Hedychkim.] cxux. sciTAMiNEiE. (J. G. Baker.) 227 



or erect j bract thin, at most 1 in., glabrous, rolled round the calyx. Cah/x 1^ in. 

 long. OoroHa-tube 2 iu. ; segments IJ in. ; staminodes as long as the corolla- 

 segments; lip rather longer than the staminodes, cut down below the middle into 

 two acute segments ; anther linear. Oopsute subglobose, pubescent. 



** Leaves quite glabrous beneath. 



5. K. spicatuxn, Hamilt. ex Smith in Sees Cyclop, xvii. No. 3 ; 

 leaves obloag or oblong-lanceolate, spike dense-fld., bracts large oblong 

 1-fld., calyx shorter than the bract, flowers white, staminodes lanceolate, 

 lip cuneate deeply bifid, stamen rather shorter than the lip. Base. Scit. PI. 

 t. 48; Sook. Exot. Flora, t 4S ; JBot. Mag. t. 2300 ; Soyle III. 3R7 ; Wall. 



■ Oat. 6553; in Eew Jowrn. v. (1853), 328 ; Soran. Frod/r. 24. 



SuBTEOPicAL Himalaya; Nepal, Wallich. Kumaon, alt. 5000-7000 ft., 

 Soj/le, Strachey If Winterbottom. 



Leaves reaching 1 ft. or more, very variable in breadth, glabrous. Spilce some- 

 times 1 ft. ; bracts oblong, obtuse, green, l-lj in. by | in. broad, flowers ascending 

 and closely imbricate in the type. Oorolla-t\ibe 2-2^ in. ; segments 1 in., linear > 

 staminodes 1 in., lanceolate ; lip J-J in. broad, not at all clawed, lobes 2 rounded ; 

 filament pale red ; anther linear, i-^ in. Capsule glabrous, globose. 



Var. TBILOBUM, Wall, in Kew Journ. v. (1853) 328 ; spike laxer, bracts narrower 

 convolute round the calyx, corolla-segments staminodes and lip longer, the latter 

 with a small tooth between the two lobes. H. trilobum, Wall. Cat. 6554. — ^Nepal, 

 Wallich. 



Var. AcnMlNATCTM, Wall, in Kew Journ. I. u. ; leaves glabrous beneath, spike 

 laxer and flowers fewer, bracts convolute round the calyx, flowers white or 

 pale yellow, tube, corolla-segments staminodes and clawed lip longer than in the 

 type, stamen about half as long as the lip. H, acuminatum, Rose. Scit. PI. t. 47 ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 2969; Lodd. JBot. Cat. t. 1795.— Kumaon to Sikkim, ascending to 

 7000 ft. 



Var. KHASIANUM, Clarice ; like the last, but leaves pubescent beneath. — Khasia 

 Hills, Clarke. 



B.flavescens, luoAA. Bot. Cat. t. 723 {not of Carey) and S. Sieholdii, Wall, m 

 Kew Journ. v. 371 {S. flavescem, Lindl. in Hort. Soe. Journ. vii. 281, & Paxt. 

 Plow. Gard. iii. 164, tig. 311. S. Eoxburghii, Siebold in Hort. Soo. Journ. 1. c.) are 

 probably varieties of this species. 



E. hicornutum. Wall, mss., is a monstrous form, with two stamens, each with a 

 large erect spur at the base of the anther. 



6. H. densiflorum, Wall. Oat. 6552 ; Kew Journ. (1853) v. 368 ; leaves 

 oblong, spike long moderately dense-fld., bracts small oblong 1-fld., calyx 

 longer than the bract, flowers small bright yellow, staminodes lanceolate, 

 lip cuneate deeply bifid, stamen as long as the lip. Soran. Frod/r. 25. 



Tempeeate Himalaya ; Nepal, Wallich ; Sikkim, alt. 6000-8000 ft. Griffiths' 

 Collectors ; J. D. H. 



Leaves 1 ft. by 4-5 in., glabrous beneath. Spilce sessile, sometimes 1 ft. ; 

 bracts oblong, ^1 in., rolled tightly round the calyx. Calz/x cylindric, about 1 in. 

 Corolla-tvhe 1-li in. ; segments linear, reflexing, under 1 in. ; staminodes lanceo- 

 late, under 1 in. ; lip about i in., not clawed ; stamen just exceeding the staminodes ; 

 filament yellow, anther linear. 



Sect. II. ItXacrostemium, Koran. Stamen much longer than the 

 lip (rather longer in S. Griffithiarnvm). 



* Lip narow 2-fid or 2-partite, lobes or segments narrow (lip emarginate 

 in S. ellipticwm.) 



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