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bag as far as the base of the ovary, we think it desirable 
that his views should be placed before our readers. We 
therefore extract the following characters of the genus and its 
species : — 
Sarcoglottis, Presl. 1 . c. Perigonii foliola exteriora lateralia majora, re- 
flexa, labello supposita, in saccum ampullaceum antice rima solutum, 
ovario per totam longitudinem decurrentia, supremum cum interioribus 
arcte-adhserens. Labellum apice dilatatum, infra rimam anticam cum 
pagina interiore sacci connatum, elongato-concaviusculum, columnam 
amplectens, basi liberum, sagittatum. Columna brevis. Antbera dor- 
salis, stipitata, bilocularis. Pollinia 2, pedicellata, lineari-clavata, longi- 
tudinaliter profunde sulcata, glandulse communi affixa. 
Herb se epigseee Americse tropicse; radicibus fasciculatis, crassis, cylindricis, 
tomentosis; foliis radicalibus, magnis, lanceolatis ; scapo vaginato; spica 
multiflora; floribus magnis erectis basi tortuosis. Klotssch in Allg. Gartens. 
April 2, 1842. 
1. S .picta; foliis radicalibus oblongis, acuminatis, basi attenuatis; scapo 
versus apicem floribusque villosis ; floribus odoratis, perigonii foliolis 
albis, acutis; labello revoluto, apice obtuso. 
a variegata ; foliis maculatis, roseo-costatis. 
Spiranthes (Sarcoglottis) picta a Lindley the Genera and Species of Orchi- 
daceous plants, p. 475. Neottia picta R. Brown Hort. Kew. 5. p. 199. 
Sims Botanical Magazine, t. 1562. 
/3 immaculata ; foliis saturate-viridibus unicoloribusque albido-costatis. 
Both these varieties come from the West Indies. 
2. S. grandiflora ; foliis radicalibus spathulatis, acutis, lsete-viridibus ; scapo 
versus apicem floribusque pubescentibus ; perigonii foliolis flavido-viri- 
dibus, exterioribus inferioribusque falcatis, obtusis; labello deflexo, 
tridentato. 
Spiranthes picta (3 Lindley, the Genera and Species of Orchidaceous plants, 
p. 475. Spiranthes grandiflora, Hooker Bot. Mag. t. 2730. Found 
in Brazil and in the Caraccas. 
3. S . rufescens ; foliis radicalibus spathulatis, acutis ; scapo glabro ; floribus 
villosis ; perigonii foliolis angustis, sordide-albidis, dein rufescentibus, 
versus apicem glabris ; labello patentissimo, acuminato. 
Spiranthes rufescens Fischer Hortus Petropolitanus. Native country 
unknown. 
The last species is S. speciosa of Presl, which Dr. Klotzsch 
considers distinguished by its lip being emarginate ; unless 
Spiranthes cerina should also belong to Sarcoglottis ; (about 
which we entertain no doubt if the genus Sarcoglottis is even- 
tually adopted.) 
