G@. Habenaria Willd. Rein Orchid. 
Erect more or less leafy herbs. Stems simple, Solitary from one or more 
fleshy tuber-like roots. Inflorescence a raceme or spike. Lateral sepals 
spreading, lanceolate; petals more or less connivent with the upper sepal and 
arched. Lip spreading,aerlexed, entire in ours, oblong or lanceolate. Spur 
commonly about tne length of the lip or longer, even or dilated at the base. 
Anther 1. ‘ollen masses granular. Capsule oblong, twisted. 
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oStems leary throughout, the leaves diminishing above 
«Lip lanceolate, dilatea at the base, narrowed toward 
/the micale, spur not enlarged at the base, as long 
, 4 as the lip or 
s longer, rarely somewhat shorter; 
\ flowers white (expallaslammerconp |, He dilatata 
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© Lip narrowly oblong, not dilated at the base, spur 
: . shorter than the lip, saccate at the base; 
“ .flowers greenish-white 2, He. saccata 
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> Stems leafy at the base, with a few scales above. 
2 Leaves orbicular, pressed flat against the ground, 
6 glossy 3. He orbicuiata 
2 Leaves oblong or lanceolate, soon withering. 
4 Spur very slender, more than twice the length 
& of the lip A. He elegans 
4, Spur equal to the lip 
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