1934 



* SPIRANTHES bracteosa. 



Long-hracted Lady's Traces. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDUIA. 



Nat. Ord. Orchidace^, § Neottie^. 

 SPIRANTHES. Suprd, vol. 10. fol. 1043. 



bracteosa ; foliis rosulatis oblongis acutis, scapo vaginato pubescente, bracteis 

 llneari-laiiceolatis foliaceis floribus longioribus, sepalis ovatis pubescentibus 

 acutis lateralibus basi eonnatis, petalis glabris sepalo supremo agglutinatis et 

 conformibus, labello pubescente : uiigue obovato canaliculate mutico limbo 

 subcuneato rotundato aplculato. 



An addition to the very difficult genus of which our 

 own sweet Ladj^'s Traces forms a part. It was imported from 

 Saint Catharine's by Messrs. Loddiges, in whose collection 

 the drawing was made in May 1835. 



It is readily known by ifs long leafy bracts, downy stems 

 and flowers, spreading oval root leaves, and peculiar lip. 



Of course a stove herbaceous plant. 



Fig. 1. is a magnified view of an entire flower; fig. 2. is 

 a still more highly magnified view of the back of the column 

 and the lip, the sepals and petals being cut away. 



* In allusion to the spiral manner in wliith the flowers of many species 

 are arranged. 



