600 SCITAMINBiE. 



* Bracts large, adnate at tite base, spreading, subequal: flowers glomerate-spicate. 



3. H. Bihai, L., Sw. {non, Jaeq.). Scape about as loag as the petioles ; leaves oblong, 

 pointleted, subacute at the base; tracts large, 6-10, conduplicate-subulate, adnate-claspitig 

 at the base, spreading, much longer than the included, glomerate-spicate flowers ; superior 

 lip 5-dentat3. — Sw. Obs. t. 5. /I 2. : analyt., in b. and c. the cohering rows of the superior 

 lip are separated. — H. luteofusca, Jacq. H. humilis, Jacq. {Schtenbr, i. t. 48, 49) : appa- 

 rently a low form with red bracts, agreeing at least in structure. — 5'-12' high ; inferior 

 bracts 8" long, brown or purple with a yellow margin ; flowers 2" long. — Hab. Jamaica 

 {Sw.), in moist mountain-woods ; Trinidad !, Pd. ; [Cuba ! to Guiana I ; Peru !]. 



[H. caribeea, £am. " Scape about as long as the petioles; leaves 6b\ou^, rounded at 

 both ends ; bracts large, 6-10, conduplicate-subulate, adnate-clasping at the base, spread- 

 ing, longer than the included, glomerate-spicate flowers ; superior lip 3-dentate." — Plum. 

 Ed. Burm. t. 59. Besc. Ft. 4. t. 260. Rich. Musac. t. 8. ^ 10. super. H. Bihai, Jacq., 

 Bich. — Hab. Martinique (Jaeq)?\ 



** Bracts sessile, inferior gradually larger: flowers fascicled. 



4. H. pulvernlenta, Lindl. Stem leaved below; leaves ovate-oblong, pointletej, 

 rounded or subcordate at the base, "powdery beneath" or glabrate: petiole sheathing be- 

 low : bracts 3-5, cblong-lanceolate, ascending-erect, conduplicate-clasping at the base, 

 much longer than the fascicle of flowers, lowest as long as the inflorescence. — Bot. Mag. 

 t. 4685. — 3'-6' high ; leaves 8" long; bracts red, lowest 5" long; flowers greenish. — Hab. 

 Domioica {Hook.) ; Trinidad !, Pd., in woods, Arima ; [Brazil]. 



5. EI. psittacornm, L. Stem leaved ; leaves oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, shortly and 

 narrowly acuminate, rounded or bluntish at the base : petiole sheathing from below the sum- 

 mit; bracts 3-6, lanceolate, spreading-erect, concave at the base, not much longer than the 



fascicle of flowers, lowest as long as the inflorescence : pedicels glabrous ; superior lip 3- 

 dentate. — Bot. Mag. t. 502. Rich. Musac. t. 9, 10 inf. — H. cannoides. Rich. H. Swart- 

 ziana, S. 5.— 2'-4' (-8') high; leaves 6"-12" long; bracts reddish, lowest 2i"-3"long; 

 flowers reddish-yellow, black at the point, 12"'-15"' long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd. ; S. Kitts! ; 

 Trinidad!, Pd.; [Venezuela to Brazil]. 



6. H. hirsuta, L. fll. Stem leaved ; leaves oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 blunt or bluntish, at the base : petiole sheathing from near the summit ; bracts 5-12, lanceo- 

 late-linear, spreading, concave at the base, most about twice as long as the fascicle of flowers, 

 lowest as long as the inflexed-aseending inflorescence: pedicels and flowers villous or pubes- 

 cent ; superior lip 5-3-dentate. — H. dasyautha, G. Kch. {ex descr.). H. acuminata, Kappl. 

 Surin. (non Rich). H. psittacornm. Seem. Panam. — Habit of the preceding and of H. 

 acuminata. Rich. : the latter has petioles sheathing only below, and a glabrous inflorescence ; 

 lowest bracts 3i"-5" long. — Hab. S. Vincent !, Chiild.; [Panama!, Venezuela!, Guiana!]. 



CXLVI. SCITAMINEiE. 



Perigone coloured, 2-seriate (calyx and corolla), each of 3 divisions. Fertile stamen 1, 

 inserted with the stamiuodia into the corolla-throat. Ovary inferior, compound, usually 3- 

 celled. Embryo included within amylaceous perisperm, free at the point of the radicle. — 

 Perennial herbs ; leaf-blade entire, 1-coState. 



The Zingiberacea contain aromatic, pungent principles : ginger {Zingiber) is extensively 

 cultivated; the aroma in the seeds of Rienealmia has been compared with Cardamom. 

 Starch, called Arrow-root, is obtained from Maranta. 



Teibe I. ZINGIBEBJCBM — Calyx tubular. Anther of 2 distinct cells, embracing the 

 style, superior : inferior staminodium (labellum) petaloid. Sac of the embryo persist- 

 ent. Petiole ligulate, devoid of a terminal knob. 



1. RENEALMIA, L.fil. 



' Corolla clavate-infundibular : limb exserted. Labellum embracing at the base the sta- 

 men : lateral staminodia obsolete. Anther oblong, not exceeded by the connective : filament 



