Hitahenia.] cxlix. soitamine^. (J. G. Baker.) 225 



fibres. Leafy slem 3-4: ft. Leaves oblong, 1-1^ ft. by S-'B in., narrowed to the 

 baae, often tinged red-brown. Spike i ft. j bracts 1 in., green, obovate-ciineate, 

 spreading in the upper third, those of the coma longer, whitish. Mowers yellow ; 

 corolla-tube slender, IJ in. ; expanded limb 1 in. diam. ; staminodes oblong, ^ in. j 

 lip i in. diam., deeply bidd ; stamen shorter than the corolla-segments, 



3. H. Careyana, Benth. in Oen. Plant, iii. 643 ; bracts all flowering, 

 corolla-tube little longer than the bract, segments linear, staminodes 

 minute, lip cuneate with a long claw, filament long. Curcuma Careyana, 

 Wall. Oat. 6595. 



Easteen Himalaya, subtropical region. Khasia Hills, Assam, CaohaBj 

 SiLHET and Manipce. 



Stem 4 ft. Leaves oblong, 1-2 ft. by 4-5 in., narrowed gradually from the 

 middle to the base. Spike 6-8 in. ; bracts 1-1^ in., closely imbricate, obovate- 

 cuneate, squarrose; bracteoles 1 in., lanceolate. Flowers purple; corolla-segments 

 ^ in. ; staminodes minute, obovate-cuneate, emarginate ; lip f in., cuneate, with a 

 long claw and a small bifid cusp ; filiform filament ^ in. Capsule small, green, 

 oblong -trigonous. — Resembles S. glauca in habit, but differs so much in structure 

 that probably it should form a difierent genus. 



IMPEKPECTLY KNOWN SPECIES. 



4. H. MUSACEA, Saker; stemless, leaves like Musa in texture, 1^ ft. by 6-8 in., 

 oblong, base rounded, petiole as long as the blade, spike central, peduncle ^ ft. long, 

 bracts li-li in. orbicular coriaceous slightly squarrose each several-fid., flowers 

 withered and imperfect. Curcuma musacea, Wall. Oat. 6596. — Singapore, Wallieh. 

 Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. 



10. HSDVCKXTTni, Kcenig. 



Mootstock horizontal, tuberous ; root-fibres not much thickened. Stem 

 elongate, leafy. Leaves distichous, oblong or lanceolate. Flowers sub- 

 solitary or in terminal spikes ; bracts oblong, subcoriaceous, one- or more-fld. 

 Calyx tubular, 3 dentate. OoroZZa-tube long, slender; segments linear, 

 equal, spreading. Lateral staminodes linear or oblong-cuneate ; filament 

 narrow ; anther-cells contiguous, connective not produced ; lip large, bifid. 

 Ovary 3-celled ; ovules many, superposed ; style long, filiform, stigma 

 subgJobose. Gapside globose, 3-valved. Seeds many, small, aril lacerated. 

 — India and Malay Islands. 



Sect. I. Gandasuliumi Horam. Stamen never much longer than 

 the lip. 



* Leaves more or less pubescent beneath. 



1. K. coronarium, Kcenig in Betz Ohs. iii. 73; leaves oblong or 

 oblong-lanceolate, spike dense-fld., bracts large oblong imbricate 3-4-fld., 

 flowers white or tinged with yellow, staminodes oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 

 lip broad shallowly bifid distinctly clawed, stamen as long as or rather 

 longer than the lip. Boxb. in Asiat. Bes. xi. 325 ; Sort. Beng. 1 ; Fl. Ind. i. 10 ; 

 Bd. TVall. Sf Ca/rey, i. 9 ; Bosc. in Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 343, t. 20, f. 6 ; Scit. 

 PI t. 51 • Bot. Mag. t. 708 ; Smith Bxot. Fl. ii. 1. 107 ; Blume Enum. Fl. 

 Jav. i. 56 ; Wight la. t. 2010 ; Wall. Gat. 6539, in Kew Jomrn. v. (1853), 325 ; 

 Thw. Enum. 319. H. spicatum, Lodd. Bot. Oat. t. 653, not of Samilt. H. 

 Gandasulium, Prophetas and album, Berb. iZasmiZ*.— Hedychium, Griff. 

 Notul. iii. 419 (the 3nd species.)— iBwra^A. Amboin. t. 69, fig. 3. 



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