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GENUS IV. HEDTCHIUM. 



Moiiandria IMLonog'yiiia. Sex: Sytt: 



Derw. From Heeh/s sweet, and CMoti snow, alluding to the 

 fragrant wliite flowers. 



Gen. Chab. Calyx tubular, 3-toothed : tube of the corolla long, 

 slender, outer segments of the limb narrow, .equal, inner ones of the 

 same shape or a Httk shorter, lip greater, undivided or emarginate 

 or 2-cleft: filament filiform, anther terminal, incumbent, emargi- 

 nate at both ends: style filiform, stigma funnel-shaped: ovary 

 inferior, 3-celled: ovules numerous, horizontal, auatropal: capsule 

 3-celled, 3-valved : seeds arillate. — Caulescent herbs : roots tuberous, 

 jointed, horizontal: leaves sessile in half-stem-clasping sheaths: 

 inflorescence terminal, spiked, imbricated with spathes : flowers 

 fescicled with iuvolute bracts. 



(1) H. SCAPOSTTM. (Nimmo.) 



Idenf. Nimmo ia Grab. Cat. p. 205.— Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 273. 



Syn. Monolophus scaposus, Dah. in SooK Jburn. Bot. II. 143. 



MigrwB. "Wight's Icon. vi. t. 2030. 



Spec. Chah. Root with small oblong tubers hanging from the 

 fibres : leaves lanceolate, long-acuminated, long-petioled : scape 

 erect, round, a little leafy: spike terminal, compact, imbricated, 

 many-flowered : flowers in pairs with a lanceolate pure white 

 bract; outer petals oblong, reflexed, inner very large, round, 

 cordate : lip 2-cleft at the apex. 



Banks of rivulets, South Concan. Malabar. 



(2) H. piATESCENs. (Moscoe.J 



Ident. Roscoe Scit. 



Engrm). Bot. Cab. t. 723.— Bot. Mag. t. 237.8.— "Wight 1. c. t. 

 2008-9. 



Spec. Chab. Leaves lanceolate-acuminate, villous beneath, the 

 acumen withering : spike capitate, imbricate : exterior bracts broad, 

 obtuse, ciliated at the apex : inner ones cyKndrical, 2 — 3-flowered : 

 lip broad, 2-lobed, as long as the filament : flowers pale yellow. 



Neilgherries, flowering in the rains. 



(3) H. coEONAEinM. fWilld.j 



Ident. Eoxb. flor. Ind. p. 10. 



Engrm. Wight 1. c. t. 2010.— Bot. Cab. t. 607, t. 51.— Bot. 

 Mag. t. 708.— Smith Exot. Bot. t. 107. 



