The Scientific Notebooks of German Orchidologist Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kränzlin

1618. Sauroglossum elatum. Sauroglossum Perianth. connivens, sepalis lateralib. linearib. acruatim patentib. basi in ovarium decurrentib. Labell. anticum, lineare, canaliculat. ecallosum, basi dilatat. Columna elongata semiteres basi producta. apice subspatulata; clinandrio declivi immarginato. rostello ovato. Pollinia 2 2loba, caudicula brevissima.

Herbae terr. (Amer. aequinoct.) foliis radicalib. floribus racemosis herbac. scapo insidentib. radicib. carnosis fasciculatis.

S. elongatum. Radices terestres. fasciculati carnosi. Folia radicalia oblongo-lanceolata, suberecta carnosa, plicis nullis, scapo 3plo breviora. Scapus strictus fere 2pedalis. pubescens squamis foliaceis viridibus distantib. vaginatis [vaginatus] Racemus pedalis & ultra, densus cylindraceus. Bracteae canaliculat. subulatae. florum fere longitudine. Ovarium pubescens. Perianth. cylindraceo-convolut. sepalis viridib. lin.-lanceolat. versus apicem latiorib. superiori petalis agglutinato