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* SPIRANTHES bracteòsa. 
Long-bracted Lady's Traces. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. Ord. ORCHIDACEE, S NEOTTIEZ. 
SPIRANTHES. Supra, vol. 10, fol. 1043. 
S. bracteosa ; foliis rosulatis oblongis acutis, scapo vaginato pubescente, bracteis 
lineari-lanceolatis foliaceis floribus longioribus, sepalis ovatis pubescentibus 
acutis lateralibus basi connatis, petalis glabris sepalo supremo agglutinatis et 
conformibus, labello pubescente : ungue obovato canaliculato mutico limbo 
subcuneato rotundato apiculato. 
An addition to the very difficult genus of which our 
own sweet Lady's Traces forms a part. ]t was imported from 
Saint Catharine's by Messrs. Loddiges, in whose collection 
the drawing was made in May 1835. 
It is readily known by its long leafy bracts, downy stems 
and flowers, spreading oval root leaves, and peculiar lip. 
Of course a stove herbaceous plant. 
Fig. 1. isa magnified view of an entire flower; fig. 2. is 
a still more highly magnified view of the back of the column 
and the lip, the sepals and petals being cut away. 
5 iu non to the spiral manner in which the flowers of many species 
are arranged. 
