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GOODYERA discolor 

 JBrasil Goodyera. 



GYXANDFJA MOyANnUIA, 



Nat. oriL OnciiiDEii:. Jusdeu gen. 64^. Broivn prod, 309- 



DiiK IL Authera stigmati parallela pcrsistens, Mctssa; pollinis v. fa- 



rinacea; v, e corpusculis angulalis ; apicibus stigniati aifixae. Brown in Horl, 



Ke-w.ed. 2, 5- 197. 



GOOD YER/L Cor. ringens : petalis exterioribus anticis labello inferne 



gibboso suporne indiviso suppositis. Columna libera. Pollen angulatum. 



Ji?^oivn loc. ciL 



Div. IL Fetalis exterioribus anticis horizontnli-pateniibus* 

 G- discolor^ rhizomate horizontali, caudescente, fnliis discoloribus ovalilms 

 crassiusculis, spica multiflora, ungue labelli ad basin bullato-didyino 

 adnatoque lamina transverse oblonga, 



RItizoma carnosum subrepensy radicato-caudescens, cylindricum crasaiiti' 



dine dii^itij Jbh'orum vesliglis annulafumy fusco'sanguineum, supernejfiiiosum, 



indivisum- Folia ambient ia^ sparsa^ discolora, xmgiuosO'petiohita vagin^ 



sanguineo-rubente ; lamina crassiusada^ ovaiis, ntrinfjne atteuuaia^ acuminata^ 



subtriiincialisy supra papHlis atomoideis densis lucido-priduata ^ alro virens 



aliquii irrepcnte rztbedine, siibius glabrata punicea longitiidinafitar nervosa 



nervorum intervallis Jlcxuoso-vennsa* Scapus simplex erectits cylindraceus ^ sub* 



pedalisj teres crassitudive tuhi pennon scriptorice vel majore, albo-hirsufus, 



bracteis aliquihns vacuis J/orum majoribus appressis hlc hide munitus, Spica 



simplex^ erecta^ eylindracea-, subtriundalis^ laxiiks midtiftora, BractesE mem* 



hranos^^ rnbicundcu^ prtiinoso-micanles^ lanceolato-actiminatcej convolutce^ 



longiores germinCy ^i-nerves, erector, cuspidatte, std)Cilintce. Flores supinati^ 



nntantes, sessilf^Sj niveiy cruciato-ringenfes^ ^partes unci^e transversi : germ, 



semunciale^ alburn^ hirsutumy tortmn, apice fiexum^ sitblongins corolla; cor. 



tctrapetaloidea; pet, ^(juilonga^ extcriora pruinoso-opaca, tnteriora pruinoso' 



lucida; ga\oa ovato-ellfpticay erecla^ oblusa^ disco extrorsum gibbosa^ Jbnnaia 



petalis 2 latcralibu^ interioribus ditnidiato^lanceolatis angustis cum media ovfdi 



duplo latiori ad uium wargincm iitrinyue imhricatO'Siibcohcercntibns ; pet. 2 



exteriora lateralia ohlongwovata acumine obtuso, horizontali-divnricatay rictunh 



Jloris exacie dccussrinlia, ajigustiora galea^ deorsiim obliquala lateribus moda 



tali dcpressis id promineat discus, extiis apice macula jjarvu chi ntunomeO' 



rubrnte notata; labelium difpjrme, indivisum, concolor^ ungnicidatnm ; unguis 



Vt-plo ma^rhve longior lamhta^ Uneari-ohlongnSy subtubnloso-convolutus^ li saccule 



brcvissimo didymo-hemisphccricQ antice bibnllato-proiubcrante adnaius basi 



coliimnce; lamina irm.^ transverse oblonga integern7na apicuio obsoleto^ basi 



levissime subcordat a, glabra. Columna alba^ duplo fere brevior corolla^ libera, 



errctiusctda, infcrne cylindrical mprii postice subdidymo-gibbosa, JlavesccJis^ 



lucida, vcrtice depresso: anih. opercularis^ persistens, biloculariKy receptacnh 



oblougo acuminato antrorsum incumbente processu glandidoso rostellaihn pro- 



ducto atque areolam papulosam secerncntem stigmatis parallcli obnmbrante: 



massae pollinis binee sulphurei^ pedicellato-clavata:^ e lobulis obversis prcsHone 



anctido^is axim elasticam glutinosam imbricathn contegentibui^ conjlattr, Differt 



GooDYERis veris hnbitii v-alde robustiore atque carnosiore, charactereque tcniis 



ex petalis 2 extimis alarum instar dispansisy neque labello suppositis alque col- 



lalerali'connivcntibus; aliiis vero jylurimhn cum genera con^eniif, 



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