OPHRYDE. 293 
37. PraTANTHERA longibracteata. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7048. 
P. caule folioso, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, bracteis longissimis foliaceis 
acuminatissimis, labelli tripartiti laciniis linearibus lateralibus abbre- 
viatis, calcare obtuso abbreviato. 
Hab. in regno Burmano, ad ripas fluminis Irawaddy ad Sundya, Wallich. 
(hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) 
Forte Habenaria ; sed processus nullos detegi in alabastro solitario quem 
examinare potui. An Peristylus? 
38. PLATANTHERA brachyphylla. 
P. foliis duobus radicalibus carnosis reniformi-orbiculatis, scapo squamis 
acuminatissimis vestito, bracteis ovatis cucullatis acuminatissimis florum 
longitudine, sepalis ovato-subrotundis supremo obtuso lateralibus acutis 
pendulis, petalis minoribus ovatis, labello altè tridentato sepalis breviore 
calcare clavato triplò breviore, ovario rostrato. 
Hab. in peninsula Indie orientalis, Wight. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Wight.) 
39. PrATANTHERA flava. 
P. *labello trifido integerrimo; lacinià medià majore, cornu filiformi 
longitudine germinis, spicà elongatà congestà, bracteis flore longiori- 
bus." Pursh. sub Orchide. 
Orchis flava. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1336. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4, 33, nec aliorum. 
Habenaria flava. R. Br. Prodr. 
Hab. in Virginia, Clayton. 
Pursh examined this in the Herbarium of Gronovius, and he seems to 
be the only modern botanist who has seen it. I have adopted his cha- 
racter, not having consulted the specimen myself, 
b. Labelli lacinie incise equales. 
40. PLATANTHERA incisa. 
P. caule folioso, foliis obovato-oblongis sursüm decrescentibus, racemo 
oblongo multifloro, bracteis linearibus acuminatis floribus longioribus, 
sepalis oblongis lateralibus deflexis, petalis erectis oblongis denticulatis, 
labelli unguiculati subrotundi laciniis cuneatis inciso-denticulatis inter- 
media majore calcare duplo breviore. 
Orchis incisa. Willd. Sp. PI. 4,40. Pursh, 2, 589. 
Habenaria incisa. Spreng. Syst. veg. 3. Beck. Bot. N. and M. Amer. 349. 
Hab. in America septentrionali: in pratis a Noveboraco ad Virginiam, 
Pursh. (hab. s. sp. comm. cel. Beck, &c.) 5 
Flores purpurei. 
41. PLATANTHERA fimbriata. 
P. caule folioso, foliis oblongis sursùm decrescentibus, racemo oblongo 
multifloro, bracteis linearibus acuminatis supremis floribus subæquali- 
bus, sepalis oblongis obtusis lateralibus deflexis, petalis erectis oblongis 
obtusis incisis, labelli unguiculati subrotundi laciniis cuneatis inciso- 
denta'is intermedià majore calcare duplà breviore. 
Orchis fimbriata. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, 3,297. Willd. Sp. PI. 4,39. Pursh, 2, 588. 
Habenaria fimbriata. R, Br. in Hort. Kew. 5,193. Beck, Bot. N. and M. Amer. 349. 
