In foliage this plant is so very similar to the Neorria 
adnata of Swartz, that, before it produced its inflorescence, 
we supposed it would prove at least of the same genus. 
That, however, isa Neorria with a spur, and therefore 
wholly distinct from Ponrureva. It constitutes an unde- 
scribed genus (Conte Wob.), to which we believe the N. 
_calcarata of Swartz may also be referred. 
‘Leaves radical, ‘erect, with long stalks, elliptical, acute, 
curled at the edges, with 5 or 7 nerves, quite smooth; the — 
leaves of the stem acute, sheathing, hairy. Scape erect, 
round, hairy, twice as long as the leaves. Bractew shorter 
than the ovaria, obtuse. Vowers disposed in a loose spike, 
‘spreading, not twisted, of a brown colour. Petals smooth, 
the 3 lower ones ovate, acute, cohering into a sort of hood, 
the two interior being oblique like those of Platanthera, 
stalked, cordate on one side at the base, and fastened to 
the back of the column ; the 2 upper ones oblong, strongly 
5-nerved, wing-shaped, reflexed, with the edges rolled back. 
Labellum brownish red, ovate, boat-shaped, smooth, lying 
upon the column, twice as short as the petals: its stalk 
yellow, fleshy, edged on each side, and continuous with the 
base of the column. Column very short, thick; gynizus 
hollow, lunate ; rostellum subulate, with a gland at the tip. 
Anther posterior, narrow, pointed, lying upon the clinan- 
drium, which with respect to the column is vertical, and 
lies immediately upon the gynizus; obscurely 4-celled, with 
the outer valves of the cells scariose at the edge. Pollen- . 
masses 4, powdery, in pairs, retained in the clinandrium by 
means of the gland on the point of the rostellum. Ovarium 
straight, glandular. ~ ? ) 
janie US 
