



Refugium Botaniewn.] [July, 1872. 
TAB. 333. 
Natural Order LimIaAcEs. 
Tribe ANTHERICES. 
Genus Cuioropuytum, FR. Br. 
C. ratcarum (Baker). Foliis 6—8 arundinaceis anguste ligulatis 
erecto-faleatis 6—9 poll. longis 3—+} poll. latis glabris persis- 
tentibus, scapo gracillimo nudo 1—% poll. longo, racemis 
laxissimis 6—12-floris plerisque simplicibus, floribus infimis 
geminatis, pedicellis medio articulatis demum cernuis, bracteis 
parvis duris lanceolato-cuspidatis, perianthio albido 2—2} lin. 
longo, segmentis albis oblongo-lanceolatis flore expanso reflexis, 
genitalibus perianthio paulo brevioribus, capsulis obovoideo- 
quadratis acute angulatis, seminibus in loculo 83—6.— Phalai- 
gium faleatum, Wall. Cat. No. 5057. P. parviflorum, Wight Icones, 
t. 2039. 
Extends from Guinea, whence the specimen drawn was pro- 
cured, through Tropical Asia to Hong Kong and Borneo. 
Root of numerous whitish fleshy fibres reaching three to four 
inches long. Leaves six to eight to a scape, grass-like in texture, 
narrow-ligulate, six to nine inches long, one-eighth to one-fourth 
of an inch broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to the point, 
erecto-falcate, quite glabrous, persistent, with six to eight fine 
immersed veins on each side of the midrib. Scape leafless, very 
slender, an inch to three inches long. acemes very lax, six- to 
twelve-flowered, four to six or even twelve inches long, very rarely 
compound, the lowest flowers geminate. Bracts lanceolate-cuspi- 
date, persistent, a line and a half to two lines long. Pedicels two 
to three lines long, articulated at the middle, finally cernuous. 
Flower evanescent, white, two to two and a half lines deep; the 
divisions oblong-lanceolate, reflexed when fully expanded. Sta- 
mens and filiform style falling a little short of the divisions. 
Capsule obovoid-quadrate, one-fourth of an inch broad and deep, 
membranous, deeply lobed horizontally, the angles acute. Seeds 
three to six in a cell, round, discoid, a line broad. 
Tas. 883.—1, flower complete ; 2, a stamen; 38, pistil; 4, horizontal 
section of ovary: all magnified.—J. G. DB. 
The figure of this plant was taken from a specimen which 
flowered in the Royal collection at Kew. It requires a stove 
treatment.—W. W. S. 
