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HEDYCHIUM* cocefneum. 
Scarlet Garland Flower. 
MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. ScivtaMINEX. 
HEDYCHIUM. — Supra, vol. 2. fol. 157, 
H. coccineum; spicd elongata oblonga glaucescente, fasciculis subtrifloris 
patentibus, limbi interioris laciniis cultriformibus, labello subrotundo 
bilobo plicato: lobis acutiusculis ungue brevi gracili, stamine concolore 
labello dupld longiore, foliis ensiformibus bifariis 4 basi attenuatis subtis 
glaucis: costa pilosd. Wallich MSS. r 
H. coccineum. Hamilton in Rees, no. 5. Bot. cab. 8.t.705. Cat. of bot. 
gard. calc. ed. 2. ined. ; , 
H. longifolium. Roscoe’s scit. mon. opt. sec. cel. Wallich. 
H. angustifolium. Ejusdem sec. Wallich. 
Caules erecti, graciliores quam in specrebus qurbusdam alis, quadri- 
pedales, juxta latera vaginarum glaucescentes. Folia subbifaria, erecto- 
patentia, & hast pariim rotundata, bipedalia, ciliata, sensim attenuata in 
acumen tenuissimum filiforme, subtds glauca, costd pilosd. Ligula brevis, 
truncata, retusa, nunc biloba. Spica 10-pollicaris-pedalis, rachi irregu- 
lariter triangulari, villis longis laxée adpressis solubilibus coptosis vestita. 
Fasciculi sparsi, patentes, biflori, rariis triflort. Flores saturate coccinet, 
ferée inodori. Bractese exteriores oblonga, vix acute, ciliate, leviter glau- 
cescentes, 14 lineas longa, tubo corolle ter breviores. Calyx villosulus, ore 
bidentato. Limbi corolle exterioris lacinie contorte, tubo parim breviores, 
interioris breviores, semilanceolate, margine antico gibboso, bast attenuate. 
Labellum rhomboideo-subrotundum, basi rotundatd infundibuliformi compli- 
catum, ad medium bifidum; lobi parm divergentes, acutiusculi, ovate; 
unguis limbo dimidio brevior, canaliculatus. Filamentum labello dupld 
longius, arcuato-divaricatum, antheraque oblonga, coccinea. Ovarium vil- 
losum. Stigma ab apice anthere sepiis parim solutum. Wallich MSS. 
For the opportunity of making a drawing of this species 
of Hedychium, we are obliged to Mr. Hatfield, of the 
a TS 
* From 49vs, sweet, and xioy, snow; alluding to the fragrance and white- 
ness of the flowers of the original species. 
