300 . ORCHIDEZ. 
95. SPIRANTHES. 
Spiranthes, L. C. Rich. in Mém. Mus. Par. iv. p. 50; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 596. 
A genus of about eighty described species, very widely spread in temperate and 
tropical regions. 
1. Spiranthes aguacatensis, Rchb. f. in Bonplandia, 1855, p. 214, et Beitr. 
Orch. Centr.-Am. p. 46. 
Costa Rica, Aguacate (rsted). 
2. Spiranthes assurgens, Rchb. f. Beitr. Orch. Centr.-Am. p. 66. 
GuaTEMALA, Oratoria (Wendland). 
3. Spiranthes aurantiacus, Hemsley. 
Stenorrhynchus aurantiacus, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. Pl. p. 479; Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 92. 
Neottia aurantiaca, Lliav. et Lex. Nov. Veg. Descr. ii., Orchid. Opuse. p. 2. 
Souta Mexico, region of Orizaba (Bourgeau, 3012; Miller, 230), Totontepec 
(Hartweg), Zimapan (Coulter, 1525); GuatemaLa, in pastures of San Lucas, Chimal- | 
tenango, Tejas, and elsewhere (Hartweg, 622), without locality (Skinner). Hb. Kew. 
4. Spiranthes chlorzformis, A. Rich. et Gal. in Ann. Sc. Nat. série 3, iii. p. 33. 
Soutn Mexico, Oaxaca at 6000 feet (Galeotti, 0008). Hb. Kew. 
5. Spiranthes cinnabarinus, Hemsley. 
Stenorrhynchus cinnabarinus, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. Pl. p. 479; Bot. Reg. 1847, t. 65. 
Neottia cinnabarina, Liav. et Lex. Nov. Veg. Descr. 11., Orch. Opusc. p. 3. 
South Mexico, mountains of Irapeea and elsewhere (La Liave), Sierra San Pedro 
Nolasco, Talea, &c. (Jurgensen, 665), Chiapas (Ghiesbreght, 767), without locality 
(Schaffner). Hb. Kew. 
6. Spiranthes comosa, Rchb. f. in Linnea, xviii. p. 408. 
Mexico (Liebold). 
7. Spiranthes colorans, N. E. Br. in Gard. Chron. n. s. xix. p. 210. 
Stenorrhynchus speciosus, Rich. Ann. Orch. Eur. p. 37; Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. Pl. p. 477; Rehb. 
f. Beitr. Orch. Centr.-Am. pp. 46 et 65. 
Neottia speciosa, Jacq. Ic. Pl. Rar. in. t. 600; Hook. Exot. Fl. tt. 3 et 4; Bot. Mag. t. 13874. 
Lbidium speciosum, Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soe. Lond. i. p. 291. 
Sourn Mexico, Mirador (Liebmann, 4906), Cordillera of Oaxaca (Galeotti, 5190), 
valley of Cordova (Bourgeau, 2080); GuatemMaLa, Las Nubes (Wendland); Costa Rica, 
Cartago (sted); Panama, Veraguas (Bridges).—CoLoMBIA; VENEZUELA; CuBA; 
Jamaica. Hb. Kew. 
8. Spiranthes costaricensis, Rchb. f. in Bonplandia, 1855, p. 214, Beitr. Orch. 
Centr.-Am. pp. 46 et 102, et Xenia Orch. ii. p. 185, t. 179. 
Costa Rica, Naranjo (Zirsted ; Hoffmann). 
