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“HABENARIA LEPTOCERAS. SLENDER-SPURRED 
HABENARIA, 
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Class and Order. | 
Gynanpria Monanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—OnrcuipeE&. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cor. ringens. Labellum basi subtus calcaratum. Glan- 
dule pollinis nude distincte (loculis pedicellorum adnatis 
vel solutis distinctis.) Br. : 
Specific Character, 
Hasenaria leptoceras; labello tripartito laciniis linearibus 
 lateralibus minutis, cornu filiformi compresso germine 
_ duplo longiore, petalis ext. : valde concavis, int. semi- 
 Sagittatis, anthera basi bicalcarata, calcaribus subtus 
| bituberculatis. 
Descr. Root? Stem a foot or a foot and a half high, 
rather stout, angular, leafy. Leaves erect, lanceolate, 
much carinated, striated, gradually passing upwards into 
bractew, which are as long as the germen, ovato-lanceolate, 
concave. Spike from six to eight inches long, of many 
rather remote greenish flowers. Outer petals or segments 
of the perianth ovate, green, remarkably convex, the late- 
ral ones obliquely twisted, spreading: the two inner ones 
Semisagittate, plain yellowish, applied to the inner margin 
of the galea. Lip yellow-green, of three linear segments, 
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the middle and large one is linear, shorter than the germen, 
curved back, the lateral ones small, dentiform. Spur twice 
as long as the germen, white, filiform, slender, compressed 
at the extremity. Anther ovate, yellow, lengthened as 
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