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BOTANY. 



<_J:isi XX. * 20. Vernixia. Portugal. (Brotero.) 

 Gy.undria. * 2 i. Barbala. Carolina. (Waller.) 



< Ophrydis, character optimus," says Mr Brown, 

 " positus est in pedicellis massarum distinctis, 

 singulis cucullo proprio iuclusis, qua nota ab om- 

 nibus prime intuitu dignoscitur." The genuine 

 species are, Sp. 7, 9, 10, 11, and some others 

 lately published by Desfontaines and Cavanilles. 

 See Prodr. p. 313. 



1596. SERAPIAS, or HELLEBORINE of Persoon. Cor.. 

 ,5-pet. ring. pet. conniventibus. Labell. ecalcara- 

 lum, lamina deflexa. Anth. stylo elongate adnata. 



1. Lingua. Carniola, Switzerland, South of 

 France, Italy, Spain, and Barbary. Pcrcn. 



2. Cordigera. Spain, Barbary, Italy, and the 

 East. Peren. 



3. Oxyglottis. Italy. Peren. 



Under SEHAPIAS, Persoon includes Sp. 13, 5 8 

 of EPJPACTIS ; and he gives Sp. 1 3 of SERA- 

 PIAS under the genus HELLEBCIUNE. 

 .1.597. NEOTTIA. Cor. 5-pet. ring. pet. exterioribus 



lateralibus antice circa basin labelli ventricosarr. 



connexis. Anth, stylo acuminato parallela, posticc 



j>serta. 



1. Speciosa. Warm parts of America. Peren. 

 "1. Elala. Jamaica. Peren. 



3. Lanceolata. Guiana and W. Indies. Peren. 



4. Diuretica. Chili. Peren. 



5. Qftdridentata. W. Indies and Guiana. Peren. 



6. Spiralis. Engl. France, Switz. Italy. Peren. 



7. Tortilis. Westlndies, China, Pennsylv. Peren. 



8. Cernua. Virginia, Pennsylv. Canada. Peren. 



9. Adnata. Jamaica and Hispaniola. Peren. 



10. Orchioides. Dry parts of Jamaica. Peren. 



11. Repens. Engl. Sweden, Germ. Sib. Peren. 



12. Pubtscens, From Canada to Florida. Peren. 



13. Calcarata. Woods of St Domingo. Peren. 

 14-. Po/ys/ac/iya. Woods of Jamaica, Peren. 

 15. Flai-a. Jamaica. Peren. 



' 16. jEstiva/is. Eur. and North Amcr. (Mick.) 

 * 17. Sinensis. China. (Lourciro.) 

 18. Auslralis. New South Wales. 

 : The last species is given by Mr Brown under the 

 following generic character. "Perianth, ringens, 

 foliolis lateralibus cxt. antice labello imberbi sub- 

 inguiculato suppositis ; int. cum galea conni- 

 ventibus. Anth. stigmati parallela." This cha- 

 racter is accommodated to several unpublished 

 species in the Banksian Herbarium. See Prodi: 

 p. 349. 



1598. CRANICHIS. Cor. 5-pet. resupinata subringens. 

 Labell. fornicatum. Anth. stylo parallela postice 

 inserta. 



1. Aphylla. '2. Diphylla. 3. Oligantka. 

 4. Stachi/odes. 5. Musi-am. 6. Pauciflora. 



* 7. Nodi/olio. Cochinchina. ( Loureiro.) 

 Sp. 1 6 perennial, and from Jamaica. 



1599. THELYMITRA. Cor. 5-pet. subregularis patens. 

 Labell. pet. conforme. Genitalia cucullo bipeni- 

 cillato cincta. 



1. Forsleri. New Zealand. Peren. 



2. Ixioides. New South Wales. Peren. 



* 3. Media. * 4. Canaliculata. * 5. Pauciflora. 



* 6. Nuda. i- 7. Angustifoiia. 8. Carnea. 



* 9- Venona. * 10. Tignnu. * 11. Fuscu Intea. 

 Sp. S 1 1 , from New Holland and Van Dk-men's 



Island, are given by Mr Brown under tlio fol- 

 lowing g'.-neric character : " Perianth, regulare 

 aubpatens. Lubell. sessile foliolis contonrre ! 



