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4. Cranicuis muscosa. Swartz. Prodr. 120. fi. ind. occ. 3. 1499. t. 99. f. 3. 
C. foliis petiolatis ovato-oblongis rervosis, vaginarum laminá subrotundo- 
oblongà foliaceà, spicà laxiusculà, ovariis elongatis acuminatis, sepalis 
petalisque patentibus, labello oblongo concavo venis intüs tuberculatis. 
Hab. in Jamaica, in sylvis umbrosis subhumidis montium, Swartz. ; nec 
non in Dominica, Henslow, et Sancto Vincentio, Guilding. (hab. s. sp.) 
This plant varies much in its size, and in that of the flowers. I have seen 
specimens from 6 inches to two feet in height. 
5. Cranicuis ovata. Wikstr. in Linnea v. 5. p. 90. 
C. * radicibus . . . ., caule paucifolio, fol. radicalibus petiolatis ovatis acutis 
obsolet? nervosis, caulinis subsessilibus, spica pauciflora, bracteis ovato- 
lanceolatis, labello . . ., capsulis subellipticis.” 
Hab. in Guadaloupe, Wikstrom. 
This seems to be a small variety of C. muscosa, of which there are 
many. That species is said, however, to differ by the following cha- 
racter : *' radicibus fasciculatis filiformibus tomentosis, caule folioso, foliis 
radicalibus petiolatis ovalibus nervosis reticulato-venosis, spica multiflora, 
labello intüs punctato, capsulis ovalibus," 
6. Cranicnis tubulosa. 
C. foliis. . . . ., caule glabro distanter vaginato, spicà elongatà imbricatà, 
bracteis lanceolatis (glaucis?) ovario longioribus, sepalis petalisque 
patentibus basi in tubo brevi connatis, labello ovato medio carnoso, 
stigmate emarginato. 
Hab. in Mexico, Karwinski (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Bateman.) 
Of this plant I have seen no leaves. The portion in my herbarium con- 
sists of part of a scape about a foot long, terminated by a close spike 53 
inches long. .The union of the sepals and petals into a short tube is not 
known elsewhere in the genus Cranichis, and the deeply emarginate stigma 
is peculiar ; but the value of these marks is at present uncertain. 
In the Royal Herbarium of Munich there is another specimen. 
7. Cranicuis ciliata. Kunth. synops. 1, 324. 
C. foliis petiolatis ovato-ellipticis, scapo pubescenti, spicà ovata glabrà 
laxiusculà, ovariis linearibus bracteis longioribus, floribus patulis, petalis 
ciliatis, labello obovato-subrotundo trinervi venis validis abbreviatis 
rectangulis picto. 
Ophrys ciliata. H. B. K. nov. gen. et. sp. pl. 1. t. 74. 
Hab. in declivitate nobilissimi montis Avila vel Silla de Caracas, prope 
El Pexual, alt. 1020 hex. Januario florens, Humboldt et Donpland. 
(hab. s. sp.) 
8. Cranicuis foliosa. 
C. foliis radicalibus obovato-lanceolatis petiolis et scapo diphyllo lon- 
gioribus, spicà laxà multifloià glabra, sepalis petalisque subaequalibus 
patulis, labello cymbeformi basi angustato intüs verrucoso. 
Ponthieva multiflora. Poppig. nov. gen. 2. 16. t. 123. 
Hab. in Peruviz orientalis arboribus vetustis rara, Cerro de S. Cristobal in 
viciniis praedii Cuchero, florens Februario, Poppig. 
Herba 1-2 pedes alta. Flores parvi albi inodori ; ex Poppig. 
