The Scientific Notebooks of German Orchidologist Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kränzlin

Presl. Reliqu. Haenkeanae. 95.

Stenoptera. Presl. cf. Collectan

Perianth. erecto patens resupinat. 5 sepal. sepal. exteriorib. pubescent. 2 superior. lanc. inferiore angustiore deflexo patente. 2 interiorib. anguste linearib. apice latiorib. Labell. oblong. lanc. Gynostems erect. stipitat. plan. Anthera terminal. loculis. approxim. Stigma erecto-patens oblong. apice retus. mucronat. Pollinis massae pulvereae. Scap. erect. folios. Fol. lata. plan. Flor. laxe spicati parvi Ovar. oblong. lin.

Stenoptera peruviana. Presl l.c. t. 14.

[crossed out: Scap.] Radix.... Scap. 2' basi penam scriptor. crass. Teres, pubesc. erect. inferne folios. superne vaginis sessilib. ovat. acumin. membran. externe pubescentib. vestitus. Fol 1/2' long. 1' lat. obl. lanc. ac. plan. glabra nervos. Spic. terminal. semiped. linear. acutiusc. laxa Bract. ov. acum. membran. externe pubesc. ovario breviores. Perianth. 4''' lon. Ovar. elongat. obl. lin. leviter pubesc. 7''' lon. Peru in montanis ad Huanocco

This remarquable genus is essentialy charactreized by its sep. & pet. being combined into a long tube its dorsal fornicate lip, its long narrow spreading petals & its long column which follows the curve of the lip that presses on it in consequence of which the anther is forced into the front of the column. Its long narrow flexuose petals & the adhesion of the parts of the flower into a neck, divide it from Gomphichis. Lindl. gen & sp. 447.