448 NEOTTEZ—CRANICHIDZE. 
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imbricatis glabris inferioribus foliaceis, spicà densà elongatà multiflorà, 
bracteis lanceolatis acuminatis ovarii longitudine, collo floris pubescentis 
abbreviato, sepalis lateralibus lanceolatis acutis falcatis antico ovato 
breviore obtusiusculo, petalis lineari-lanceolatis acutis ciliatis, labelli 
laminå oblong’ acuta serrata crispà, columná pubescente. 
Hab. in Brasilia; in nemoribus ad Ega, et Nogueira, prov. Flum. nigr. 
Martius, (exam. s. sp. in hb. Mart.) 
Leaves a foot long, and an inch and half broad in the widest part. 
Whole scape, including the spike, which is 6 or 7 inches long, but little 
higher than the leaves, in the specimen before me. Flowers about the 
size of S. peruviana. 
3. SrENOoPTERA cardinalis. 
S. foliis hysteranthiis, glaberrima, squamis scapi superioribus membrana- 
ceisacuminatis vaginantibus, spichoblongà multiflora, bracteis ovatis acu- 
minatis ovarii longitudine, collo floris elongato, sepalis lateralibus lan- 
ceolatis ovario qualibus antico petalisque patentissimis spiralibus line- 
ari, labelli laminá lanceolatà, columna tomentosa. 
Hab. in Peruvid; Lime, Cuming, 977.; prope Obrajillo secus fluminis 
ripas, Mathews, 678, (hab. s. sp.) 
A beautiful plant, with a stem as thick as a goose-quill, and flowers of 
the colour of Lobelia cardinalis, and as large, arranged in a spike from 4 
to 5 inches long. Mr. Mathews remarks that that it had no leaves in the 
month of July, when he gathered it in flower at the Quebrada of 
Obrajillo. 
The following plants are perhaps also of this genus :— 
4. Cranichis tubularis (Llave orch. mex. p. 6). Hab. in Mexico juxta præ- 
dium vulgo del Rincon, prope Vallisoletum, florens Maio et Junio; 
vernac. Acatlzauhtli. 
* Planta humilis terrestris. Radix, tuberculis crassis, fasciculatis, pre- 
morsis. Folia radicalia . . . . . Caulis cylindraceus, squalidus, vaginatus 
squamulis foliaceo-membranaceis, acutis. Flores alterni, paululum 
incurvati, bracteolis pallescentibus cincti. Perigonium inp 
pallido-carneum, hians: tubus incurvus, laciniis tribus exterg!$ d 
zequalibus, duabus internis angustioribus acutis, omnibus longitudin 
lineatis, nervosis, extüs pubescentibus. Labelum ovatum, amplum, 
concolor, pendulum, limbo emarginato. Genitalia basi laciniarum intime 
adnata." 
5. Cranichis speciosa. (Llave l. c. p. 5.) Hab. in Mexico, cum prece 
dente; vernac. Atzauhtli. 
* Radix fasciculata, tuberculis oblongis, carnosis, subhyalinis, foetidis. 
Folium unicum radicale lanceolatum, glaucum, caulem amplectens. 
Caulis teres, squalidus, membranis laceratis juxta basim, filamentisque 
rigidis tectus. Squamulze cauline membranacez, vaginantes, nti 
Flores alterni, incurvati, bracteis lineatis precincti. Perigonium, z a7 
dibuliforme, ringens, pallido-carneum, recurvum, laciniis duabus intern 
brevioribus, omnibus lanceolatis basi conniventibus, ad apicem reflexis, 
. . H . " . . : H ssi 1 is. 
lineis longitudinalibus rubris et ochreis alternatim dispositis variegati 
