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8TELIS ophioglossoides. 
Narrow-leaved Stelis. 
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OYNANDRIA MOXAXDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Orchide.t, : /ri/>M^' Mulaxidea?. Lindl. CoH. Bot. incd. 
STELIS Swartz. Pollinia 2 cereacea iiitt"j,('n ima ; v. omiiiiiu libei'a, 
V. apicibus viscidis cohanentia, caudicula gliindulaqiie ludlis. Antliera 
termiiialis opercularis 1-locularis decidua. Stiijma subrotuudiini t xcavutum : 
rostello apiculato. Columna semiteies inutica. LabrlliDn parvimi sepalis 
interioribus nanis liberis subconf'orme. Sepala conniveiitia : cxtoriora basi- 
bus connata. Herbae teneres^ epiphytcBf (Americae sequinoctialis) 7ion bul- 
bosa. Folia solitaria. Ratimi swsukpHees, Flores mmuHf herbaceiy in- 
odori et qticmdoque noctumi. 
S. ophioglossoides ; foliis tenuibus lanceolatis apice seepius recurvis, spicis 
laxis, floribus cernnis quaquaversis obsolete hexagodis, sepalis interi- 
oribus truiicatis, labello basi subcoidato. 
Ilpidendrum ophioglossoides. Jacquin Amer. 225. t. 133. y*. 2. 
Epidendrum trij^oniflorum. Swartz prodr. 135. 
Dendrobium ophioglossoides. Swartz nov. act. ups. 6.83. 
Stelis ophioglossoides. Swartz in Schrad. diar. bot. 1799. p. 239. Willd. 
sp. 4.138. Lodd. bot. cab. t. M2. 
Folia solitaria, oblonga, glabra, plana, enervia, apice feri integra, m 
petiolo camoso, canaliculato ait^uata. ^Tpic^terrninalis,filiformis,rnultiflora, 
folio longior, vaginis parvis, truncatis, acuminatis interrupt^ vestita. Flores 
vesper tini, minutissimi,resupin(tii, subsecuneU, subrotundi, angulis S obsoletis. 
Perianthium suhglobosum; sepaJa exteriora, ovaia, obtusa, coriacea, basi 
connata, sub-fomicata, ce^ua/ia, interiora nana,. cam4?$a, truncata. Labelluiu 
camosum, cum columnd parallelum, sepalis intepkirUnts subconfarme, lamind 
depressd, cordatd. Columna brevissinta semi-teres, sepalorum interior um 
longitudine. Anthfitik termincUiStipercbtkiriSj Uai^^ PoUinia 
2, libera, caudiaUd nUiUd* 
A native of Trinidad, whence plants were sent by 
Mr. D. Lockliart to Mr. James Colvill, in whose mirscry our 
drawing was made. A tender stove plant, requiring the 
treatment of other epipliytal Orchideae. 
We find much difficulty in ascertaining the true charac- 
ters by which S. opkiagibMtoi^ md micrantha are to be 
