Rhynchanthus
(from rhynchos, a beak, and anthos, a flower; in allusion to the peculiar shape of the blossoms). ORD. Scitamineae. A monotypic genus. The species is a very curious, stove, tuberous-rooted herb, remarkable in having very small corolla lobes, a lip reduced to a mere point, a most curious, petaloid filament, resembling a long canoe, exserted far beyond the corolla lobes, and terminated by an anther with no appendage, and an erect, funnel-shaped stigma. For culture, see Heliconia, on p. 128, Vol. II. R. longiflorus (long-flowered). fl. 4in. long, few, erect, in a terminal, sub-sessile spike; bracts two, pale orange-red, 1 1/2in. long; calyx tubular, with a split mouth, and a rounded, retuse tip; corolla pale yellowish-green, the tube 2in. long, the lobes 1/3in. long; filament straw-coloured. July. l. 6in. to 8in. long, 1 1/2in. broad, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, edged brown, contracted into short petioles. Stem 1 1/2ft. high, with ten to twelve leaves. Birma, 1885. (B. M. 6861.)