species of Habenaria it is known locally as ‘Monkey- 
face’.’”’ 
In a recent letter Dr. McFarland wrote as follows 
concerning the type station of this variety: ‘There are 
literally 100’s of these plants in this sphagnum bog. ...”’ 
The map shows the distribution of the typical form of 
HI, blephariglottis and of var. integrilabia. Plants from 
the southeastern states, particularly along the Gulf Coast, 
commonly have open racemes of large, long-spurred 
flowers whose lip is long-fringed, whereas plants from 
Newfoundland and eastern Canada commonly have dense 
racemes of small, short-spurred flowers whose lip is 
short-fringed. Conditions intermediate between these ex- 
tremes occur in the northeastern and eastern United 
States. The southern plants have been segregated by 
some authors as HZ. conspicua Nash or H.blepharigtlottis 
var. conspicua (Nash) Ames, based mainly on the length 
of the spur. This character, however, depends too much 
on habitat conditions to be of taxonomic value. It seems 
best to regard as HZ. blepharigiottis all of the white- 
flowered plants whose flowers have a fringed lip, and to 
segregate as a geographical variety those plants whose 
flowers possess a lip which is entire or nearly so. 
Nortu Caroiina: Cherokee County, in a bog in the southwest cor- 
ner of the county, August 2, 1935, D. S. Correll 3621 (Herb. Duke 
Univ.); Henderson County, Hendersonville, 1892-1900, Margaret C. 
Campbell (Herb. Univ. North Carolina). 
Kentucky: boggy sphagnum ravine three miles north of Whitley 
City, McCreary County, August 27, 1940, F. 7. McFarland & H. J. 
Rogers 97 (Tyre in Herb. Ames No. 59555; Iso-ryprs distributed by 
the University of Kentucky in their First Century of plants); MeCreary 
County, bog along stream about 3 miles south of Pine Knot, soil medi- 
acid, September 11, 1927, &. 7. Wherry & F. W. Pennell (Herb. Ames) ; 
McCreary County, sphagnum bog, 2.3 miles north of Whitley City, 
on U. S. Route 27, August 2, 1939, H.J. Rogers 120 (Herb. Ames, 
Herb. Univ. Kentucky). 
Tennessee: Fentress County, Mayland, August 16, 1934, J.B. Porter 
3092 (Herb. Univ. Tennessee); Franklin County, Sewanee, 1880, 
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