Funckiana but are more slender and gently curved and 
directed downward and outward. 
Uncommon in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and 
South America. 
Spiranthes Llaveana Lindl. var. violacea (A. 
Rich. & Gal.) Ames & Correll comb. nov. 
Spiranthes violacea A. Richard & Galeotti in Ann. 
Sci. Nat. ser. 8, 3 (1845) 82. 
Variety violacea differs from the typical form of the 
species mainly in that the flowers are mostly smaller, and 
the lip is pandurate instead of being oblong with obscure 
lateral constrictions. The apical lobule of the lip is orbicu- 
lar with undulate-crenulate margins and is usually wider 
than the basal portion. The basal half below the constric- 
tion is obovate to oblong-obovate with the lateral margins 
rounded toward the constriction. The lip of S. Liaveana 
is usually widest below the slight constriction and the 
basal half is oblong-quadrate to broadly cuneate with the 
lateral margins terminated by more or less obtuse angles 
just below the constriction. The lip of var. violacea is 
white tinged with pink or lavender with the lateral lob- 
ules often greenish yellow. The sepals and petals are pink. 
Uncommon in Mexico and Guatemala. 
Spiranthes picta ( Anders.) Lindl. var. assurgens 
(Reichb.f.) Ames & Correll comb. nov. 
Spiranthes assurgens Reichenbach filius in Beitr. 
Orch. Centr.-Am. (1866) 66. 
The most distinctive difference separating var. assur- 
gens from the typical form is the shape of the lip which 
is broad at the base and gradually narrowed above to the 
apical lobe. The lower part of the lip below the constric- 
tion is lanceolate instead of oblanceolate as in the typical 
form of this species. The apical lobe of the lip of var. 
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