218 cxLix. sciTAMiNE^. (J. G. Baker.) \Gastrochilu3. 



4. 6. tUlandsloides, Baker ; perennial, stem 0, leaves distinctly 

 petioled, flowers many in a long sabsessile spike with imbricate bracts, 

 staminodes linear-oblong not longer than the corolla-segments. 



?Peeae; ; Kunstler. 



Leaves 6-8 in., oblong, subacute, base rounded, green above, purplish beneath, 

 petiole nearly or quite as long as the blade. Spike 6 in. ; bracts 20-30, oblong, about 

 1 in. StaminoAes \—\ in., whitish, similar to the corolla-segments in shape and 

 size J lip orbicular-cuneate, ^ in. long and broad, pure white with a faint yellow spot 

 at the throat ; stamen half as long as the lip ; filament as long as the anther. — 

 Described from a specimen cultivated in Mart. Caleittt, 



6. €r. rubrolutea, Baker ; perennial, leafy stem produced, leaves 

 oblong caudate sessile or shortly petioled, flowers many, spike very narrow 

 terminal on the stem or on a radical scape, corolla-tube not longer than the 

 bract, staminodes yellow rather longer than the red corolla-segments. 



Khasia Hiiis ; J. D. B. (^ T. T., Clarice. 



Leafy stem J-1 ft. or more. Leaves 6-3 in. narrowed to the base. Spike 2-3 in., 

 as long as its peduncle or scape, much narrower and fewer flowered than in Q-. 

 pulcherrima; bracts few, small, closely sheathing the scape. Coro/to-segments 

 1 in. ; staminodes yellow, ^ in. broad; stamen nearly as long as the staminodes j 

 lip oblong-cuneate, panduriform, upper half red, lower yellow. 



6. G> parvula, Wall. Cat. 6590 ; annual, stem short, leaves small 

 shortly petioled oblong, flowers solitary from the centre of the leaves, 

 corolla-tube not longer than the bract, staminodes longer than the corolla- 

 segments. 



Tatot, Gomez. 



A dwarf annual, with 8-4 acute membranous leaves 1^2 in. long at the top of a 

 short stem. Root-fihres all slender. Bract green, under 1 in., wrapped tightly 

 round the corolla-tube, its base hidden by the sheath of the uppermost leaf. Corolla- 

 segments linear-oblong, greenish, i in.; lip i in., obovate-cuneate ; stamen arcuate 

 half as long as the lip. Habit of a K<empferia of the Sineorus section. 



JMPEBFBCILT KNOWN AND UNDESCRIBED SPECIES. 



G. 7 TiLi2:f OLIA, Saker ; annual, root-fibres slender fascicled, leafy stem short, 

 leaves 4-5 by 3 in. distinctly petioled ovate cuspidate, base oblique, spike 4-5 in., 

 terminal, sessile dense-fld., bracts 1-1^ in., oblong-lanceolate scariose imbricate, 

 corolla-tube as long as the bract, segments lanceolate under an inch, staminodes 

 not longer than the segments, lip oblong-cuneate \\ m. — Khasia Hills, tropical 

 region, Sk.f. ^ Thomson (Monolophus 6, Keri. Ind. Or.). I have not been able to 

 make out the structure of the anther. 



G. AEFiNis, Wall. mss. em. Voigt Hort. Suburb, Calcutt. 372 ; Horan. Prodr. 

 22). — Assam. 



G. Jenkinsii, Wall. mss. I. c. — Assam. (See under Q. longiflora.) 



8. KSMPFBRXA, Lin-n. 



Bootstock often tuberous, fibres various. Stem short or 0. Leaves few. 

 Flowers spioate, on radical scapes, or terminating a leafy stem. Calyx 

 short, cylindric, splitting down one side. (7oro^?a-tube long, slender ; 

 segments equal, usually spreading. Staminodes broad, petaloid ; stamen 

 short, arcuate ; anther-cells separated on a broad connective, which is pro- 

 duced above into a petaloid crest, not spurred below ; lip broad, usually 

 bifid. Ovary 3-celled ; style long, filiform ; stigma turbinate. Capsule 

 oblong ; pericarp thin. Seeds subglobose, aril small lacerate. — Tropics of 

 the Old World. 



