250 CxLix. sciTAMiNE^. (J. G. Baker,) [Costus. 



Benff.?; PL Ind. i. 58; Wall. Gat. 6555; Wight Ic. t. 2014; Grah. Gat. PI. 

 Bomb. 208 ; Bah. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 274 ; Thwaites Enum. 320. Beichb. Ic. 

 Exot. t. 69 ; Paxt. Mag. iv. t. 245. 0. arabicus, Jacq. Ic. t. 1. Hellenia 

 grandiflora, Retz. Ohs. vi. 68. Banksia speciosa, Kosnig in Hetz. Obs. iii. 

 75. — Bheede Sort. Mai. xi. t. 8 ; RumpJi. Amboin. vi. t. 64, fig. 2. 



Throughout India from the Oentbal and Easteen HimalatAS, ascending to 

 4000 ft. to Cetlon and Maiacca. — Disteie. Malay islands. 



Leafy stem 6—9 ft. stout. Leaves ^-1 ft. or more, oblong, acute, thinly silky be- 

 neath. SpiTce very dense-fld. 2-i in. ; bracts ovate, bright red, 1-lJ in. Calyx 1 in. ; 

 segments 3, ovate cuspidate. CoroZZo-seKments white, oblong 1— li in. Lip white, 

 suborhicular, 2-3 in., the margins incurved and meeting. Filament, 1^—2 in. in- 

 cluding the oblong petaloid connective. Capsule 1 in., globose, red, crowned with 

 the persistent calyx. 



Var. C. NIPALBNSIS, Jtosc. Scit. PI. t. 80 (sp.) leafy stem shorter, leaves 

 narrower lanceolate, spike globose. Wall. Cat. 6555 p. C. speciosus. Var. angus- 

 tif oliu s, Ker in Sot, Reg. t. 665— Central Himalayas. 



Tar. AKGTEOPHYLLUS, 'W'all. Ca<.6555 G, H. ; leaves more densely silky and 

 paler beneath, spikes globose, bracts pubescent. — Pegu and Penang. 



2. Cn grlobosiiS; Blwne Enum. PI. Jav. 62 ? leaves glabrous beneath, 

 peduncle produced direct from tbe rootstock, bract-leaves, very short 

 small ovate, corolla-segments glabrous. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 610 ? 

 Horan. Prodr. 36 ? 



Malacca, Maingwy (Keuj Bistrib. 1578). — Disteib. Java. 



Leaves 6-8 by 2^-3 oblauceolate-oblong, narrowed gradually from the middle to 

 the base. Peduncle about 2 in. curved ; bract-leaves i in., ovate, densely imbricate. 

 Spilce 1^ in. globose ; outer bracts ovate ; inner 1 in., oblong, back scabrous towards 

 the tip. Calyx 1 in. CoroHa-segments 1 in., ovate or oblong. Lip and stamen 

 0. speciosus. 



3. C. Kin^ii, Baker; leaves pubescent beneath, peduncle longer pro- 

 duced direct from the rootstock, bract-leaves larger oblong, corolla- 

 segments villose. 



Peeak ; Larut, King's Collector, 2104. 



Leaves 6-8 by 3-3| in., oblanceolate-oblong, subcoriaceous, broadest above the 

 middle, narrowed gradually to the base. Peduncle 4-5 in. stout ; bracts 1 in., 

 densely imbricate, oblong, scariose. Spilce 2J-3 in., very dense, globose; outer 

 bracts above 1 in., ovate; inner lanceolate. CaZi/ic-tube 1 in., villous; segments 

 ovate, sharply cuspidate. OoroZio-segmeuts 1 in., hairy. Lip suborhicular, 2 in. 

 long and broad. 



14. CVFKOSTIGniA, Benfh. 



Rootstock thick, horizontal, perennial. Leafy stem, short. Leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate. Inflorescence a panicle distinct from the leafy stem, 

 lax, decumbent; flowers 1-2 to a bract, bracteolate. Calyx cylindric, 

 minutely 3-toothed, slit down one side. OoroZZti-tube cylindric; seg- 

 ments linear-oblong, subequal. Lateral stam,inodes obsolete ; lip orbicular- 

 reniform, emarginate ; filament short ; anther-cells distant, crest very large 

 petaloid. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules many, superposed ; style filiform ; stigma 

 large, cylindric, gibbous at the base, stigma cup-shaped. Capsule and 

 seeds unknown. 



