FLORA OF THE EASTERN HIMALAYA. 
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figured and described at the time. Drawings of the plant are now in 
the Kew and Calcutta Herbaria. 
Order-— SClTAMil^EJ;, 
Medyeliiuiii Greeiiii W. W. Smith, sp. nov. 
A Speciebus omnibus himalaicis Gandasidii sectionis rubris fioribus 
facile distinguitur. 
Caulis 60-180 cm. Folia 20-25 cm. longa, 5 cm, lata, oblonga, 
acuminata, subtus paulum pubescentia. Spica ad 12 cm., densiflora. 
Bractem 5-7 cm. longae, 3-4 cm. latae, ovatss, acutae, imbricatse, floribus 
2- 3. Galyx ad 4*5 cm. longus, tubalosus/ tridentato pilosulo apice, ad 
basin panels argenteis pills indutus. Corolla tubus 4-1*5 cm. longus ; 
lobi prselongi, lineares, ad 4 cm. longi, apice subspathulato. Staminodia 
3- 4 cm. longa, iinearia, rubra \ stamen 8-4 cm, longum, filamento rubro \ 
lahetlnm 3*5-4 cm. longum, 3-4 cm. latum, breviter bifidum, rubrum. 
Ovarium supra hirsutulum duabus epigynis glandulis. Semina matura 
non visa. Typi tabulaeque in Herb. Kew. et. Herb. Calc, conservati. 
Low hills in Western Bhutan. The plant was brought to Sikkim 
by native collectors and flowered in cultivation at the residence of 
Mr. H. F. Green who was the first to observe that it differed from any 
known Sikkim form. The lip is dark red while the linear lobes of the 
corolla are much lighter. The plant is now in cultivation in the Royal 
Botanic Garden, Calcutta and it is hoped that it will shortly he 
introduced to European gardens. It forms bulbils very freely. 
