230 oXLix. sciTAMiNBiB. (J. G. Baker.) [Hedychium. 



finely pilose beneath. Spihe 6-9 in. ; bracts 1-1^ in., rolled tightly round the calyx, 

 calyx and corolla glandular. CoroUa-tuhe 2-3 in. ; segments 1 in., linear. Stami- 

 nodes nearly as long as the corolla-segments ; lip 1 in. long ; filament bright red, 

 1-1^ in. J anther large, linear. Capsule globose, glabrous, ^ in. diam. — Nearly 

 allied to ff. spicatum. 



Var. glanduligerum, Clarke. Leaves glabrous beneath. Whole plant especially 

 the flower very glandular. — Khasia Hills. 



15. IS. thyrsiforme, Hamilt. ex. Smith in Rees Oyclop. xiii. No. 4; 

 leaves oblong or oblong-lanoeolate, spike dense-fid. oblong, bracts cylindric 

 1-fld., calyx not longer than the bract, flowers white, staminodea linear, 

 lip narrow clawed 2-partite, segments narrow, stamen twice as long as the 

 lip. Wall. Cat. 6541 ; in Kew Journ. v. (1853), 327 ; Rose. Scit. PI. t. 56 ; 

 Moran. Frodr. 25. H. heteromallum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 767. 

 H. Tocuoho, Herb. Mamilt. 



Tbopicai. Himalaya ; from Kijmaon to Sieeim, alt. 2-4O0O ft., and 

 CniTTAQONa. 



Leaf sometimes 1 ft., 3-4 in. broad, finely pilose beneath . iS^fte very dense, 

 3-6 in. ; lower empty bracts ovate; flower-bracts cylindric, green, IJ in. Corolla- 

 tube not much longer than the bract; segments 1 in., linear; staminodes as long as 

 the corolla-segments ; lip as long, distinctly clawed, usually cut about half way down 

 into two linear-oblong segments j filament whitish, li-2 in. ; anther linear. 



** Lip ouneate or obovate. 



16. K. Kookeri, Clarke mss. ; dwarf, leaves short oblong, spike 

 short oblong, bracts oblong imbricate 1-fld., calyx shorter than the bract, 

 flowers very small sulphur-yellow, staminodes oblong-cuneate, lip obovate- 

 clawed bifid, stamen twice as long as the lip. 



Khasia Hills, alt. 4-5000 ft., Soolc. f. ^ Thomson. Assam, Griffith. 



Leafy stem slender, 1-li ft. Leaves 5-6 by 2 in., thin, glabrous, caudate, base 

 cuueate. Spike 1-2 in., resembling that of Globba bulbifera, few-fld. ; bracts -J in. 

 oblong, laxly imbricate, green, glabrous. Cal^x i in. CoroHa-tube a little longer 

 than the calyx ; segments linear, 4 in. ; staminodes as long as the corolla-segments ; 

 lip nearly as long, distinctly clawed; filament i-^ in.; anther J in. Capsule 

 globose, glabrous, J in. diam. 



17. K. aardnerianum, Rose. Scit. PI. t. 62 ; tall, leaves oblong 

 white pulverulent beneath, spike long moderately dense-fld., bracts large 

 oblong 1-2-fld., calyx not longer than the bract, flowers bright lemon-yellow, 

 staminodes oblanceolate, lip obovate-euneate.tip 2-tid or 2-3-toothed, stamen 

 twice as long as the lip. Wall, in Kew Journ. v. (1853), 369 {excl. syns. Sr 

 vars.) ; Bot. Reg. t. 774 ; Rook.f. in Bot. Mag. t. 6913 {excl. syns.) ; Roran. 

 ProAr. 25 ; Reichh. Exot. t. 183 ; Gard. Ghron. 1875, i. 461 figs 92 93 • 

 Ma/rt. Fl. Bras. iii. p. 3, t. 9. a ■ , , 



Eastern Himalaya ; Isepal, Sikkim, and the Khasia Hills, alt. 4-8000 ft. 



Leafy stem 5-6 ft. Leaves 1-li ft. By 4-6 in., white pulverulent beneath,' as 

 are the young bracts and rachis of the spike. Spike 1-lJ- ft. ; bracts lJ-2 in 

 rolled tightly round the flowers, glabrous. Coi-oZZa-tube a little longer than the 

 bract ; segments greenish, reilexing, 1-lJ in. Staminodes above 1 in. by ^-f in 

 broad ; lip 1 in. or more, ^-f in. broad, narrowed gradually to a short claw ; hlament 

 bright red, 2_2|- in.; anther linear, ^-J in. Capsule-valves ovate, orange-red 

 within, persistent, J in. Seeds brownish-crimson. 



Var. H. pallidum, Regel in Trans. Buss. Sort. Sac . 1864, t. 153 (sp.). Lip 



narrower, more distinctly clawed and distinctly bifid. Roran, Frodr. 25 Khasia 



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