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regretted that he did not persevere in retaining for them the name Gavilea, 
as he appears to have in the first instance intended; but although his 
Asarca aud mine are different, and the name does not apply to his genus, 
yet I am unwilling to increase the confusion of names by making further 
change, and therefore I adopt this excellent Botanist’s nomenclature, and 
abandon my own. The error of Póppig seems to have arisen from his 
having supposed the Serapias Gavilu of Pavon's herbarium, quoted by 
me as a synonym of Asarca speciosa, to be the same genus asthe Gavilu 
of Feuillée. 
a. Labellum omnino nudum. 
l. Asarca bidentata. — Póppig, l. c. t. 121. 
A. labello subsessili rhombeo obovato nudo coriaceo medio utrinque 
unidentato postice integerrimo antice obtuso ac denticulato, sepalis la- 
teralibus obtusis, petalis nudis, spicà pauciflora. 
Hab. in Chile australis. graminosis alpinis, ad Antuco, Floret Januario ; 
Póppig. 
Flowers $-coloured, almost scentless, whitish green, with the lateral 
sepals deep green at the points, lip saffron coloured, according to Péppig. 
b. Labellum medio cristatum. 
2. Asarca glandulifera. Pöppig, l. c. t. 120. B. 
A. labello unguiculato cordato acuminato convexo utrinque bicristato : 
disco appendicibus clavatis creberrimis barbato, sepalis lateralibus ovatis 
apice obtusis concavis, petalis obovatis venis tuberculatis, floribus dis- 
sitis, 
Chloræa Volucris. Lindl. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 1. 3. 
Hab. in Chile; prope Valparaiso, Cuming, in graminosis alpinis ad Antuco, 
Decemb. Pöppig. (hab. s. sp.) 
I have no doubt, notwithstanding the absence of all mention of the glan- 
dular petals by Mr. Pöppig, that this plant is the same as his 4. glandu- 
üfera. He describes the flowers to be very sweet scented, and whitish 
green; but the lip is yellow, with deep green glands. 
3. Asanca acutiflora. Pöppig. l. c. t. 120. A. 
A. labelli lobis lateralibus subquadratis nudis terminali lineari integerrimo 
verrucoso lamellato, perianthii foliolis lanceolatis angustis acuminatis, 
spicà thyrsoidea.” 
Hab. in Chile australis sylvis subalpinis graminosis Pico de Pilque, in 
Andibus Antucensium, Floret Decembre ; Póppig. 
Flowers sulphur coloured. Lateral sepals prolonged into a taper deep 
green point. Glands of the lip cylindrical, much thickened at the points, 
deep green ; according to Póppig. 
4. Asarca odoratissima. Pöppig, l. c. t. 118. 
A. "labelli postice transversim ovalis disco glanduloso cristato: lobis 
subzqualibus lateralibus rotundatis nudis terminali ovato repando 
obtusato.” 
Hab. in Chile australis graminosis alpinis, Andes de Antuco, Floret De- 
cembre; Póppig. 
Scape from 3 to 5 feet high, with dark chesnut coloured or brown skin, 
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