Tin 7Oa5. 
CHLORAA orisPa. 
Native of Chile. 
Nat. Ord. OrcuiIpE.z.—Tribe Neorrigx. 
Genus Cxtorma, Lindl.; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant vol. iii. p. 618.) 
Cuior&a crispa; herba terrestris 1 usque ad 3 ped. alta, radicibus carnosis 
elongatis, caule erecto glabro, foliis basalibus oblongis vel lanceolatis 
acutis usque ad 8 poll. longis et 1 poll. latis basi amplectentibus im- 
bricatisque, scapo squamis ovatis vel late lanceolatis acutis vel acuminatis 
distantibus 1-4 poll. longis instructo, racemis pauci- vel multifloris, 
bracteis lanceolatis acuminatis ovarium «#quantibus vel paullo excedenti- 
bus, non reticulatim venosis, pedicellis brevibus, ovario subclavato, 
floribus fere omnino albis, labello ad latera, petalis ad basin minute 
viridi-maculatis, columna ad basin aurantiaco-maculata, sepalo dorsali 
oblongo obtuso circa 1} poll. longo 7 lin. lato, lateralibus e basi lineari 
obovato-oblongis leviter undulatis apice cochleatis incrassatis 1} poll. 
longis 6 lin. latis, petalis ellipticis obtusis sepalo dorsali quarta parte 
brevioribus ad nervos longitudinales sparse verrucosis, labello basi con- 
tracto superne late oblongo vel fere orbiculari parte superiore crispato- 
dentato lamellis 7-9 fimbriatis basi confluentibus instructo facie inferiore 
prope margines papillis paucis predito, columna circa 1 poll. longa, 
ovario subclavato. 
C. crispa, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. p. 401. Gay, Flor. Chil. vol. v. p. 445. 
ered Review, 1903, p. 133. Krdnzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. vol. ii. p. 129, 
t. Lda. 
Cymbidium luteum, Willd. Sp. Plant. vol. iv. p. 106. 
Epipactis amplo flore luteo, vualgo Gavilu, Fewillée, Journ. Observ. vol. ii. 
(1714), p. 729, tab. 20. 
_ Although this plant was first described by Feuillée 
nearly two hundred years ago, it appears to have been 
only recently brought into cultivation. Mr. H. J. Elwes, 
F.R.8., collected tubers in the sandy plain between 
Coronel and Concepcion, Chili, in December, 1901, which 
he presented to Kew, and from them the plant here 
figured was raised, and it flowered in April, 1903. 
Lindley, who first distinguished the genus Chlorea, knew 
this species in the dried state only. 
It inhabits the plains of Chili, where its long fleshy 
rootlets bury themselves deeply in the sand, and, pro- 
bably owing to different degrees of humidity, it varies 
much in size and the number of flowers produced. 
Feuillée states that the Indian women mix the juice of 
May Ist, 1904. 
