Habenaria ORCHIDACEAE Herminium 



{Coeloglossum bracteatum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Pari.) (G.M.470). Erect, rather stout, 

 1-40 cm. tall, with palmately divided tuberoids; flowers small, green, the lip often 

 tinged with yellowish-brown to purple. North America, Europe, Siberia, Korea, 

 Japan, China; locally in Hun., Shansi. Damp woods and thickets, rarely alpine 

 meadows. 



2. Habenaria neuropetala Miq. {Platanthera hologlottis Maxim.) W:M^.^M (Hsia 

 Yeh Ch'ang Chu Lan) (Sc.C.6:101 as Platanthera hologlottis Erect terrestrial, 

 65-87 cm. high; flowers white. Japan, Korea, China; locally in Ku. Exposed 

 swampy ground. 



3. Habenaria japonica (Thunb.) A. Gray {Platanthera japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.) 

 Sc.C.6:103). Erect, stout, terrestrial, 30-80 cm. high; fls. white. Japan, Korea, 

 China; locally in Che., Hup., Ki. Open swampy places, roadsides or woodlands. 



4. Habenaria winkleriana (Schltr.) C. Schweinfurth {Platanthera ivinkleriana Schltr.) 

 (Sc.C. 6:108). Erect terrestrial, 23-55 cm. tall; flowers greenish yellow, the spur 

 being long for the alliance. China; locally in Ku. Swampy sandy slope. 



5. Habenaria minor (Reichb.f.) C. Schweinfurth {Platanthera minor Reichb.f.) 

 (Sc.C. 6: 106). Erect terrestrial, 15-80 cm. high; flowers greenish white or yellowish 

 green. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, China; locally in An., Che., Hup., Ki., Ku. 

 Grassy or bushy and shady slopes or in woods. Fig. 502. 



6. Habenaria henryi Rolfe {Platanthera henryi (Rolfe) Krzl.) (K.B.1896:202). Erect 

 terrestrial, 30-60 cm. high; fls. whitish, greenish or yellow. China; locally in 

 An., Che., Hup., Ki., Ku. Swamps and open places. 



7. Habenaria conopsea (L.) Benth., non Reichb. f.; {Gymnadenia conopsea (L.) R. 

 Br.) (Mak.F.702). Erect, slender terrestrial, 22-55 cm. high; fls. purple-lilac, rarely 

 white, in many-flowered spikes. Europe, Siberia, Japan, Korea, China; locally in 

 Hup., Ki. Grassy places, pastures, moors. 



8. Habenaria linearifolia Maxim. {Habenaria sagittifera Rolfe, non Reichb.f.) 

 (Max. F.269;F.H.E. 3:61). Erect, slender terrestrial, 33-80 cm. high; fls. greenish 

 white or pinkish white. Japan, Manchuria, Korea, China; locally in An., Che., 

 Ki. Moist meadows or grassy hillsides. 



9. Habenaria miersiana Champ, ex Benth. (Be. F. 363). Stout, erect terrestrial 

 30-79 cm. high; flowers white. Japan, Formosa, China; locally in Hup., Ki. 

 Moist meadows, Shady banks or dry hillsides. 



10. Habenaria stenostachya (Lindl.) Benth. {Platanthera stenostachya Lindl.) (Be. F. 362). 

 Slender, erect, 15-36 cm. high; flowers very small, white to yellow-green. China; 

 locally in Ki. Forest shade, sometimes in grass. 



5. Herminium Linn. WfiHUli (Chio Ken Lan Shu; Foot-root-orchid Genus) 



Slender, erect, low to medium-sized or large terrestrials, from 1-2 entire tuberoids; 

 leaves 1 to several, linear or elliptic-linear (in our species); flowers very small (about 

 4 mm. or less long) in an open or dense short or elongate spike; lip slightly saccate 

 at base (in our species), 3-lobed, lateral lobes linear. 



About 35 species, in temperate Eurasia; 21 in China. 



1. Herminium angustifolium (Lindl.) Benth. ex Hook.f. {Aceras angnsti 'folia Lindl.) 

 (H.F.6:129). Erect terrestrial, very slender, 18.5-66 cm. high; flowers green to 

 white, VIII. India, China, Formosa, Japan, Java, Timor; locally in Hun., Ki. 

 Grassy slopes or forest, rarely roadsides. Fig. 503. 



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