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laxa 7-8-flora, braeteis lanceolatis acuminata incurvis ovario hirauto 

 iZpolTse^is glaberrimis supremo retuso lateralis ob tm» ap> 

 concavis, labello basi ima glabro sagittate supra basin intus villoso ap,cc 

 obovato obtuso concavo nitido subcrenato. 



A singular terrestrial Orchidaceous plant sent from Gua- 

 temala to the Horticultural Society hy Mr. Hartweg It 



belongs to that section of the genus Sp.ranthes of wl nch 

 old Neottia speciosa is the type, and which has been called by 

 Presl Sarcoglottis, among all which it is at once known bjito 

 flowering without leaves, and its d""^^^- J£ 



stem is altogether about 1| foot high, covwed with whrte 



hairs and clothed by rather distant mta ' whl * a re ^* 

 narrow, lanceolate, taper-pointed, "&^£~5£- £Z 

 somewhat in a spiral direction. *^IJ%££*J££ 

 are hairy, the sepals and petals vvh,ch are more than a n mch 



long J ^-J^Jft ^ "Si d°ull 

 inside and outside, hxternaiiy "icy * 



greemsh-yellow^ the tip being oe ^ ^.^ 



green veins. This organ is na J narrow ^^ 



and at the base » f^^™ extending beyond the 



which are th e e*agpg nthes p , p^ ^ ^ 



C u ge - - T ^«; P H in detach it The column is taper, at the 

 that it is difficult «» deted. *. ^ hollowed ^ 



very base smooth, higher up p*i prom i„ent smooth 



narrow smooth cavity, next furn,sh « a fi w V t l crimnat ing in an 

 vesicle looking like a tubercle, and *' g « and 



oblong arched stigma, the lower part ot ™™ h m 



the ufper dry - ^ "fTheTpendaJs <7 1^ pollen'masses' 

 this part, or in any ot the appenuag 



20. BEGONIA 



folia 



„ c ;« rWruo-inco-pu bescentiDus, iom» ivu-^ 

 B. **«.' ft « ,icOS ^ CaU K6^aCgST„oiS„■do ^ .ati ? supra gl.bri. 



petiolatis concavis ob .que o>»"s g fcml gineo-tomcnto.,», 



SatE£35£ CMC*- a*S£ ■»•* <-• 



alls scmicircularibus aquahbus. 



A flue species from a-g^^SSS 



like those of a Vine m colon V«£» and ^ ;/, in looso 



ab °^ Si \w ^long ,^1, the leaves. Sent 



rSSS ^ by Mr. Hartweg. 



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