This species seems not to have been reported from 
Trinidad or Tobago by Cogniaux. 
Trintpap: St. Ann’s, April 30, 1848 (Herb. Trin. 409); Decem- 
ber 23, 1892, Alexander s.n. (Herb. Trin. 5075); Tucuche, February 
27, 1893, Broadway s.n. (Herb. Trin. 5248). 
Erythrodes trinitatis Ames Orch. 7 (1922) 76. 
Erythrodes trinitatis has apparently been collected but 
ONCE; 
Trintpap: St. Ann’s, 1888, Broadway s.n. (Herb. Ames 68183: 
drawings of ‘Tyrr). 
Hapenaria Willdenow 
Habenaria alata Hooker Exot. FI. 3 (1827) t. 169. 
Habenaria alata was not cited from the Colony by 
Cogniaux, nor have I seen specimens from the island of 
Trinidad. 
Tosaco: Montpelier, near Scarborough, October 3, 1909, Broadway 
3051 (Herb. Ames 11726, 11727, 26456; Herb. Gray 88); Novem- 
ber 1914, Sworder s.n. (Herb. Trin. s.n.); near Mason Hall, Courland 
River Valley, October 19, 1937, Sandwith 1858 (Herb. Ames 64123). 
Habenaria Leprieurii Reichenbach fil. var. hepta- 
dactyla (Reichb.f.) R. EH. Schultes comb. nov. 
Habenaria heptadactyla Reichenbach fil. in Schom- 
burgk Fauna & FI. Guian. (1848) 1128, nomen; in Lin- 
naea 22 (1849) 812. 
There appear to be no appreciable structural differ- 
ences in the flowers of Habenaria Leprieuru (H. meso- 
dactyla Grisebach) and H. heptadactyla. In the latter, 
there are usually more flowers than in the former, and the 
flowers are congested at the very tip of the inflorescence, 
instead of being placed more or less loosely and distantly 
along the upper third of the inflorescence. It seems de- 
sirable to reduce H. heptadactyla to varietal status. 
Habenaria Leprieurii var. heptadactyla occurs in Pan- 
ama, Colombia, Venezuela, British Guiana, Amazonian 
Brazil and Trinidad. 
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