470 NEOTTE Z—SPIRANTHID&. 
Hab. in Brasilia australi, ad Portum Alegre in solo durissimo sicco, 
T'weedie, (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Hooker.) 
About 3 inches high. Leaves appear to grow after the period of flow- 
ering, at which time they are very small and young. The flowers are 
about the size of S. truncata. 
22. SPIRANTHES truncata. Lindl. in hort. 
S. foliis ovato-oblongis acutis, scapo gracili distanter vaginato glabrius- 
culo, spicà laxà pauciflorà ( 6-7 ) pilosà, bracteis acuminatis ovario 
zequalibus, sepalis linearibus omnibus basi ventricosis pilosis, labello 
carnoso lineari canaliculato apice dilatato trilobo : lobo medio abrupte 
truncato angulis lateralibus acutis. 
Hab. in Brasilia, sub Musis inter folia putrescentia, Descourtilz. (v. v. c. 
comm. cel. Bateman.) 
A delicate little plant about a span high with 6 or 7 nodding distant 
flowers. ‘The lip is white a little streaked with crimson ; the upper sepal 
is emerald green, the lower are paler. 
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23. SprrantuEs Preslii. 
S. foliis omnibus radicalibus ovato- oblongis acutis in petiolum pauld 
breviorem abrupt? contractis, scapo laxé vaginis acuminatis vestito 
superneé pubescente, spicà tenui, bracteis linearibus acuminatis floribus 
longioribus, labellum ovatum concavum sub apice plano spathulato- 
subrotundo constrictum. 
Cyclopogon ovalifolium. Presl. relig. Henk, 1. 93. t. 13. f. 1. 
Hab. in montanis Peruvie, ad Huanuco, Presl. 
This plant is very like Physurus minor, and probably possesses no mark 
of distinction from Spiranthes. The three-lobed process, said to exist at 
the base of the lip, is I fear only the column imperfectly seen. 
94. SPiRANTHES elata. Rich. orch. annot. 37. 
S. foliis omnibus radicalibus oblongis petiolatis nervosis, scapi squamis 
linearibus acuminatis haud vaginantibus, spicà elongatà simpliciter 
spirali pubescente, bracteis linearibus acuminatis ovario longioribus, 
sepalis linearibus obtusis glabris, labello carnoso sessili lineari canalicu- 
lato basi ventricoso apice truncato, columná pubescente. 
Neottia elata. Swartz. act. holm. 1800. p. 226. fl. ind. occ. 1403. Willd. 4. 72. Bot. 
Mag. t. 1475. 
Neottia minor. Jacq. coll. 3. 172. ic. rar. 601. Bot. rep. t. 376. 
Hab. in India occidentali; sylvis depressis Jamaice et Hispaniole, Swartz. ; 
Sage mount, Tortola, Schomburgk ; necnon in Brasilia, in missionibus, 
herb. Hooker, et in descensu M. Corcovado versus urbem, locis apricis 
granosis, et alibi Martius. (v. v. c. et hab. s. sp.) 
This was formerly common in English gardens; but it seems to have 
disappeared. Its stems are from 1 to 14 foot high and stand erect 
above the broad spreading leaves. The flowers are small and white. 
25. SrinaNTHES inequilatera. Poppig. et Endlich. n, g. et sp. 2. 7. t. 110. 
S. “labelli spathulati utrinque emarginati lobo terminali obcordato, 
integerrimo, nudo; sepalis superioribus conniventibus, interioribus 
apice rotundatis, inferioribus falcatis; bracteis linearibus ovario longio- 
