384 ORCHIDES. 
Flos fumarioideus, purpureus. Columna apex eodem colore. 
Fol. senilia linearia angustiss. acuminata plicata? Ovar. teres, 
anguste subovat. 3-banded, the bands originating from the 
sterile carpells. the placentiferous angles subobsolete exter- 
nally. 
The following remarks refer’to the same species :— 
Rhizomat. repent. pseudobulbis obsoletis, fol. lanceolatis 
plicatis acuminatis, scapis spithamzeis, bracteis meinbranacels 
spbacelatis hinc illine vaginatis, floribus dense racemosis se- 
cundis, bracteis ovaria paulo excedentibus, floribus pallide 
citrinis. 
Per. vix explanatum, sepalis oblongis lateralibus subcalcaris 
basin coalitis. l 
Pet. oblonga, labellum 3 lobum, lobis lateralib. oblongis, 
terminal. bilobo, cristze 2, elevate ad ejus basin. 
olumna semiteres. Rostellum acutum. Calcare subulato- 
obtusum, limbum subzquans. 
Pollinia 8 per paria accumbentia quaternatim coherentia. 
Caudicula pulverea bifida. Glandula oblongo-hastata, as- 
pectus florum fumarioides. 
Has. Churra: October 12th, 1835, Assam Herb. 50, and 
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SPIRANTHES. 
Spiranthes Pl. CCCXLVIII. 
Terrestris spithamza pedalisve. Radices. carnose cylin- 
dricæ crasse, descendentes, fol. ad apicem caulis abbreviato- 
conferta anguste lanceolata, acuta repanda, 1-venia infime in 
. terram decumbentia, et in petiolum attenuata, summa ad 
bracteas lanceolatas vaginantis redacta, axis florifere bractea 
foliac. summar. supra pubescens, ceterum glabra. 
actez ovat:e, acuminate vel lanceolate 
concave, ovaria 
Superantes bases versus pubescentes. 
