ventricosa ( Vell.) Hoehne 
villosa (Poepp. & Endl.) Schltr. 
Sarcoglottis Woodsonii (L.O.Wms.) Garay, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Spiranthes Woodsonii L.O.Wms. in Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 
29: 337, 1942. 
zamororae Ames = Pelexia Schaffneri (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 
Satyrium Sw. 
adnatum Sw. = Pelexia adnata (Sw.) Spreng. 
elatum Sw. = Beadlea elata (Sw.) Small 
orchioides Sw. = Sacoila lanceolata (Aubl.) Garay 
spirale Sw. = Spiranthes torta (Thunb.) Garay & Sweet 
Sauroglossum Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 19: t. 1618, 1833. 
Etymology: Saura = lizard and glossa = tongue. According 
to Lindley “the leaves may be compared to the 
tongue of antedeluvian Saurians, and the sepals 
to those of modern species.” 
Syn.: Synassa Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 19: sub t. 1618, 1833. 
Type: Synassa corymbosa Lindl. 
Sepals subsimilar, unequal, rather fleshy, free; dorsal sepal 
erect, concave; lateral sepals decurrent on column-foot, and with 
it form a short, rounded chin. Petals thinner in texture, aggluti- 
nate with dorsal sepal. Lip sessile, rather fleshy, with a long, 
channelled base, cochleate in front, at base with linear, fleshy, 
marginal or intramarginal thickenings or calli. Column slender, 
elongate, somewhat dilated above, and with a short, but distinct, 
obliquely decurrent foot; stigmata 2, lateral on sides of rostel- 
lum, separated by a median groove on face of column; rostellum 
membranaceous, short, broadly triangular which is extended 
into a thin clinandrium, and with an apical fovea. Anther ovate- 
umbonate; pollinia clavate with a small, round viscidium. Ovary 
arcuate, more or less cylindric, subsessile, somewhat twisted. 
Terrestrial, tall plants. Roots fasciculate, fleshy, fusiform. 
Leaves either synanthous or hysteranthous, basal, cuneate petio- 
late. Stem erect, vaginate, terminated by a loosely to densely 
many-flowered spike. Flowers small to medium in size, com- 
monly quaquaversal. 
TYPE: Sauroglossum elatum Lindl. 
Nine species native to South America. 
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