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PELEXTA spiranthoides. 
_ Spwranthes-lke Peleaia. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. OrcutpEx. Sect. Neottier Lindl. 
PELEXIA.—Porteau in Richard. Orch. annot. p. 37. Sepala in cy- 
lindro conniventia: lateralibus exterioribus dependentibus basi labello con- 
natis. Labellum integrum, porrectum, marginibus columnam cum eo paral- 
lelam amplectentibus, basi in calcare cum ovario connato productum. 
Herba habitu omnind Spiranthis elatee. 
P. spiranthoides. 
Satyrium adnatum. Swartz prodr. 118. 
Neottia adnata. Swartz fl. ind. occ. 3. p. 1409. Willd. sp. pl. 4. 75. 
Herba habitu omnind Spiranthis elate. Folia radicalia, ovato-lanceo- 
lata, subundulata, 3-5 nervia, glaberrima, longé petiolata, more Ponthievee 
petiolatee. Scapus centralis, pedals et ultra, teres, basi squamis vaginatus, 
apicem versis pilosus. Bractee ovato-lanceolate, acuminate, apice glabre. 
Flores sessiles, bractearum circiter longitudine. Ovarium leviter pubescens. 
Sepala exteriora pallidé viridia: lateralibus linearibus intis albis, depen- 
dentibus, et cum basi labelli connatis ; interiora alba superiori arcte appressa. 
Labellum bast calcaratum: calcare cum ovario connato; marginibus cum 
columnd parallelis ; lamina ovatd acutd integrd. Columna Spiranthis. 
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This exceedingly rare plant was brought from the 
island of St. Vincent’s, by Mr. James M‘Rae, in 1823, and 
by him presented to the Horticultural Society, in whose 
garden, at Chiswick, our drawing was made in March last. 
It is an herbaceous plant, with the habit of Spiranthes 
elata, and requires the same mode of treatment. It is pro- 
pagated slowly by dividing the roots. 
The leaves grow from the root, and are ovate-lanceolate, 
somewhat wavy, 3 or 5-nerved, very smooth, on long stalks, 
are very like those of Ponthieva petiolata. Scape a foot 
and more in height, round, sheathed with scales at the 
base, hairy towards the upper part. Bractee ovate-lan- 
