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the park and have set more around it, also some plants of 

 the variety described in The American Botanist for 

 September, 1904-. I hereby name \t Habenaria orbiculata 

 var, longifolia, with thanks to the editor for suggestino^ it 

 to me. In the same hollow with the preceding species I 

 have set its smaller companion H. Hookerii and variety 

 oblongifolia, which is to be found in the same kind of 

 situations, but blooms about a month earlier. It is also 

 found in the mossy borders of bogs, therefore for trial I 

 have set some on a small island in the pond which I have 

 appropriated for the use of bog-loving orchids. One of the 

 most noticeable differences between this and H. orbiculata 

 is the absence of bracts on the stem of the smaller one and 

 which are very conspicuous on the large one. 



Another habenaria which is growing naturally in the 

 park is H. lacera which grows in three situations in this' 

 locality, the most common of w^hich is a mowing which is 

 moist enough for good grass land. It is also found to 

 some extent in bogs. This year I found it in moist woods 

 — a situation that was a surprise to me. It was so differ- 

 ent from where I had supposed it grew that, before it 

 bloomed, I thought it must be a different species. On the 

 island in the park it is not doing as well as I would like, 

 but it has established itself in the woods. It is in bloom 

 about July 22nd. Blooming about the same time as H. 

 lacera is the purple fringed orchis {H. psycodes) . It is one 

 of the most conspicuous as well as one of the prettiest 

 members of the family. I have not as yet found it in 

 Jamaica although I believe that others have seen it in 

 town. I went into the adjoining town of Stratton for my 

 plants where they were growing in a sphagnous bog 

 accompanied by such other vegetation as is common to. 

 such places. In the park it forms the main feature of the 

 island. 



The two other habenarias that I have in my collection 

 are growing on the island. One, H. virescens, I first found 

 this year in the bed of West River, growing among the 

 roots of some willows which protected it against high 



