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mouth : spike terminal, solitary, erect, oblong, imbricated : flowers 

 numerous, large, yeUow : outer bracts oval or obLong, obtuse, finely 

 nerved,! 3— i4TflpTvered, inner, one to each, flower, much smaller. 



Vallies in the Khasia hills, flowering in June. 



(8) H. GEAcrLB. {Roxb.j 



Ident. Eoxb. 1. c. p. 14. 



Syn. H. glaucum, Boscoe. 



Migra/o. Eoxb. Cor. III. t. 260. 



Spec. Chab. Slender, about 3-feet : leaves lanceolate : spikes 

 terminal, open : flowers solitary, scattered : segments of the 2-cleft 

 sessile lip semi-lanceolate, remaining segments of the corolla linear : 

 flowers white, with scarlet filaments. , 



Xhasia hiUs, flowering in the rains. 



(9) H. spEciosTTM. f Wall J 



Ident. Eoxb. 1. c. Ed. Car. I. p. 13. 



Engrm. "Wall. pi. As. rar. III. t. 285. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, somewhat waved, at- 

 tenuated at both ends : spikes elongated, open : fascicles of flowers 

 approximated, 2-flowered : lip entire, acute : flowers pale sulphur. 



Khasia bills, flowering in the rains. 



(10) H. VILLOSTJM. fWall.J 



Ident. Eoxb. 1. c. p. 13 (not Roscoe). 



Spec. Chae. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, glaucous beneath : spikes 

 elongated, villous, open: fascicles ■ close packed, somewhat, 3- 

 flowered : lip 2-cleft, equalling the petals : flowers pale .yellow, 

 very fragrant. 



Khasia hiUs, flowering in the rains. 



GENUS v. CUECUMA. 

 monandrla monofirynia. Sex: Systt 



Derw. From the Arabic name Kwrkum. 



Gew. Chae. Calyx tubular, 3-toothed : tube of the coroUa 

 dilated upwards, outer segments of the limb of the same shape as 

 the inner lateral ones, lip larger, spreading : filament dilated like a 

 petal, keeled, 3-lobed at the apex, middle lobe terminated by the 



