. Platanthera.1 ORCHIDE^. 



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Hae. Canada. In moist shady woods. Island of Montreal. 3Ir Goldie. Lady Dalhousie. Mrs Per- 

 ceval; to the Saskatchawan. Drummond.— 'VK\s^ fine species, having been but ill defined by its first describer 

 (Pursh), has been much misunderstood, and the preceding plant was by myself, as well as by other botanists, 

 both in America and in Europe, mistaken for it. From collateral evidence, however, Drs Torrey and Gray 

 were led to consider the present as the true orhiculata ; and the correctness of their ideas has been confirmed 

 by the latter botanist, on his recent examination of the orijjinal Purshian Herbarium^ in Mr Lambert*s pos- 

 session, whereupon he writes : — " Orchis orbiculata^ Pursh, is, as I suspected, the macrophylla of Hook, and 

 Goldie. The other species, orhiculata of Hook. {Hooheri nobis) is not in Pursh's original Herbarium ; but 

 it exists in the Canadian Collection of Pursh, without a name." The latter plant has been correctly figured 

 already in the Exotic Flora ; which, together with our accompanying plate of the present species, will, I 

 trust, clear up all future difficulty on the subject of these two species. 



Tab. CC. Fig. 1 . Flower ; f, 2. Side view of an anther : — magnijied. 



5. P, Menziesii (Lindl, Gen, OrcL p, 286) ; foliis radicalibus binis subrotundo-ob- 

 longis erectis, caule sub-bisquamato, racemo laxo paucifloro, sepalis obtusissimis, petalis 

 truncatis labello lineari obtuso brevioribus, calcarc pendulo obtuso apice iiiflexo ovario 

 sabasquali. Lindl. 



Hab. N. W. Coast of America. 3Ienzies, (Herb, nostr,] — Scape about a span high. 



6. P, Schisckmareffiana (Lindl. Gen, Orch,p.286); foliis radicalibus binis obovato- 

 lanceolatis canaliculatis, spica subsecunda multiflora, bracteis oblongis obtusis ovarii 

 longitudine, sepalis oblongis obtusis, petalis labelloque carnosis ovatis obtusis, calcare 

 arcuato gracili labelli longitudine. LindL Habeuaria, Chain, in Linnma, 3,p, 29. Spir- 

 anthes? Unalaschkensis. Spr. 



Hab. Unalaschka. Chamisso {in Herb, nostr.) 



T. P. Konigii (Lindl. Gen, Orch. p, 286) ; caule folioso, foliis inferioribus oblongo- 

 lanceolatis obtusis emarginatisque superioribus linearibus spicam fere aiquantibus, spica 

 densa cylindracea, bracteis herbaceis floribus sequalibus, labello subrhombeo-lineari ob- 

 tuso calcare inflexo obtuso longiore. LindL — a, petalis ovatis acutis, O. Konigii. Hetz, 



FL Dan, t 333. — ^, petalis cordatis acuminatis, O. dolichorhiza, Fisch, ms, 



Hab. /3. Unalaschka. Langsdorff. 



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8. P, herhiola (Lindl. Gen, Orch, p, 287); caule folioso, foliis inferioribus oblongis 

 acutis superioribus lanceolatis acuminatis, spica densa cylindracea, bracteis herbaceis 

 acuminatis floribus longioribus, labello lineari-lanceolato basi bidentato medio unituber- 

 culato calcare clavato duplo breviore. Lindl, — Habenaria. Br, — Orchis. Ph. Am, 2. p, 

 574. — O. fuscescens. Ph, — O. scutellata? Nutt, {fide Lindl.), 



Hab. Between Norway House and Canada. Dr Richardson. Drummond, The tubercle upon the lip is 

 very prominent, and affords a remarkable character. 



9. P> hyperborea (Lindl. Gen, Orch, p, 287); caule folioso, foliis lanceolatis strictissi- 

 mis acutis, spica laxiuscula subsecunda, bracteis lineari-lanceolalis acutis flore longiori- 



