Tab. 6298. 
GrLOBBA SCHOMBURGKII. 
Native of Siam. 
Nat. Ord. Zingiberace^e. — Tribe Globba. 
Genus Globba, Linn. ; ( Encll . Gen. Plant, p. 222). 
Globba Sehomburgkii ; glaberrima, foliis elliptico-lanceolatis caudato-aeuminatis, 
panicula 2-4-unciali eernua, dimidio inferiori bracteis navicularibus obtusis 
imbricatis bulbilliferis tecta, superiore florifera bracteis consimilibus persist- 
entibus, ramulis paucis breviusculis v. elongatis 2 -oo Boris, floribus 1^-pollica- 
ribus aureis labello basi aurantiaco, ovario globoso, calyce brevi campanulato 
3-fido, corollse tubo. puberulo, limbi laciniis exterioribus ovatis acuminatis 
interioribus duplo majoribus falcatis, labello apice truncato angulis divaricatis 
acutis, antherae alis bipartitis segmentis triangularibus acuminatis. 
Of the curious genus Globba , which is a common native of 
damp woods in Tropical Asia and its islands, few species have 
been cultivated in this country, and not a few undescribed 
ones are contained in herbaria. One alone has been figured 
in this work, G. sessiliflora, Sims (t. 1428), whereas thirteen 
are described in Horaninov’s 4 Prodromus Monographise 
Scitaminearum, ? published in 1862. All are very similar in 
general habit, and many are remarkable for bearing on the 
flowering panicle solid ovaries without perianths cells or 
ovules, which fall off and produce new plants. The structure 
of the flower is very singular, closely resembling that of 
Mantissa (tab. 13 7 4), which differs from Globba in the in- 
florescence being bo. me on a separate scape distinct from the 
leaves. 
G. Sehomburgkii was discovered by the late Sir Robert 
Schomburgk when H.B.Mds Consul at Siam, who sent roots 
to Kew in 1864, where it has flowered repeatedly in August. 
It has been distributed as G. bulbifera , Roxb., from which 
and from all others it differs in the curious panicles. 
Descr. Quite glabrous. Stems tufted, six to twelve 
inches high, with three to five leaves. Leaves six to nine 
inches long by one to one and a half broad, elliptic-ovate 
or lanceolate, with slender acuminate tips, contracted into 
MAY 1st, 1877, 
