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2"Spurred anthet : ovary inferior, 3-celled : ovules numerous, hori- 

 zontal, anatropal : style filiform, stigma capitate : capsule 3-celled, 

 3-valved : seeds arillate. — Stemless terbs : roots perennial, pal- 

 mately tuberous : leaves herbaceous, petioles sheathing, bifarious : 

 scape simple, lateral or central : spike simple, erect, comose, imbri- 

 cated below with saccate bracts : flowers yellowish, approximated 

 by threes or fives between each bract, bracteolate. 



(1) C. AEOMATiCA. fSalisl.J 



Ident. Kosooe Scit. 



Syn. C. 2edoaria, Roxb. flor. Ind. I. 23. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 2005. 



Spec. Chak. Bulbs small and with the long palmate tubers 

 inwardly yellow : leaves broad lanceolar, sessile on their sheaths, 

 sUky underneath : whole plant a uniform green, except the spike : 

 bracts pale green below, passing into piii and almost crimson : 

 outer perianth pink, inner and Up yellow. 



Malabar. Peninsula. Concans. Flowering in the hot season. 



(2) C. Neilgheerestsis. (R. W.J 

 Ident. Wight 1. c. t. 2006. 



Spec. Chab. Leaves scarcely petioled, lanceolate, somewhat 

 cuspidate, glabrous: spikes scarcely rising above the ground, com- 

 pact : limb of the bracts prolonged, sub-lanceolate, obtuse, longer 

 than the flowers, reflexed : outer lobes of the perianth linear cus- 

 pidate, inner ones obovate-lailceolate, obtuse, lip broad, sub-orbicular, 

 2-toothed at the apex : anther spurs short : capsule globose, glabrous, 

 crowned with the withered remains of the flower : tenninal tuft of 

 the spike deep pink, lower bracts pale yellow, changing to greenish 

 flowers, deep yellow, especially the Up. 



Neilgherries, near Neddiwuttum, flowering in April and May. 



(3) C. ANGirsiiEOLiA. (Roxb.) 

 Ident. Roxb. flor. Ind. I. p. 31. 



Spec. Char. Eoot with small oval tubers hanging to the fibres : 

 leaves narrow lanceolar, very acute, smooth on both sides: petioles 

 6 — 12-inches long : spike radical, crowned with a tuft of oval purple 

 bracts : flowers longer than the bracts, bright yellow. 



Ram Ghaut. Banks of the Sona at Nagpore, appearing at the 

 beginning of the rains. 



