440 



Spec. Chab. Leaves lanceolate, pubbsceiit beneath : spike 

 capitate, imbricated : bracts broad-ovate, acute : lip orbicular, 

 2-cleft at tbe apex, longer tbaii the filament : flowers pure white, 

 fragrant. 



Neilgherries. Coromandel. Assam. SiLhet. Flowering in the 

 rains. 



(4) H. VBNTJSTTTM. (R.W.) 



Ident. Wight 1. c. vi. t. 2012. 



I Spec. Chae. Leaves long-petioled, lanceolate acute : spike 

 drooping,; lax : bracts linear obtuse, margined : lobes of the perianth 

 narrow, outer somewhat lanceolate, interior linear, all longer than 

 the stamen : lip deeply cleft, lo))es lanceolate. 



Coorg. 



(5) H. CEENTTHM. fR.W.J 



Ident. Wight 1. c. vi. t; 2011. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves short-petioled, long-lanceolate, acutely 

 acuminate : spike nodding, lopse : bracts narrow, obtuse : lobes 

 of the perianth nairow-linear, longer than the stamen : lip lanceo- 

 late, 2-cleft at the apex: capsule globose, hairy, dark red or 

 orange. 



Burlear, Neilgherries, on the banks of a stream. 



(6) H. ANGTisirpoLiuM. (Roxb.) 



Ident. Eoxb. 1. c. p. 13. 



Syn. H. aurantiacum, Rosooe. 



Mgrm. Eoxb. Cor. II. t. 157.— Bot. Mag. t 2078. 



Spec. Chab. Leaves linqar-lanceolate, almost filiform, pointed : 

 spike terminal, elect, rigid, 6 — 18-inches, smooth: fascicles of 

 flowers usually three-fold, spreading : outer bracts cylindric, linear : 

 flowers small, dull red. 



Chittagong. SUhet. Plowering in June. 



(7) H. IXAVUM. (Roxb.) 



Ident. Eoxb. 1. c. p. 12. 



Engrm). Bot. Cab. t. 1604.— Bot. Mag. t. 3039.— Bot. Cab. 

 t. 1785. 



Spec. Chab. Stems 2 — 3-feet : leaves lanceolate, finely acumi- 

 nated, smooth : sheaths with a large stipule rising far above the 



