NEOTTEJE—SPIRANTHID X. 475 
the labellum of his Neottia micrantha has a very thin undulated margin, 
makes me doubt whether that plant is to be referred to this species. 
§ 2. Sancocrorris. Sepala lateralia decurva. Labelli ascendentis lamina 
carnosa, deflexa, sepalis basi vald? productis multo brevior. Flores erecti. 
4l. Sprranrues picta. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 823 
S. foliis obovato-lanceolatis undulatis, scapo piloso, spicà laxà elongata, 
bracteis lineari-lanceolatis ovarii longitudine basi glabris, sepalis pilosis 
lateralibus infra medium ovarii decurrentibus, labello oblongo glabro 
basi sagittato apice deltoideo venoso. 
a. foliis variegatis, petalis labello sepalisque intüs albis. 
Neottia picta. R. Brown, Hort. Kew. 5. 199. Bot. Mag. t. 1562. 
Neottia acaulis. Smith, Exot. Bot. 2. t. 105. 
B. foliis fer’ immaculatis, petalis labello sepalisque intüs herbaceis. 
Spiranthes grandiflora. Lindi. in Bot. Reg. t. 1048. 
Neottia grandiflora. Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 2730. 
Hab. in insulà Trinitatis, Hortul. angl.; 8 in Brasilid, Douglas, Guayana, 
Schomburgk. (v. v. c. et s. sp.) 
Of this plant I have seen but one bad wild specimen in the collection of 
Mr. Schomburgk. It has a stem about 2 feet high, and large green or 
variegated flowers, which, when in the state of a bud are extremely like 
the head of a bird. I cannot discover any sufficient mark of distinction 
between the two plants above quoted as varieties ; for even in S, grandiflora 
there is a tendency to variegation in the leaves. 
49. SriRANTHES speciosa. 
S. foliis obovato-lanceolatis, scapo glabro lax? vaginato, spicá laxà angusta 
elongatà, bracteis lanceolatis acuminatis inferioribus floribus zqualibus 
glabriusculis, sepalis subpilosis lateralibus infra medium ovarii decurren- 
tibus, labello lineari sagittato medio piloso apice ovato. 
Sarcoglottis speciosa. Presl. relig. Henk. 1.96, t. 15. 
Hab. in Peruvia, Henke, Mathews, 1070. (eram. s. sp. in hb. Hooker.) 
Very near Sp. picía, from which it differs in having larger and narrower 
leaves, a tuft of hair on the middle of the labellum, and large bracts. 
Presl’s figure is very indifferent. 
43. SrinANTRES bonariensis. 
S. foliis. . . . , vaginis scapi glabris laxis imbricatis acuminatis, spicá 
oblongà tomentosá, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis floribus aqua- 
libus, sepalis petalisque villosis lateralibus in cornu gibboso brevi pro- 
ductis, labello spathulato concavo sub apice rotundato apiculato 
constricto. 
Hab. in Bonaria, Tweedie. (exam. s. sp. in hb. Hooker.) 
The specimen before me is rather more than a foot high. Flowers 
smaller than in S. picta. Anther terminated by a membranous rounded 
appendage. Rostellum long, truncated. The down of the inflorescence 
seems to have been brown. 
