Monandria. 1415 



polyjla- NEOTTIA, radicibus fibrofis, 



cbya. caule fubdivifo geniculato, race- 



mo comDofito terminali; labio 



ovato recurvato. Prodr. p. 119. 



Habitat in fylvis montium altiflimo- 

 rum Jamaicae (Mountains of Cla- 

 rendon)j folo deprelfo fterili. 2*. 



Jt\adices flliformes , crafliufculae, rigidae, fu- 

 fsae, longae fimplices, veiticiilorum inflar ex- 

 fcrtar. 



Canlis 2-3-pedaIis, inferne teres fubiamofus, ra- 

 mis geniculatis, angulatis, craffitie cuimi Tri- 

 tici , vaginato - foliofi , flnati , rigidiufculi. 



Folia alterna, bafi vaginantia, obionga, utrinque 

 acuminata, erecla, pedaiia ; integia, longitu- 

 diualiter nervofa , 5-7 nervis diflincflioribus, 

 bafi fubcomplicata , utrinque glabra, obfcure 

 viridia. 



Vaginae foliorum a genicuiis ortae (ut in gra- 

 minibus) comprefliufculae , firiato - nervofae. 



Racemus terminajis compofitus, peduncido folita- 

 rio e vagina folii fupremi , foiio breviori, (i 



v ve apici eaulis infidens; racemulis afternis fpar- 

 fis 5-7-tloris; fionbus breviilime pedicellatis , 

 pallide rubris , nutantibus. 



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