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HEDYCHIUM maximum. 
Large White Hedychium. 
MONANDRIA MONOGYNI4. 
Nat. ord. ScuraMIneR. 
HEDYCHIUM. Supra, vol. 2. fol. 157. 
H. maximum ; foliis lato-lanceolatis acuminatis subtis pilosis, capitulo sub- 
sessili oblongo imbricato, bracteis marginatis apice lanatis, labello maximo 
obcordato petalis longiore. 
H. maximum. “ Roscoe’s Scitaminee.” 
Folia pedalia, lanceolata, acuminata, bast vaginantia, disticha, immargi- 
nata, subtis pilosa, caule vaginisque glaberrimis ; ligula magna, sphacelata, 
oblonga, retusa, apice erosa. Spica ovato-oblonga, arcté imbricata, basi 
pilosiuscula. Bractece communes magne, solitarie, ovate, marginate, apice 
brunnee lanate; duabus inferioribus sterilibus ; propriarum exterior mono- 
phylla, membranacea, hinc fissa, apice pubescens, emarginata, due interiores 
parve ad basin exterioris, Calyx membranaceus, hinc fissus, tridentatus. 
Labellum magnum, carnosum, explanatum, rotundum, obcordatum. Petala 
oblonga, unguiculata, labello breviora. Stamen petalis pauld brevius. An- 
thera linearis, basi libera. Stigma infundibulare, pilosum. Glandule 2, ad 
basin styli. Ovarium polyspermum. 
This fine species is a native of India, whence it has 
been lately introduced into our gardens. We do not find 
it noticed in any work to which we have access; but we 
believe it has been named in Mr. Roscoe’s work on Scita- 
minez, a publication which we have not had an opportunity 
of consulting. 
Our drawing was made some time ago, from a plant in 
Mr. Colyill’s Nursery. A stove-plant requiring the same 
treatment as the nearly allied H. coronarium. 
Leaves a foot long, lanceolate, acuminate, sheathing at 
the base, distichous, not bordered, hairy beneath; the 
stem and sheaths quite smooth; the ligula large, withered, 
oblong, retuse, eroded at end. Spike ovate-oblong, closely 
