478 NEOTTEJE—SPIRANTHIDAE. 
florà, bracteis acuminatis ovario tomentoso nonnihil longioribus, labello 
obovato subcrenulato apice lanceolato canaliculato, sepalis glanduloso- 
pubescentibus. 
Helleborine purpurea asphodeli radice. Plum. ic. 176. t. 181. f. 2. 
Limodorum lanceolatum. Aubl. guian. 2. 821. 
Satyrium orchioides. Swartz, prodr. 118. 
Neottia orchioides. Swartz. fl. ind. occ. 3. 1411. t, 28. f. a.b. Bot. Mag. t. 1036. 
Neottia lanceolata. Willd. sp. pl. 4. 75. 
Neottia squamulosa. Humb. Bonpl. et Kunth. n. g. et sp. 1. 332. t. 71. 
Ibidium crystalligerum. Salisb. in Hort. Trans. I. 292. 
B? plantaginea ; foliis longioribus solitariis (?), floribus viridi-roseis sepalo 
dorsali minüs gibboso, cornu longiore, ovario angustiore. 
Neottia plantaginea. Hooker Exot. ft. t. 226. 
Hab. in Americd tropicd ; aridissimis campis graminosis Jamaice, Swartz, 
Distin ; in Ste. Lucie insula, Anderson; vallibus montanis Demerare, 
flumini Rupununy adjacentibus, sub gradu lat, bor. 3. inter gramina, 
Schomburgk ; Brasilizelocis variis, Martius ; regno Novo Granatensi, Humb. 
et Bonpl. 5 in insulà Trinitatis, De Schach. (v. v. c. et hab. s. sp.) 
A plant common in our hothouses, where it is remarkable for flowering 
earlier than the leaves appear. Whether or not the Neottia plantaginea of 
Hooker is really distinct, I am unable to judge ; for specimens have never 
fallen in my way. I fear, however, it is a mere variety; for, in the first 
place, there is no specific mark of distinction to be discovered in either the 
plate or description given in the Exotic Flora; and, secondly, the species 
appears to be variable. In the gardens it has rich salmon-coloured flowers; 
in Demerara they appear, from Mr. Schomburgk's observations, to be the 
brightest rose; and Swartz describes them to be dirty yellow (sordide lutei) 
in Jamaica. The very indifferent figure in the Botanical Magazine repre- 
sents the spike as more lax than I have seen it, and the ill-drawn flowers 
are a caricature ; in reality the inflorescence is much more compact, and 
that of the specimens from Demerara is quite as compact as is represented 
in N. plantaginea. Perhaps, however, 2 or 3 different species are con- 
founded by me under St. orchioides ; if so, I have no means of distinguishing 
them from each other. In the herbarium of Dr. Von Martius are speci- 
mens in flower with leaves attached to them, from the province of Minas 
Geraes. 
5. STENoRHYNCHUS aphyllus. 
Neottia aphylla ; scapo bracteato superne floribusque pubescenti-glandulo- 
sis, perianthii laciniis tribus exterioribus lineari-acuminatis peat = a 
basi in calcare brevi obtusissimo productis. Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 9191. 
Hab. in insulis Trinitatis et Sti. Vincentii, Hooker. 
In this I find nothing satisfactory to divide it from sS. orchioides neris 
the labellum, which is figured and represented as linear oblong, and lei bat 
is certainly much more broad and obtuse than I have ever seen 1t 1n t : 
species. The plant is said to be entirely leafless, not producing foliage eve 
in cultivation, and to have a singularly lurid reddish green colour. 
$9. Bivesica. Sepalis lateralibus basi paràm productis. Labello basi 
biconvexo. 
6. Srenoruyncuvs sulphureus. 
: Ex i y. : ee oe ibus 
Neottia sulphurea, foliis radicalibus. lanceolatis ; spicis secundis; flori 
