mate; rostellum distinctly bilobed, with broad, obtuse lobules. 
Anther ovate-quadrate, blunt; pollinia clavate with a small, 
elliptic, fleshy viscidium which tightly fits between the rostellar 
lobes. Ovary cylindric, sessile, somewhat twisted. 
Terrestrial, erect plants with fasciculate, fleshy roots. Leaves 
cauline, decreasing in size upwards. Stem erect, terminated by 
loosely many-flowered, allsided or subsecund spike. Flowers 
small. 
TYPE: Spiranthes sarcoglossa Rich. & Gal. 
One species native to Mexico and Guatemala. 
Index to species 
sarcoglossa (Rich. & Gal.) Schltr. 
Gamosepalum Schltr. 
tenuiflorum (Greenm.) Schltr. = Aulosepalum tenuiflorum (Greenm.) Garay 
Goodyera R. Br. 
erythrosticta Griseb. = Pseudogoodyera Wrightii (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 
guayanensis Lindl. = Brachystele guayanensis (Lindl.) Schltr. 
Wrightii Rchb.f. = Pseudogoodyera Wrightii (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 
Gularia Garay, gen. nov. 
Etymology: Gu/a = gullet, throat, in reference to the appear- 
ance of the tubular flower. 
Sepala dissimilia, basin inter se connata, tubum formantia; 
sepalum posticum columnae dorsaliter adnatum, concavum; 
sepala lateralia decurrentia, cum pede columnae nectarium 
oblique cylindricum formantia, apicibus paululo divergentibus. 
Petala sepalo postico conniventia et cum eo margine interiore 
agglutinata, basi decurrentia. Labellum longe unguiculatum, 
ungue basi sepalorum lateralium adnatum, deinde auriculatum 
vel sagittatum, apice carnosum, paululo recurvum, in medio 
laminae margines lateribus columnae arcte agglutinatum. Col- 
umna elongata, gracilis, apicem versus sensim dilatata, facie 
puberula, basi in pedem longam, decurrentem producta; stig- 
mata 2, confluentia, apice obscure biloba; rostellum erectum, 
tenue, triangulare, acutum. Anthera ovata, cucullata, acuta; pol- 
linia clavata, viscidio ovato. Ovarium cylindricum, tortum. 
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