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longitudine, sepalis petalisque linearibus acutis glabris, labello lineari- 
oblongo carnoso glabro apice cuneato elongato obsolete trilobo ; callis 
spheericis adnatis. 
Hab. in Peruvia, ad Obrajilio, Mathews, 676. (hab. s. sp.) 
A plant with the habit of Sp. elata, but quite smooth, and with much 
shorter spikes. 
18. Sprrantues peruviana. Presl. relig. Hank. 1. 93. 
S. * spicà subtortili, bracteis flore equilongis, labello ovato crenato con- 
cavo carinato, foliis petiolatis lanceolatis acutis, tuberibus oblongis." 
Hab. in montanis Peruvie ad Huanuco, Presl. 
Said by Presl to be near S. autumnalis, from which it differs in the 
roots, leaves, and lip. ‘‘ Leaves acute, lanceolate, nerved, netted, all 
growing from the root, 2 inches long, tapering into a petiole about 
an inch long. Scape 8 inches high. Spike more than an inch long, 
somewhat twisted. Lip ovate, smooth, crenated, deflexed at the point, 
but not at all crisp,” 
19. Sprranrues ? macrostachya. Poppig. et Endlich. n. g. et sp. 2. 8. t. 
110. a—k. 
S. “labello ovato, acuto, denticulato, integro, nudo ; sepalis superioribus 
conniventibus, interioribus angustissimis, inferioribus falcatis, bracteis 
ovatis ovario brevioribus, spica elongata floribusque resupinatis dense 
pubescentibus ; foliis lanceolato-linearibus." 
Crescit in Peruvid c. Spiranthe inzquilatera. Poppig. Herba 13-2-pedalis. 
Spica semipedalis vix spiralis, Flores albidi, constanter resupinati. 
An Cranichis? 
B, latifolie ; foliis nempe ovatis v. oblongis in petiolum subitd angustatis. 
20. Sprranrnes autumnalis. Rich. orch. annot, 37. Mayrhof. dissert. 36. 
Nees jun. gen. germ. ic. Koch. Fl. germ. 696. 
S. foliis omnibus radicalibus ovatis v. ovato-oblongis in petiolum angus- 
tatis, floribus spiralibus secundis, bracteis pubescentibus ovatis ovario 
longioribus, labello apice rotundato glabro, (tuberculis ovatis.) 
Neottia spiralis. Swartz. Fl. ind. occ. 1408. Willd. sp. pl. 4. 73. (a). Hooker Brit. fi. 
ed. 4. 318. 
Ophrys spiralis. Linn. sp. pl. 1340. Eng. Bot. t. 541. 
Epipactis spiralis. Crantz austr. 6,473. 
Neottia autumnalis. Host. fl. austr. 2. 542. 
Ibidium spirale. Salisb. in Hort. Trans. 1. 261. 
Hab. per omnem Europam, in pratis humidis, Aug. Sept. florens; etiam in 
Algeria, Bové, (v. v. s.) 
Flowers white, deliciously sweet. 
21. Sprranrues aprica. 
S. foliis radicalibus ovato-oblongis concavis, scapo pubescente in medio 
vaginá solitarià acuminatà aucto, spicà secundà pauciflorá (3-5) laxà, 
bracteis acuminatis floribus longioribus pubescentibus, sepalis glabris 
dorsali valde convexo acuminato, labello ovato carnoso sessili apice 
abrupte in laminam minutam crispam membranaceam dilatato : callis 
minimis dentiformibus, 
