plantaginea Hook. = Sacoila lanceolata (Aubl.) Garay 
pudica (Lindl.) Sweet = Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames 
quadridentata Willd. = Spiranthes torta (Thunb.) Garay & Sweet 
sinensis Pers. = Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames 
speciosa Jacq. = Stenorrhynchos speciosum (Jacq.) L.C. Rich ex 
Spreng. 
spiralis (L.) Pers. = Spiranthes spiralis (L.) Chevall. 
spiralis Sw. = Spiranthes torta (Thunb.) Garay & Sweet 
squamulosa H.B.K. = Sacoila squamulosa (H.B.K.) Garay 
sulphurea Llave & Lex. = Stenorrhynchos michuacanum (Llave & 
Lex.) Lindl. 
tortilis Muhl. = Spiranthes vernalis Engelm. & Gray 
tortilis Sw. = Spiranthes torta (Thunb.) Garay & Sweet 
vaginata H.B.K. = Stenorrhynchos vaginatum (J.B.K.) Spreng. 
Nothostele Garay, gen. nov. 
Etymology: Nothos = false and stele = column, pillar, des- 
cribing the nature of gynandrium which lacks 
fusion between the filament and style. 
Sepala inequalia, patentissima, basi minutiuscule inter se 
connata; sepalo postico concavo, basi filamentum antherae libe- 
rum adnato; sepalis lateralibus divaricatis, plus minusve arcua- 
tis, lateraliter pedem columnae adnatis et cum eo sacculum 
brevem, ovarium adpressum formantibus. Petala obliqua, ar- 
cuata, sepalo postico agglutinata, basi obliqua. Labellum su- 
perum, sessile, in ambitu rhombeum, basi cuneatum, margine 
incrassatum. Columna horizontalis, gracilis, facie puberula, api- 
cem versus paululo dilatata, basi in pedem longum, apici ovaril 
oblique extensa; stigmata 2, terminalia, omnino confluentia vel 
sese arcte adpressa; rostellum longe triangulare acuminatum; 
clinandrium hyalino-marginatum, haud evolutum. Anthera 
ovato-ligulata, apice recurva, basi et filamentum eius libera; pol- 
linia clavata, distincte caudiculata, viscidio rotundo, parvo 
affixa. Ovarium, breviter pedicellatum, cylindricum, non tortum. 
Plantae terrestres, sub anthesin aphyllae, radicibus non ob- 
servatis; caulibus erectis, gracilibus, hyalino-vaginatis, supra 
laxe paucifloris; racemis quaquaversis; floribus non resupinatis, 
parvulis, patentibus. 
Sepals unequal in size, spreading, rather insignificantly con- 
nate at base; dorsal sepal concave, basally adnate to back of free 
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