spirale (Lour.) Makino = Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames 
spirale (L.) Salisb. = Spiranthes spiralis (L.) Chevall. 
strictum (Rydb.) House = Spiranthes Romanzoffiana Cham. 
tortile (Sw.) House = Spiranthes torta (Thunb.) Garay & Sweet 
trilobum Small = Spiranthes odorata (Nutt.) Lindl. 
vernalis (Engelm. & Gray) House = Spiranthes vernalis Engelm. & Gray 
viridiflorum (Makino) Makino = Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames 
xyridifolium (Small) Small = Spiranthes vernalis Engelm. & Gray 
Kionophyton Garay, gen. nov. 
Etymology: Kion = pillar, column and Phyton = plant, in 
allusion to the pillar-like base of stem below the 
spreading leaves. 
Sepala plus minusve similia, basi connata. nectarium amplum, 
interdum quasi inflatum formantia. apicibus patentibus; sepalo 
postico columnae dorsaliter leviter adnato: sepalis lateralibus, 
obliquis basi connatis ampliatisque, mentum rotundum forman- 
tibus. Petala sinuosa, sepalo postico agglutinata, basi obliqua. 
Labellum breviter unguiculatum, ungue basibus sepalorum lat- 
eralium connatorum adnato, deinde anguste auriculatum, auri- 
culis incrassatis; laminae margines in medio utringue lateribus 
columnae agglutinatae. Columna arcuata, apicem versus dila- 
tata, dorsaliter columnae adnata, basi in pedem obliquum pro- 
ducta, antice sub stigmatibus pubescens: stigmata 2, separata, in 
forma littera “V” inserta, in medio sese tingentia: rostellum tri- 
angulum, breve, apice foveato. Anthera Ovato-cucullata, acuta 
vel obtusa; pollinia clavata viscidio parvo, ovato affixa. Ova- 
rium cylindricum, sessile, tortum. 
Plantae terrestres elatae: radicibus fasciculatis. tuberosis, 
crassis; foliis petiolatis, basi Vaginantibus imbricatisque, supra 
basin rosulatis; caulibus erectis. Vaginatis, supra plus minusve 
dense spicatis; floribus medianis, arcuatis. 
Sepals more or less similar, connate at base. at times almost 
inflated, with divergent, spreading apices; dorsal sepal adnate to 
back of column for a short distance: lateral sepals oblique at the 
connate, enlarged base, forming a roundish mentum. Petals sin- 
uous, the internal margins agglutinate with dorsal sepal, oblique 
at base. Lip with a short claw which is adnate to the fused base 
of lateral sepals, then narrowly auriculate, auricles fleshy with 
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