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concavum, ecallosum, in columnam incumbens ; ungue suo basi breviter 
connato sepalorum lateralium adnato. Columna clavata, (villosa,) labelli 
fere longitudine; stigmate subrotundo, tranverso; clinandrio utrinque 
membrana lacerà marginato. ^ Anthera ovata, obtusa; Pollinia 9, bi- 
loba.—— — Herba Peruviana Goodyerz facie. 
1, Gou?nrciis Goodyeroides. 
Hab, in Peruvia; provincia Chachapoyas, Mathews, (eram. s. sp. in hb. 
Hooker.) 
Herba robusta, bipedalis et ultra. Folia coriacea, erecta, lanceolata, in 
petiolum canaliculatum angustata. Vagine caulis inferiores inflate, 
foliacew. ^ Scapus apice tomentosus. Spica densissima, oblonga, to- 
mentosa. Bracteæ oblongo-lanceolate, tomentose, florum longitudine. 
Sepala oblonga, tomentosa. Labellum cordatum, ovatum, complica- 
tum sub apice constrictum, apice concavum, intüs tomentosum. 
CCLV. STENOPTERA. 
Stenoptera. Presl. Relig. H enk. v. I. p.95. 
Flores ringentes, laciniis omnibus in tubo angusto connatis. Sepala 
lateralia postica, erecta, basi «qualia, dorsale anticum ceteris brevius, 
pendulum, aut patens. Petala linearia patentissima. Labellum dor. 
sale, fornicatum, unguiculatum, indivisum, columnam abscondens. Co- 
lumna teres, (tomentosa,) elongata, antrorsüm arcuata; rostello acuto 
glabro. Anthera antica, rostello supposita, linearis, bilocularis, obtusa ; 
clinandrio marginato.—————Herb:e terrestres, Americze calidioris. Folia 
radicalia Orchidis. Flores spicati, herbacei vel colorati. 
This remarkable genus is essentially characterized by its sepals and 
Petals being combined into a long tube, its dorsal fornicate lip, its 
long narrow spreading petals, and its long column which follows the curve 
of the lip that presses on it, in consequence of which the anther is 
forced into the front of the column. Its long narrow flexuose petals, and 
adhesion of the parts of the flower into a neck, divide it from Gom- 
phichis, 
l. Stenoprera peruviana, Presl. 1. c. t. 14. 
S. foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis planis glabris, scapo pubescente squamis 
Coriaceis obtusiusculis distantibus, spicà tenui elongatA tomentosA, brac- 
teis lanceolatis acuminatis collo floris brevioribus, sepalis herbaceis to- 
mentosis apice recurvis lateralibus oblongis antico lineari, petalis lineari- 
bus patentibus revolutis, labelli laminà coriaceà oblongá emarginatá, 
column pubescente. 
Hab. in Peruvid ; in montanis ad Huanoco, Henke; prov. Chachapoyas ; 
Mathews, (exam. s. sp. in hb. Hooker.) 
Flowers small and apparently green; all the parts very tough and thick. 
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*. STENOPTERA acuta, 
S. foliis radicalibus lanceolatis acutissimis in petiolum angustatis (vero- 
similiter scapo aequalibus v. longioribus), vaginis scapi acuminatis sub- 
