232 cxux. sciTAMiNE^. (J. Gr. Baker.) [Hedydiium. 



i. 13 J leaves not so long and narrow as in the two last, spike shorter, flowers dull 

 brick red or salmon-red often 3-4 in a fascicle, lip obovate-cuneate less deeply 

 bifid under i in. and broad. Rose. Scit. PI. t. 60; Bot. Jtfoy.t.2078j Kern. Hort. 

 t. 807.— Chittagoug and Silhet, always at low levels. 



Var. H. CAEKETTM, Bosc. Scit. PI. t. 57 (sp.) j leaves 1^2 in., flowers white tinged 

 with pale red, lip orbicular i-} in. long and broad, filament pale red 14-2 in. Bot. 

 Mag. t. 2637; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 693. 



21. H. aurantiacum, Wall. Cat. 6551 ; leaves long lanceolate, spike 

 long moderately dense-fld., bracts oblong often 2-3-fld., calyx not longer 

 than the bract, flowers bright orange-yellow, staminodes lanceolate, lip 

 orbicular distinctly clawed deeply bifid, stamen more than twice as long as 

 the lip. Bosc. Scit. PI. t. 39. H. Gardnerianum, vg,r. y, Wall, in Kew 

 Journ. V. (1853), 369 ; Bavi Fl. Ital. iii. t. 112. H. angnstifolium, Bot. 

 Beg. 1. 157. 



KuMAON and Nepae, alt. 5000 ft. or more. 



Leaves 1-1^ ft. by 2-3 in., narrowed gradually to the base, glabrous beneath. 

 Spike i-1 ft. ; bracts oblong, green, glabrous, l-lj in. CoroUa-Uxhe not much 

 longer than the bract ; segments linear, 1 in. or more ; staminodes as long as the 

 corolla, segments ; lip shorter than the staminodes, about as broad as long ; filament 

 pale bright red ; anther linear, yellow, 4 in. — The affinity is stronger with some forms 

 of coccinevm than with Oardnerianum. 



22. K. luteum, Herb. Calcut. ; leaves oblong-lanoeolate, spike short 

 dense-fld., bracts oblong closely imbricate, flowers lemon-yellow, corolla- 

 tube twice as long as the bract, staminodes lanceolate, lip orbicular bifid 

 distinctly clawed, stamen half as long again as the lip. 



Assam, Oldham. 



Intermediate between S. flavwm & aurantiacum. Stem slender. Leaves under 

 1 ft. Bracts broad, green, 1 in. CoroWa-tube 2 in. ; segments linear, pale yellow, 

 above 1 in. ; lip under 1 in. broad, uniform yellow throughout, narrowed suddenly to 

 a short claw. — Described from a drawing in the Calcutta collection. 



23. K. g-ratum, Wall, ex Voigi. Sort. Suburb. Oalcutt. 570 (name 

 only) ; leaves long lanceolate, spike dense-fld., bracts large oblong, corolla- 

 tube much longer than the bract, flowers whitish, staminodes oblong, lip 

 orbicular clawed deeply emarginate, stamen a little longer than the lip. 



Khasia HiLis, Wallich. 



Leafy stem long and stout. Leaves above 1 ft., 3 in. broad. Spike ^ ft. ; 

 bracts 2-3 in. Corolla-segments linear, IJ in. ; staminodes 1 in., narrowed to the 

 base ; lip 1 iu. broad, narrowed suddenly to a short claw. — Difiers from coooineum 

 by its whitish flowers and shorter stamens. Described from a drawing iu the 

 Calcutta collection. 



24. H. elatum, Br. in Bot. Beg. t. 526 ; leaves large oblong, 

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

 calyx as long as the bract, flower white tinged with red, staminodes ob- 

 lanceolate, lip orbicular clawed bifid, stamen twice as long as the lip 

 Bosc. Scit. PI. t. 63; Wall. Oat. 6549 A, B; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 856; 

 Beichb. PI. Pxot. t. 270 ; PLoran. Prodr. 26. H. coooineum, var. fi, Walt 

 in Eew Journ. v. (1853), 373, in part. 



Subtropical Himalaya ; from Kumaon to Sikkim, alt. about 5000 ft. 



Leaf above 1 ft., 3-4 in. broad, glabrous beneath. Spike 1 ft. or more, rachis 

 very stout; bracts oblong, 1-1^ in., J in. broad. Ca;ya!Cylindric,l-li in. Corolla- 

 tube a little longer than the bract ; segments linear, 1:^ in. ; staminodes l-lj in. 



