Tab. 7909. 

 chlor^ea longibkacteata. 



Native of Chili. 



Nat. Old. OkchidEjE. — Tribe Neottie*. 

 Genus Chloilea, Lindl. ; (Benth. et Hook.f. Gen. Flant. vol. iii. p. 618.) 



ChloRjEA longibracteata ; herba terrestris, glaberrima, tuberosa, 12-18 poll, 

 alta, tuberibus cylindricis elongatis j— 1 poll, crassis usque ad 6-8 poll, 

 longis, caule simplici crasso carnoso infra flores per totam longitudinern 

 foliis spathaceis acutis arete appressis vestito, foliis radicalibus subrosu- 

 Iatis subcarnosis late obovato-rotundatis 3-5 poll, longis 2-2^ poll, 

 latis apice reenrvia pluricostatis inter coatas reticulato-venosis, noribus 

 1^-lf poll, diametro albido-aurantiacis deimirn Iaxiuscule spicatis, spicis 

 4-8 poll, longis, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis noribus paulo 

 brevioribus vel in speciminibus agrestibus paulo longioribus, sepalis 

 albis dissimilibus, 2 lateralibus majoribns longe cornutis cornu tereti 

 carnoso viridi, terminali petalis Bimili, petalis oblique ovato-oblongis, 

 labelli aurantiaci sessilis basi cordati supra cristati lobis lateralibus 

 brevibue rotundatis lobo terminali sinuato apice incrassato, columna 

 labello dimidio breviore. 



Chloraea longibracteata, Lindl. in Brand Quart. Journ. Roy. Inst. n.s. vol. i. 

 (1827) p. 48 ; Benth. in Maund Bot. vol. ii. t. 94. 



Asarca sinuata, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. p. 408 ; G. Gay, Fl. Chil. vol. i. 

 p. 468. 



Chlorsea is the characteristic genus of ground orchids in 

 extratropical South America, especially on the western 

 side. Altogether about eighty species have been described ; 

 but many of them are only very imperfectly known from 

 dried specimens. Since the drawing of the present species 

 was made several other species have flowered at Kew from 

 tubers collected and presented by H. J. Elwes, Esq., and 

 drawings having been made it is probable that some of 

 them may appear in this publication. Chlorasa differs 

 from most of the allied genera in having no spur. Our 

 drawing of 0. longibracteata was made from a plant pre- 

 sented to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, by Mr. F. W. 

 Burbidge, the enthusiastic Curator of Trinity College 

 Botanic Gardens, Dublin. It was presented to Trinity by 

 Mr. Thornhill, whose father-in-law, Mr. J. W. Warburton, 

 formerly H.M. Consul-General at Valparaiso, introduced 

 it from Chili. Incidentally it may be mentioned that Kew 

 was indebted to the latter gentleman for several interesting 

 August 1st, 1903. 



