136. ORCHIDACEXE: OPHRYDE.:. 55 
1. Platanthera chlorantha, Cust. ex Reichb. in Moessl. Handb. 
ed. 2, ii. p. 1565; Retchb. Te. Crit. ix. t 8535; Lindl. Gen. & Sp. 
Orch. p. 285. 
Habenaria chlorantha, Bab. in Trans. Linn. Soc, xvii. (1836) p. 46? 
Syme, Engl. Bot, ed. 3, ix. p. 107, t. 1664 (^ IT. eu-bifolia, t. 1663” on 
plate, by error). 
SuiNGKING: between Mukden aud Tungcheshien (James!) ; 
SZECHUEN : without locality (Pratt, 689!); Correa: Soul 
Mountains (Carles, 136 !). Herb. Kew. 
Western Europe and Northern Asia, from Britain to 
Mandshuria. 
2. Platanthera flava, Lindl. Gen. § Sp. Orch. p. 293. 
Orchis fuscescens, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 943. 
Habenaria herbiola, R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, v. p. 1983; Spreng. 
Syst. Veg. ii. p. 688. 
Habenaria virescens, Spreng. Syst. Veg. iii. p. 688; A. Gray, Bot. N. 
U. St. ed. 5, p. 499. 
Perularia fuscescens, Lindl. Gen. $ Sp. Orch. p. 281; Spreng. Syst, 
Veg. iii. p. 688; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. iv. p. 66; Franch. Pl. David. i. p. 294 ; 
Reichb. Fl. Germ. xii.-xiv. p. 116, t. 426. 
CuiuLr: Pohuashan (David, 2253); SmiwGKING: between 
Tungeheshien and Maorshan, Yaloo River (James!). Herb. Kew. 
Siberia and North America. 
3. Platanthera Henryi, Rolfe. 
Habenaria Henryi, Rolfe, in Kew Bulletin (1896), p. 202. 
CukKrANG (Hickin!); Ktanast: Kiukiang (Shearer!); FokrEN: 
about 2000 ft. (Carles, 685!); Huren: Patung (A. Henry, 
4716, 6148), Kuei (4. Henry, 7663!) ; SzEcHUEN : S. Wushan 
(A. Henry, 7453!), Mt. Omei (Haber, 941!). Mus. Brit.: 
Herb. Kew. 
Allied to Platanthera mandarinorum, Reichb. f., but taller, with 
more lax racemes and smaller flowers. 
4. Platanthera hologlottis, Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. p. 268, 
SHINGKING: Mukden (Webster!); Corra: Port Chusan 
(Wilford, 962!). Herb. Kew. 
Dahuria and Japan. 
5. Platanthera iantha, Wight, Ic. v. p. 11,t. 1692. 
Habenaria iantha, Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind, vi. p. 164. 
Yunnan: hillslopes at Mengtze, at 5700 ft. (Hancock, 41! 
A. Henry, lllll!). Apparently rare. Flowers purple-red. 
Herb. Kew. 
South India. 