* 8. Elongata. 

 9. Alba. 

 * 10. Longifolia. 



Anth. stig. parallela, lobo medio cuculli trifidi in- 

 serta." Prodr. 314. 



1600. DIURIS. Cor. 7-pet. subringenti-patens. Pet. 

 2 anteriora elongata labello ecalcarato supppsita. 

 Anth. Neottisc. 



1. Maculata. New South Wales. Peren. 



* 2. Aurea, or spathulata. * 7. Pauciflora. 



* 3. Emarginata. 



* 4. Setacea. 



* 5. Pedunculata. 

 *6. Sitip/ittrea. 



All from New Holland and Van Diemen's Island. 

 See Brown's Prodr. p. 315. 



1601. ARETHUSA. Cor. 5-pet. subring. foliolis sub- 

 conniventibus. Label!, ecalcaratum. Anth. operc-u- 

 laris persistens. Pollen pulvereo-granulatum. 



1 . Bulbosa. Canada and Carolina. Peren. 



2. Op/iioglopoides. From Canada to Carolina. 

 Peren. 



3. Verticillala. Pennsylvania and Maryl. Per. 



4. Divaricata. From Carolina to Florida. Per. 



5. Biplitmata. Straits of Magellan. Peren. 



6. Genlianoides. Shady parts of Jamaica. Per. 



7. Pcndula, or triantkophoros. Kentucky. Per. 

 ' 8. Petreea. Sierra Leone. (Afzcliits.) 



} 1602. EPIPACTTS. Cor. 5-pet. erecto-patens. Labtll. 

 ecalcaratum. Anth. opercularis, persistens. Pollen 

 pulvereo-granulatum. 



1. Lati folia. Woods of Europe. Peren. 



2. Paluslris. Meadows of Europe. Peren. 



3. Microphylla. Germany and Hungary. Per. 



4. Pa/lens. Woody mountains of Europe. Per. 



5. Ensifolia. Woody mountains of Europe. Per. 

 (j. Rubra. Groves of Europe. Peren. 



1. Erecta. Japan. Per. 8. Falcata. Japan. Per. 

 9. Nidus avis. Eng. Sweden, Germ. &c. Per. 



10. Ovata. Wet meadows of Europe. Peren. 



1 1 . Cordata. Eng. Sweden, Norway, &c. Per. 



12. Convallarioides. New England. Peren. 



13. Camtschatca. Siberia. Peren. 



14. Porrifolta. New Zealand. Peren. 



* 15. Reflcm. Van Diemen's Island. (Labill.) 

 Sp. 15. is given under SERAPIAS by Persoon. See 



Brown, Prodr. p. 322. 



1603. MALAXIS. Cor. 5-pet. patens resupiuata. La- 

 bell, concavo-patulum adscendens. Anth. opercu- 

 laris. 



1. Spicata. Jam. Per. 2. Umlellulala. Jam. Per. 



3. Opkioglossoides. Pennsylvania, Carolina, and 

 Florida. Peren. 



4. Monophyllos. Europe. Peren. 



5. Rhedii. East Indies and Society Isl. Peren. 

 Q. Odorata. East Indies. Peren. 



7. Paludosa. North of Europe. Peren. 

 S. Liliifolia. Canada, Pennsylv. Virginia. Per. 

 9. Loesilii. Germ. Sweden, Denmark. Peren. 

 10. Ncrvosa. Japan. Per. 11. Cernua. E. Ind. Per. 



12. Nutat/s. East Indies. Peren. 



13. Caudata. America. 



} 1604. CVMBIDIUM. Cor. 5-pet. erecta vcl paten?. 

 Labell. basi concavum ecalcaratum, lamina patula, 

 Anth. opercularis decidua. Pollen, globosum. 



1. Coccineum. Woods of Martinique. Pet en, 



'2. Triplerum, Jamaica. Peren. 



3. Hirs.itum. Woods of Guiana. Peren. 



4. Veslitum. Jamaica. Peren. 



5. Proliferum. Jamaica. Peren. 



6. Echinocarjjun. Guiana and Jamaica. Peren. 



7. Muricatitm. Per. 8. Trichocarpon. !'<. 



