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bag as far as the base of the ovary, we think it desirable 

 that his views should be placed before our readers. We 

 therefore extract the following characters of the genus and its 

 species : — 



Sarcoglottis, PresL I. c. Perigonii foliola exteriora lateralia majora, re- 

 flexa, labello supposita, in saccum airipullaccum antice rima solutum, 

 ovario per totam longitudinem decurrentia, supremum cum interionbus 

 arcte-adhferens. LabeUum apice dilatatum, infra rimara antxcam cum 

 pagina interiore sacci connatum, elongato-concaviusculum, columnam 

 amplectens, basi liberum, sagittatum. Columna brevis. Antbera dor- 

 sabs, stipitata, bilocularis. FolUnia 2, pediceUata, hnean-clavata, longi- 

 tudinabter profunda sulcata, glandulse communi affixa. 

 Herbse epigfese American tropicae; radicibus fasciculatis, crassis, cyUndricis, 

 tomentosis; fobis radicabbus, magnis, lanceolatis ; scape vaginato; spica 

 multiflora;floribusmagniserectisbasitortuosis. Klotssch in Allff. Gartens, 



April 2, 1842. 



1. S.picta; fobis radicabbus oblongis, acuminatis, basi atteuuatis; scapo 



'versus'apicem floribusque villosis ; floribus odoratis, perigonii fobobs 

 albis, acutis; labello revoluto, apice obtuso. 

 a varieyata ; fobis maculatis, roseo-costatis. 



Spiranthes (Sarcoglottis) picta a Lindley tbe Genera and Species of Orcbi- 

 daceous plants, p. 475. Neottia picta R. Brown Hort. Kew. 5. p. 199. 

 Sims Botanical Magazine, t. 1.562. 



/3 immaculata ; fobis saturate-viridibus unicoloribusque albido-costatis. 



Botb tbese varieties come from tbe West Indies. 



2. ^. (/randijlora; ioliis radicabbus spatbulatis, acutis, leete-viridibus ; scapo 



versus apicem floribusque pubescentibus ; perigonu fobobs flavido-viri- 

 dibus, exterioribus inferioribusque falcatis, obtusis; labello deflexo, 

 tridentato. 

 Spiranthes picta /3 Lindley, tbe Genera and Species of Orcbidaceous plants, 



p. 475. Spiranthes grandiflora, Hooker Bot. Mag. t. 2730. found 



in Brazil and in the Caraccas. 



3. ^.rufescens; foliis radicabbus spatbulatis, acutis ; scapo glabro ; floribus 



villosis ; perigonii fobobs angustis, sordide-albidis, dein rufescentibus, 

 versus apicem glabris ; labello patentissimo, acumiuato. 



Spiranthes rufescens Fischer Hortus Petropolitanus. Native country 



unknown. 



The last species is S. speciosa of Presl, which Dr. Klotzsch 

 considers distinguished by its lip being emarginate ; unless 

 Spiranthes cerina should also belong to Sarcoglottis ; (about 

 which we entertain no doubt if the genus Sarcoglottis is even- 

 tually adopted.) 



