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HABENARIA fimbriate. 



Purple fringed Habenaria, 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchide^. Jussieu gen. 6*. 



Orchjde;e. Brotvn prod. 1. 309. Sect. I. Anthera adnata 

 subterminalis persistens. Pollinis massa e Jobulis angulatis elastice cohav 

 rentibus; basi affix®. Id. in Hort. Revoked. 2. 5. 188. 



HABENARIA. Cor. ringens, petalis 3 v. 5 m galeatn connrventibus. 

 Labellum basi subttis calcaratum v. subsaccatum. Anthera terminate, 

 loculis adnatis, basibus quandoque solutis elongatis. Massa pollinis pedN 



cellatae, pedicellis singulis basi glandulee respondent! niida* insertis. Br&von 

 prod. 1. 312. 



Div. Loculis antherarum columnce juxta apicem longitudinalitir adnatis. 

 H*Jimbriata, cornu 6Iiformi genuine longiore, labello tripartito laciilus 



cuneiforraibus fimbriates; Brown in Hart, Km. ed. 2. 5. 193. 

 Orchis fimbriate Hort. Keto. 3. 297. WiBd; sp: pi. 4. 39. Punk amer. 



sept. 2. 588. 



Radix Jascictdata. Caul is erectus glaber ex ancipiii acute tetragonus* 

 Folia caulina nonnulla (3-5) alterna sessuia oblonga acuta glabra integerrima 

 nervosa carinata 9 basi vaginanlia biuncialia. Spica ovato^oblonga, multiflora. 

 FJores £ caruleo purpurascentes. Bracteae lanceolate nervosa germinibus 

 paulb longiores. Petala qutnque plana longitudine cequalia irilinearia, su~ 

 premum seu dorsale ovalum obtusum erectum, lateralia exteriora ovata acuta 

 paientissima, lateralia interiora oblonga obtusa juxta petalum dorsale erecta f 

 infra medium dilatata ibique deniiculaia, basi attenuata. Labellum petalis 

 paulo longius tripartitum, lacinim late cuneiformes tequales plana ad medium 

 subdivisee in cilias subulatas, laterales divaricate, intermedia patens. Germen 

 semiunciale. Solander in Hort. Kew. 3. 297» 



Native of North America; where it is found in low 

 meadows and high mountain bogs from Newfoundland to 

 Pensylvania. Introduced by Dr. W. Pitcairn in 1777. 



The drawing was taken at Mr. Knight's nursery, in the 

 King's Road, Little Chelsea; and affords, we believe, the 

 only representation of the species yet published. 



The feature, mainly relied upon by Mr. Brown for the 

 technical distinction of the present genus from Orchis, is, 

 the circumstance of the glandular supports of the pollen- 

 masses being naked or uncovered in this, not enclosed within 

 the case or hood of the anther as in that. Some of the species 

 are remarkable for the elongation of the detached bases of 

 the cells of the anther-case, and have suggested the generic 



