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bracteati. Bractez longitudine floris, vaginis aphyllis simillimze. Peri- 
anthium clausum, glabrum, exsiccatum fuscescens ; sepala ovato-lanceo- 
lata, acuminata, planiuscula, trinervia, basi ovario oblique adnata, dorsale 
lanceolatum, concavum, petalis lanceolatis feré usque ad apicem ad- 
herentibus, eaque longitudine æquantibus ; labellum oblongum, apice 
angustatum, carinato-concavum, margine ciliatum, basi calcarato-ventri- 
cosum, calyce paulló brevius. Gynostemum et Anthera ut in Stenor- 
hyncho orchioide. 
C. aphylle ; nempé folia nulla v. hysteranthia. 
33. SrinAN THES ramentacea. Lindl. in Ann. nat. hist. 4. 
S. glaberrima, vaginis caulis membranaceis longissimis laxis imbricatis, spicà 
densà cylindraceá brevi, bracteis ovatis acuminatis floribus brevioribus, 
sepalis lateralibus patentibus linearibus obtusis petalis acutis multd 
longioribus, labelli limbo ovato concavo obtuso ungue et columna in 
medio pubescentibus: callis basi proximis minutis conicis. 
Hab. in Merico, prope Santa Barbara, regione calidà, Aprili, Hartweg. 
(hab. s. sp.) 
A very singular plant with the habit of an Apaturia. 
34. SrinaNTHES pyramidalis. 
S. glaberrima, vaginis caulis membranaceis oblongis acutis laxis imbri- 
catis, spicà elongatà pyramidali, bracteis obovatis acuminatis floribus 
longioribus, sepalis basi glanduloso-pilosis acutis petalisque subeequalibus, 
labelli limbo ovato concavo caruoso basi bicalloso ungue parüm longiore, 
rostello rotundato. 
Hab. in Guatemala vulgaris, Skinner. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Bateman.) 
35. Sprranrues hemichrea. 
S. glaberrima, vaginis caulis membranaceis oblongis acutis imbricatis, 
spicà elongatà pyramidali, bracteis oblongis acutis flore brevioribus, 
sepalo dorsali rhomboideo et petalis obtusis membranaceis ; lateralibus 
angustioribus carnosis ad ovarii medium usque productis, labelli ungue 
lineari pubescente sub medio bicalloso laminà ovata obtusa longiore. 
Hab. in Guatemala, Skinner. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Bateman.) 
Flowers much larger than in either of the last species. Rostellum acute, 
becoming emarginate, never split into two setaceous parts. 
36. SprraNTHES camporum. 
S. vaginis scapi membranaceis cucullatis apiculatis distantibus, spicà 
attenuata multiflora, bracteis ovatis acuminatis venosis florum longitu- 
dine, sepalis ovatis acutis, labelli trilobi glabri lobo intermedio subro- 
tundo tomentoso, columná basi barbata. 
B. scapo floribusque tomentosis, spicá rarà, bracteis longioribus, 
Hab. in Monte Video, pascuis duris aridis, Tweedie. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel, 
Hooker.) 
This little plant appears to be common about the mouth of the Rio St. 
Lucie in the Banda oriental, where also it is subject to some striking 
variation, Some of the specimens are little more than 4 inches high, and 
September, 1840. : QQQ 
