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Hab. New Granada, prov. Cauca, Goudot! Patia, Herb. 
Pharm. Soc.! 
Folia 4-8 poll. longa, 6-10 poll. lata, petiolus 3-5 lin. longus. 
Racemi 14 poll. longi. Bractesw 2-3 lin. long. Sepala et 
petala 2 poll. longa. Columna 1 poll. longa. 
A very distinct species, characterized by its narrow sword- 
like leaves. The lip of the only examinable flower is imperfect, 
s>) that the details of the disc and crest cannot be given. 
Nothing is known about the fruit. 
37. VAnruta oporata, Presl, Rel. Henk. (1830), p. 101; foliis 
lineari-lanceolatis acutis nervosis brevissime petiolatis ; racemis 
‘revibus ; capsulis sessilibus lineari-lanceolatis basi et apice 
aitenuatis aromaticis.— Klotzsch, in Bot. Zeit., iv. (1846) p. 563 ; 
Rife, in Kew Bull. (1895) p. 178. 
ilab. Ecuador, Guayaquil, Henke. 
Folia 5-7 poll. longa, 6-8 lin. lata. Capsula 6-7 poll. longa. 
Cnly known from description. Presl remarks that, although 
the ‘ruits had been collected thirty-six years, they still retained 
thei: aromatic fragrance. 
Sect. II. ApHyLL#.—Caules aphylle v. folia ad bracteas 
abortivas reducta. 
®. V. cravicunata, Sw. in Nov. Act. Soc. Sc. Upsal., vi. 
(179) p. 66; caulibus crassis; foliis abortivis oblongo- 
laneolatis subobtusis sessilibus; bracteis ovato - oblongis 
obtisis; sepalis petalisque oblongo-lanceolatis subobtusis, 
labdlo integro emarginato undulato, disco levi, crista 
app¢ndicibus foliaceis apice denticulatis composité; capsulis 
linesri-oblongis.—Sw. in Schrad. Journ., ii. p. 209, t. 1, fig. 1; 
et. 71. Ind. occid., iii. p. 1515; Lindl., Gen. and Sp. Orch., 
p- 464; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 638. 
Ceeo affinis scandens planta, &c. 
p. 1€, t. 224, fig. 3, 4. 
E)idendrum claviculatum, Sw. Prodr. (1788) p. 120. 
Hib. Jamaica, Swartz ! March! 
Inernodi 2-4 poll. longi. Folia abortiva 4-1; poll. longa. 
Braces 2-3 lin. longw. Pedicelli 14 lin. longi. Sepala et 
petaa 14 poll longa. Labellum 11 poll. longum. Columna 
1 pol. longa. Capsula 5-6 poll. longa. 
Ths species is still very imperfectly known, and has been 
Sloane, Hist. Jam., ii. 
