464 NEOTTEJE—SPIRANTHIDX. 
because they are uniform, and especially by the lateral sepals being in all 
cases oblique at the base, and running down the ovary moreorless. But 
it is not to be distinguished by its subulate bifid rostellum, for in S. 
bracteosa and others that part has the form of Goodyera. 
Stenorhynchus and Pelexia are both cut off by the want of calli to their 
lip. 
$1. EusPrnaNTHES. Sepala subparallela. Labelli porrecti lamina recta aut 
rectiuscula, sepalis basi parum productis subequalis. Flores horizontales. 
A. anguslifolie ; folis nempe linearibus v. lanceolatis in petiolum sensim 
angustatis. 
l. Sprrantues estivalis. Rich. orch. annot. 36. Mayrhof diss. 37. Koch. 
Ji. germ. 696. Rchb. pl. crit. t. 337. 
S. foliis radicalibus caulinisque lineari-lanceolatis, floribus spiralibus, 
bracteis glabris ovatis ovario longioribus, labello oblongo glabro 
(tuberculis fusiformibus.) 
Neottia wstivalis. Lam. enc. 4.567. Pers. syn. 2. 511. Host fl. austr. 2. 542. Hooker, 
Fl. Brit. ft. ed. 4. 318. 
Ophrys æstiva. Balb. addit. 96. ex Koch. 
Hab. in Europd mediá in pascuis et pratis, Jul. Aug. florens; etiam in 
Sarnià, Babington. (Aab. s. sp.) 
Certainly a distinct plant from S. autumnalis, and readily known by 
its narrow ensiform leaves and leafy stem. Flowers white, much less 
secund, and in a thinner raceme. 
2. Sprrantnes Romanzoffiana. | Chamiss. in Linnea. 3. 32. 
S. foliis radicalibus caulinisque lanceolatis scapo folioso evaginato 
zequalibus, spicà oblongà* densà glabriusculá, bracteis foliaceis floribus 
longioribus, sepalis lateralibus dorsali multd latioribus, labello oblongo- 
lanceolato obtuso basi latiore apice crispatulo. 
Hab. in Unalaschka, in alveo turfoso convallium infimorum, passim, 
Chamisso, Eschscholtz. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Fischer.) 
A dwarf species in the way of S. estivalis with all the short stout stem 
leafy, and not clothed with scales. The oblong flower-heads with long 
leafy bracts give it a very distinct appearance. The specimens I have 
seen vary in height from 3 to 7 inches. 
3. SrrrantTHes gemmipara. Lindl. synops. 257. 
Neottia gemmipara. Smith, Engl. fl. 4.36. Eng. Bot. Suppl. t. 2786. 
Hab in Hibernia ; prope Castletown in sinu Bantry, Jas. Drummond. (v. 
s. in hb. Smith.) 
That this obscure plant is actually the same as Spiranthes Romanzoffiana 
I cannot absolutely affirm, because I have had no opportunity of examining 
its flowers. But the resemblance between them is so great that I scarcely 
entertain a doubt upon the subject. 
4. Sprranrues australis. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 823. 
S. foliis radicalibus caulinisque linearibus aut lineari-lanceolatis obtusis 
acutisve nunc ensiformibus, floribus spiralibus glabris aut sepits pubes- 
