NEW OR HARE ORCHIDE^. 309 



teeth, the upper one longer than the rest ; and it is within 

 these that the anther-case is, as it were^sunk. Claw of the 

 pale yellow lip free almost to the very base, but close pres- 

 sed to the under face of the column ; the lamina deflexed, 

 broad, with a tooth or small lobe on each side, transversely 

 obcordate. The colour is deep yellow where the base of 

 the lamina is applied to the stigma, and there is a projecting 

 crest or tubercle, of nearly a triangular form. 



Fig. 1. Column lip; f. 2. lip; f. 3. column; f. 4. anther- 

 case ; f. 5. pollen-masses, magnified. 



2. E, Vincentinum (Lindl. ;) caule ancipiti, foliis distichis 

 anguste lanceolatis acutissimis panicula pauciflora laxa fili- 

 formi brevioribus, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis, petalis filiformi- 

 bus, labello subrotundo crispo. (Tab. XI.) — Lindl. in 

 Hook. Journ. of Bot. vol. iii. p. 88. 



Hab. St Vincents. Rev. L. Guilding. 



A small delicate species, not more than four inches high, 

 with minute membranous flowers, disposed, in a short loose 

 panicle ; pedicels filiform. — Lindl. 



Fig. 1. Flower; 7nagnijied. 



Spiranthes, 



1. S. diurdica (Lindl.); foliis ensiformibus omnibus radi- 

 calibus, scapo glabriusculo vaginis brevibus distantibus acutis, 

 spica densa elongata conica tomentosa, bracteis ovatis acumi- 

 natis florum longitudine, sepalis acuminatis apice glabris, 

 labello pubescente oblongo basi cucullato apice subrotundo 

 dilatatopapilioso undulato. — Lindl. Gen.et Sp. Orchid, p. 468. 



Spiranthes Null, Rich. Orch. Annot. p. 39. 



Neottia diuretica, Wilid. w.p. 73. 



Epipactis floribus uno versu dispositis, vulgo Null. Feuill. 

 Peruv. ii. p. 26. ^.17. 



Hab. Chili. Feuillee. Macrae^ Bridges, (n. 607.) 



Flowers pale green in conical spikes from 2-4 inches long. 

 Stems to 1^ foot long Lindl. 



Fig. 1. Flower ; f. 2. front view of do. ; f. 3. labellum ; f. 4. 

 Stigma and Anther ; magnified. 



