Cautleya
(named in honour of Major-General Sir P. Cautley, F.G.S., 1802-1871, joint author, with Dr. Falconer, of the " Fauna antiqua sivalensis"). ORD. Scitamineoe. A monotypic genus, included by some authorities under Roscoea. The species is a stove, perennial herb, requiring similar treatment to Alpinia (which see, on p. 54, Vol. I.).
C. lutea (yellow). fl. 1 1/2in. to 2in. long; calyx red-purple, tubular, two-cleft at mouth; sepals linear-oblong, obtuse, concave, the dorsal one erect, the lateral ones reflexed; corolla golden-yellow, the tube exserted; lateral staminode like the dorsal sepal, erect, the tips incurved; spike 4in. to 8in. high. August. l. 5in. to 10in. long, narrow-lanceolate, with a slender tip, bright green above, paler or suffused or streaked red-brown beneath. Stems 8in. to 18in. high, tufted, erect, leafy. Himalaya, 1887. (B. M. 6991.)