate 

 sessile or shortly petioled, bracts red as long as the calyx, seeds not 

 angled completely enclosed in a white soariose aril. Rosooea spicata, 

 Smith in Trans. lAnn. Soc, xiii. 461 ; Wall. Oat. 6530; Soran. Prodr. 21. 



Centbai: and Eabiebn Himalayas, from Kumaou to Silckini, ascending to 

 8500 ft. 



Stem 1-2 ft. Leaves sometimes 3-1 in. broad, not purple beneath. Spike 

 shortly peduncled, 6-9 in. ; bracts oblong, bright red, lower 1-1^ in. Calt/x 1 in., 

 tubular, red, minutely obtusely toothed, finally slit deeply down one side. Corolla- 

 tube as long as the calyx, upper segment about 1 in. ; lip bright yellow. Staminodes 

 nearly as long as the upper segment of the corolla, oblanceolate-oblong. Capsule 

 small, red, globose. Seeds J in., black, ovoid or flattened by pressure, 



4. C> robusta; Baker ; spike dense many-£d., leaves sessile oblong 

 acute, bracts linear-oblong reddish as long as the calyx, seeds pink not 

 angled enclosed in a red or yellow arillus. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 5500-6500 ft., Clarke. 



Xieaves 1 ft. or less by 3 in. or more. Spikes peduncled, 6-9 in. ; bracts 

 1 in. CoroHo not seen. Capsule depressed-globose, ^ in. diam. Seeds ovoid or 

 compressed, forming a dense mass ^ in. diam., entirely enveloped in the scarious 

 aril. 



5. C. petfolata, Baker; spike dense many-fld., leaves petioled 

 oblong-lanceolate caudate, bracts oblong reddish shorter than the calyx. 

 Eoscoea petiolata, Boyle mss. 



GabwhaIi Himalaya ; between Dehra and Landour, alt. 7000 ft., Uoyle. 



Stem 1 ft. or more. Leaves 6 by 1^-2} in., shortly petioled, erecto-patent. 

 Spike 3-4 in., nearly sessile ; bracts oblong, reddish, nearly 1 in. Calyx 1 in., 

 reddish, obscurely bidentate, slit deeply down one side. Upper coralla-segmeni and 

 lip pale Bulphnr-yellow, under 1 in. Staminode and stamen nearly as long as the 

 upper segment. — Known only from an unpublished figure of Royle's artist. 



6. CUZtCUnXA; Lirm. 



Bootstock tuberous, bearing sessile and long stipitate tubers ; stem 

 none. Leaves usually oblong, often very large. Flowers in dense com- 

 pound spikes (except in 0. Sunstleri) crowned by a coma of coloured 

 enlarged bracts ; lower bracts ovate, membranous, enclosing several brac- 

 teolate fugitive flowers which open in succession. Galyx short, cylindric, 

 minutely toothed. Gorolla-tube funnel-shaped ; segments usually ovate or 

 oblong, upper longer and more concave. Lateral staminodes oblong, 

 petaloid, connate with the short filament ; anther not crested, cells con- 

 tiguous, spurred at the base ; lip orbicular, tip deflexed. Ovary 3-oelled, 

 many-ovuled ; style filiform ; stigma 2-lipped, lip's ciliate. Capsule glohose, 

 membranous, finally 3-valved. Seeds gvoid ,or oblong, usuUy arillate. — 

 India, Siam, Malay Islands and N. Australia. 



The species of this genus are very difficult of determinati on and the characters 

 are taken almdst without exception from published or unpublished drawings. — Many 

 of Sect. I, are probably varieties, but this can be determined only by a comparison 

 of living specimens. I have failed in my endeavours to subdivide the species of 

 the several sections. 



' Sect. I. Exantha; Soran- Flower-spike vernal or ssstival, distinct 



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