Hedychium.] cxlix. scitaminej;. (J. G-. Baker.) 233 



distinctly clawed J lip rounded at tlie base to a distinct claw, J-1 in. broad, white, 

 Tvith a patch of dull red in the centre ; filament pule red, 2 in. or more ; anther 

 J-f in. — This and S. aurantiacum are so difficult to distinguish when dried from 

 some of the forms of coccine'^m, that I have purposely abstained from citing several 

 of Wallich's numbers. 



11. ADXOnXUnX, Linn. 



RootstocJe perennial, widely creeping. Leafy stem elongate. Leaves 

 usually oblong-lanceolate. Spikes dense-fld., except in § Cenolophus pro- 

 duced direct from tlie rootstock ; bracts imbricate. Calyx cylindric, 3- 

 dentate. CoroHa-tube cylindric ; segments oblong or linear-oblong, upper 

 often broader and more convex. Lateral staminodes or minate teeth ; 

 lip broad or lingnlate ; filament short, arcuate ; anther-cells divaricate, 

 sometimes hairy, often furnished with a petaloid crest. Ovary 3-celled ; 

 ovules many, superposed; style filiform, stigma small and subglobose or 

 larger and gibbous on the back. Fruit indehiscent or dehiscing irregu- 

 larly, sometimes beaked, winged or echinate. Seeds globose or truncate. 

 Species about 150, in the tropics of the Old World. 



Sect. I. Geanthus, Reinw. (gen.). Spike radical. Lip broad. 

 Anther not crested. (Sp. 1 — 4.) 



1. A. gramineum, Wall. Cat. 6558 ; leaves small thin lanceolate 

 pubescent beneath, spike small globose, peduncle very short, outer bracts 

 lanceolate, lip small. 



Tavot, Qomez. 



Stem slender, 2-3 ft. Leaves 6 by 1 in. Spike 1 in. ; bracts |-J in. Calyx i 

 in. CoroZZo-tube rather longer than the calyx; segments J in. linear-oblong; lip 

 rather longer than the corolla-segments. Awbher-ceWs short, glabrous. 



2. A. floribundum, Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 644; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate glabrous beneath, spike globose, peduncle long erect, outer bracts 

 large orbicular, lip small obovate. Elettaria floribunda, Thw. Unum. 319. 



Cetlok ; forests in the Ambagaraowa district. 



Leafy stem 3-6 ft. or more. Leaves subcoriaceous, 18-24 by 3-5 in. petioled. 

 Peduncle 1-1^ ft. ; bract-leaves sheathing, obtuse. Spike 2-3 in. long and broad ; 

 flowers very numerous ; bracts dark red, outer IJ in. long and broad. Flowers pale 

 ochraceous yellow. Corolla tube f in.; segments and lip much shorter than the 

 tube. Fruit small, oblong, smooth. 



8. A. nemorale, Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 644; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate glabrous beneath, spike small globose, peduncle very short, 

 outer bracts ovate obtuse, lip small orbicular 3-lobed. Elettaria nemo- 

 ralis, Thw. Enum. 319. 



Ceylon ; forests in the Reigam and Pasdoon Corles. 



Rootstock slender. Leafy stem 2-4 ft. Leaves firm, 6-16 by 1^-2 in. Spike 1- 

 IJ in. ; peduncle decumbent, shorter than the spike ; bracts glabrous, outer ^-f in. 

 inner lanceolate. CoroHa-tube under 1 in., segments short, oblong, obtuse. Lip 

 yellow, copiously veined with purple ; midlobe smaller, bifid. Capsule globose, J in. 

 shortly beaked,. 



4. A. involucratum, Benth. in Gen. Plant, iii. 64A ; leaves large 

 oblong-lanceolate glabrous beneath, spike globose, peduncle long erect 

 outer bracts very large obovate overtopping the flowers, lip small obovate 

 equally 3-lobed. Elettaria involucrata, Thw. Enum. 319. 



