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Globba (Native Molucca name SYN)

(native Molucca name). SYN. Sphaerocarpus. ORD. Scitamineae. A genus of about twenty-four species of pretty stove herbaceous perennials, natives of India and the Malayan Archipelago. Flower yellow or pinkish, very curious-looking; calyx three-cleft, tubular; corolla with a slender tube. Globbas are of easy culture in a warm, moist stove; and may be readily increased by dividing the roots.

G. atro-sanguinea (dark red).* fl. yellow, with scarlet bracts, disposed in dense terminal racemes. In blossom the greater part of the year. l. alternate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, deep glossy green. Stems about as thick as a goose quill, much crowded, 1ft. to 1 1/2ft. long, gracefully arching on all sides. Borneo, 1881. An elegant plant. SYN. G. coccinea. (B. M. 6626.) G. coccinea (scarlet). A synonym of G. atro-sanguinea. G. Schomburgkii (Schomburgk's).* fl. golden-yellow, with a bright orange-red base to the lip; panicle drooping; lip narrowly cuneate, with a broad, retuse, truncate end. August. l. ellipticovate or lanceolate, with slender acuminate tips, contracted into a short petiole above the vagina. Stems tufted, 6in. to 12in. high. Siam, 1864. (B. M. 6298.) G. sessiliflora (sessile-flowered). fl. yellow; spike whorled; lateral segments of corolla longest; bracts lanceolate, withering. August. l. lanceolate, acuminate. h. 1 1/2ft. Pegu, 1807. (B. M. 1428.)