Hedychium,'] oxiix. bcitaminej!. (J. G. Baker.) 23l 



18. K. speciosum« Wall, in Boxh. Fl. Ind. Ed. Carey S( Wall. i. 13 ; 

 Cat. 6550 ; PI. As. Ra/r. iii. 51, t. 285 ; leaves oblong-lanoeolate, spike long 

 moderately dense-fld, bracts large oblong 1-2-fld., flowers pale sulphur- 

 yellow, staminodes linear, lip oblong-cuneate entire, stamen twice the 

 length of the lip. H. Grardnerianum, Wall, in Kew Journ. v. (1853) 369, m 

 'pwrt. Gamochilus, Lestid. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 2, xv. 341. 



SiMET, Gomez. 



Leaves above 1 ft., 3-4 in. broad, glabrous beneath. Spike \-\ ft. ; lower 

 bracts 1^ in., f in. broad. Calj/is cjlindric, about as long as the bract. Corolla- 

 t'Ube 2 in. ; segments linear, 1 in. ; staminodes longer than the segments ; lip not 

 clawed, 1 in. by ^ in. broad ; filament bright red, twice as long as the lip; anther 

 linear, yellow, |— J in. 



19. K. stenopetalum, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1902 ; very tall, leaves 

 oblong very hairy beneath, spike long lax or moderately dense-fld., bracts 

 large oblong often 2-fld., flowers pure white, staminodes oblanceolate, lip 

 oblong-cuneate bifid, stamen twice as long as' the lip. H. barbatum. Wall. 

 Cat. 6544. H. coccineum |8, in part, Wall, in Zew Journ. v. (1853), 373. 

 H. elatum, Clarice in Journ, Linn. Sac. xxv. 75. H. elatum var. orgyale, 

 JSoran. Prodr. 25. 



Assam, Khasia, the Na&a Hiiis, and Noeth Bdema, alt. 1500-3000 ft. 



The tallest species. Leaves sometimes 2 ft. by 5-6 in ., very hairy all over be- 

 neath. Spike 1 ft. or more, rachis very stoat ; bracts rigid, often 2 in. by 1 in. 

 Catyx shorter than and corolla-tube scarcely longer than the bract. Corolla- 

 segments linear, IJ in. ; staminodes shorter than the corolla-segments j lip pure 

 white, 1 in., narrowed gradually into a short claw ; filament pale, l|-2 in. j anther 

 linear, yellow, J in. 



*#* Ljp orbicular. 



20. K. coccineum, Samilt. ex Smith in Pees Cyclop, xvii. 5 ; leaves 

 lanceolate, spike long moderately dense-fld., bracts oblong 1-2-fld., calyx 

 Hot longer than the bract, flowers small bright crimson, staminodes 

 lanceolate, lip orbicular distinctly clawed deeply bifid, stamen more than 

 twice as long as the lip. Wall, in Kew Journ. v. (1858), 372, ex parte ; 

 Sosc. Scit. PI. t. 58; Pt'all. Cat. 6548; Beichb. la. Uxot. t. 184; Boyle III. 

 357 ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. edit. Wall. ^ Carey, i. 82, in note. 



Centeai and Easteeit Himalaxa, common (under one or other form). 

 Ceylon (native p). 



Leaves 1 ft. or more, 1§ in. broad, base rather rounded, narrowed gradually from 

 the middle to the point. Spilee 1 ft. ; bracts green, l-IJ in. Corolla-tvibe scarcely 

 longer than the bract J segments 1 in., linear, reflexing; staminodes under 1 In., 

 ■|-J in. broad ; lip above i in. and broad ; filament li in. ; anther linear, \-\ in. — 

 The type was described and drawn from a plant in the Calcutta Garden. 



Var. H. EosooEi, Wall. mss. (sp.). Staminodes bright red j lip dull brick red. 

 H. coccineum, Lindl. in Bot. Meg. t. 1209. 



Var. H. SQUAEEOSUM, Buch. Samilt. mss. (sp.) ; lees robust with smaller bright 

 crimson flowers and very long glabrous leaves often not above 1 in. broad. H. an- 

 gustifolium, Wall. Cat. 654,7 ; in Kew. Journ. v. (1853) 371, in greater part, mom 

 Moxh. — Common in the Eastern Himalaya, Khasia, and Upper Burma, alt. 8-9000 ft. 

 Ceylon. 



Var. H. lONGirOLiUM, Sosc. Scit. PL t. 59 (sp.) j flowers bright crimson, leaves 

 very narrow pubescent beneath. — Same range as the last variety. 



Var. H, ANQUSTiFolir M, Boxb. Hort. Beng. 1 ; Gor. PI. iii. 248, t. 251 ; Fl. Ind 



