Vol. XVI, pp. 117-118 September 30, 1903 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



A NEW SPECIES OF IIABEXARIA FROM CUBA. 



BY OAKES AMES. 



This species is closely allied to Habenari I 7 o.. 



Rchb. f. (Fig. 2.) of peninsular Florida, Mexico. Central Amer- 

 ica and Cuba. It grows in rich hillside woodlands, usually 

 where there is considerable shade, flowering during the winter 

 months. On November 9, 1902. I discovered a single specimen 

 in bloom in the Province of Pinar del Rio, near Cayajabos. a 

 town which was destroyed in the Cuban war; and on a second 

 expedition to the same locality made in January. 1903, with 

 Robert G. Leavitt. I found numerous plants, both in flower and 

 in fruit. ///' - " < was common here though its 



season of bloom was practically at a close. However, manv 

 flowers were still in good condition, and made possible a care- 

 ful comparative study of both species in the field. 



Habenaria Sanbornii, sp. nov. (Fig. 1). 



Plants 2-S dm. tall: roots fleshy, tubers short, elliptical or ne;. 



leaves six to eight, quite rigid, dull gray-green, never glossy above. 



5-30 cm. long. 2-3 cm. wide, lanceolate to narrowly elliptical, lower ones 



often obtuse, upper ones acute: cauline bracts lanceolate to lance-ovate. 



acuminate, acute: floral bracts similar, lower ones longer than the 



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