322 PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS I BOTANY. 



4. C. COMMERSONII Brongn. (Lindl. sub Asarca.] 



Stem leafy. Lower leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, petiolate ; upper 

 acute, sessile. Spikes dense ; bracts lanceolate, acute, as long as the 

 ovary. Perianth very yellow ; the sepals narrow, acute ; the petals 

 shorter, obtuse ; the labellum still shorter, its lateral lobes round, entire, 

 its midlobe ovate, warty; adnate to the base of the short, winged 

 gynandrium. 



Magellan ; Fuegia, Ushuaia ; Falklands. Patagon., in woods near Lago 

 Fontana. 



5- C. FERRUGINEA Kmzl. & Speg. 



Spikes 2-4-flowered, flowers slightly large, all more or less intensely 

 ferruginous ; wings acute, not or scarcely callous-thickened. Labellum 

 trilobate ; midlobe narrow, its upper surface densely and minutely papil- 

 lose-verrucose. 



Patagon., frequent in colline meadows near Rio Carren-leofu. 



6. C. HYSTRIX Krnzl. & Speg. 



Spikes 2-3-, or even 6-flowered ; flowers rather obscure, like C. leonto- 

 glossa, but wings more thickened at the apex. Tepals white-rose, more 

 nervose-reticulate. Labellum apically callous-bilobed, medially enlarged, 

 densely hirt-papillose. 



Patagon., hills between Teka-choique and Carren-leofu. 



7. C. GAUDICHAUDII Brongn. 



Stem leafy, the leaves lanceolate, acute. Bracts large, lance-ovate, ex- 

 ceeding the ovary. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, membranaceous to the apex. 

 Petals subequal, obtuse ; the labellum shorter, its lateral lobes fimbriate, 

 thick at the apex, its midlobe linguaeform, warty. Gynandrium as long 

 as the labellum, its rostrum winged. 



Magellan, moist pastures of Fuegia and Falklands. 



8. C. KINGII. (Hook. f. sub Asarca.} 



Radical leaves 15 cm. long, lanceolate, acuminate. Spike 6-8-flowered. 

 Lateral sepals lanceolate, acuminate. Petals oblong, ovate, obtuse, slightly 

 shorter than the sepals and the labellum ; labellum shortly unguiculate, 

 oblong, obtuse, entire, its nerves scarcely thickened. Gynandrium short. 



Magellan. 



