OTES UPON 
AND SPECIES 
HIDACEJE 
SOME GENERA 
OF AMERICAN 
By Jonn LiNpLEY, Ph. D. F.R.S. 
Part I. 
STELIS. Gen, et Sp. Orch. p. 11. 
. So many additions have been made to 
_ this genus, that a fresh enumeration of the 
. Species has become indispensible. I know 
|f no character well suited to break the 
‘Species into groups; they are therefore 
igh eg 
. Simply divided into those with secund, and 
_ those with equally distributed flowers. 
§ 1. 
— L S. ophioglossoides. Swz. 
- 2. S. disticha. Péppig. t. 81. 
8: S. connata. Presi. 
— 4 S. spathulata. Péppig. t. 80. 
ms 5. S. lamellata ; folio obovato-lineari 
basi angustato petiolato mucronato caule 
"lore racemis multifloris dupló bre- 
te, floribus secundis, 
Flores secundi. 
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S. ascendens ; folio oblongo carnoso 
H petiolato caule longiore, rhizomate 
a membranaceo-vaginato, racemo quaqua- 
Vergo laxo folio dupló longiore, floribus 
IS Semitrifidis, petalis membranaceis 
latis, labello conformi acuto.—On 
* 
"m the valley of Lloa, at the elevation 
fight thousan, 
& S. ciliar 
Be d feet. Hall 
1$; folio coriaceo oblon- 
oblongo rotundatis 
rs deep purple. Mexico. 
14 
as da Bindi 
i >. grandiflora ; folio oblongo binat- 
You 2 *quali, racemo disticho mul- 
mesoni, 
TES ON SOME GENERA AND SPECIES 
laciniis lateralibus obsol 
OF AMERICAN ORCHIDACER, 353 
tifloro folii longitudine, sepalis æqualibus 
obtusis, petalis nanis ovatis, labello ovato 
12. S. cespitosa ; acaulis, folio ovali 
Obtuso, racemis quaquaversis folio dupló 
longioribus, sepalis obtusis, petalis nanis 
conformibus, labello ovato petalis simillimo. 
S. concinna. Lindi, 
14. S.aprica ; multicaulis, foliis linea- 
ri-spathulatis obtusis racemis capillaribus 
solitariis qualibus, floribus minutissimis, 
petalis transversis rotundatis, labello mi- 
nore carnoso trilobo : lobis lateralibus mi- 
noribus obtusis.—Brazil. Martius, Hindes. 
15. S. intermedia. Péppig. t. 79. 
16. S. micrantha. Swz. 
17. S. elatior; folio oblongo obtuso 
coriaceo caule racemoque quaquaverso nu- 
tante dupló breviore, sepalis patentissimis 
ovatis zequalibus, petalis minimis trunca- 
tis, labello carnoso oblongo obtuso petalis 
parüm majore.—Peru. Mathews, 1914. 
18. S. truncata ; folio oblongo-lan- 
ceolato acuto coriaceo basi angustato 
racemo erecto multo longiore, caule ramo- 
so vaginato, bracteis acuminatis tortis flo- - 
ribus longioribus, calyce bipartito lobo al- 
tero latiore emarginato, petalis rotundatis, 
abello truncato.—Peru, Province of Cha- 
capoyas, Mathews 
19. S.capillaris ; folio lineari obtuso 
membranaceo caule multo longiore raró 
emarginato, racemis capillaribus folio paulo 
longioribus, floribus minutissimis, petalis 
nanis truncatis, labello subrhomboideo 
acuto.—Peru. Mathews, No. 1909.—Very 
near S. intermedia. Péppig, from which 
its shorter racemes and very different lip 
distinguish it. um 
0. S. Catharinensis ; folio conaceo 
lineari-spathulato mucronato in petiolum 
angustato caule longiore, racemo nutante 
folio longiore, floribus minutissimis, petalis 
truncatis membranaceis, labello tridentato 
etis. intermedia 
Tweedie; near 
acuta.—St. Catharine’s. 
Rio Janeiro. Martius. 
1 B. Tweediana ; labello ovato rotundato n 
rimo, sepalis cordatis, floribus tripld minoribus.—St. 
Catharine’s. Tweedie.—An sp. distincta ? 
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