Globba .] cxxxvn. zingiberace/E. 24* 
Corolla-tube -25 in. long, lobes oblong. Staminodes similar. Lip 
very short sub-spathulate bilobed. Stamen filaments nearly 75 in. 
long; anther-spurs linear acuminate, upper ones larger. Hab. 
Very rare. Tringganu, Bundi (Rostados). 
G. marantina Linn. Mantiss ii. 170, a short tufted plant 
usually less than 1 ft. tall, with large persistent ovate bracts, the 
flowers always replaced by large bulbils, occurs in gardens as a weed 
introduced from Java. Singapore, Botanic Gardens. Penang, 
Ayer Hitam (Curtis). 
2 . HEDYCHIUM, Koen. 
Epiphytic or terrestrial herbs. Stems elongate leafy. Leaves 
oblong or lanceolate. Inflorescence terminal showy with sub- 
coriaceous oblong or lanceolate bracts. Flowers one or more to 
each bract, large white, red or yellow. Calyx tubular 3-toothed. 
Corolla tube long, slender, lobes linear. Staminodes linear. Lip 
large bilobed; stamen long slender. Ovary 3-celled, many ovuled; 
style long filiform. Capsule 3-valved. Seeds with red aril. Species 
about 40, chiefly Indian, fewer Malayan. 
H. coronarium Linn. A terrestrial species with pure white 
or yellowish white flowers, native of the Malay islands, is often 
cultivated in gardens. Native name : Ganda suli. 
Terrestrial, roots fibrous; spikes elongate. 
Lip broad bilobed white; bracts narrow . . (r) H. collinum 
Lip narrow; bracts broad . . * • ( 2 ) H. malayanum 
Epiphytic, roots very thick fleshy grey. 
Spike dense; flowers crowded, scarlet and 
orange. (3) H. Iongieomutum 
Spike lax; flowers distant, white . . • (4) H. macrorrhizum 
(1) H. collinum Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. l.c. 103; 
Mat. ii. 9. 
Terrestrial tufted plant, about 3 to 5 ft. tall. Leaves broad 
lanceolate acuminate cuspidate glabrous, 6 in. long, 3 in. wide. 
Spike lax nodding, 6 in. long. Bracts oblong truncate, about 20. 
Flowers white in pairs. Calyx cylindric, 1-5 in. long. Corolla 
3 in. long, lobes linear narrow. Staminodes broader linear, 1*5 in. 
long. Lip cuneate bilobed, shorter. Filament red; anther very 
small. Capsule oblong. Hab. Rocky spots on mountains, Pahang, 
Gunong Tahan at 4000 ft. altitude. Kedah Peak on precipices at 
4000 ft. altitude (Ridley). 
(2) H. malayanum Ridl. 
Leaves quite glabrous, oblanceolate sub-acute, long or narrowed 
at base, 16 in. long, 3-5 in. wide; petioles 9 in. long or more. 
Spike broad, 6 in. long; peduncle 6 in. long, sparsely silky hairy 
with a pair of linear bracts, the longest 3-5 in. long, -15 in. wide 
half-way. Floral bracts broad oblong, the lowest 3 in. long, 1*5 in. 
wide, with a mucro *25 in. long, upper ones shorter, very shortly 
Fl.M.P. 4 R 
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