GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION ! 
Georgia: Camden and Charlton Counties. 
Florida: Alachua, Brevard, Broward, Collier, 
Dade, Duval, Franklin, Highlands, Hillsborough, 
Lee, Levy, Manatee, Martin, Monroe, Nassau, Orange, 
Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Saint Johns, Seminole and Vol- 
usia Counties. 
Alabama: Mobile County. 
Mississippi: Jackson County. 
Spiranthes gracilis ( Bigel.) Beck var. brevila- 
bris ( Lindl.) Correll comb. nov. 
Spiranthes brevilabris Lindley Gen. & Sp. Orch. Pl. 
(1840) 471. 
Type Locauiry: ‘‘Hab. in Texas, Drummond, 
Andrieux.”’ 
BASIS FOR MY CONCEPTION OF THE VARIETY: An ex- 
amination of No. 2804 in Herb. Ames which was com- 
pared by Ames with Lindley’s type of 8. brevilabris at 
Kew. 
Description: Similar to the species except for the 
densely pubescent spike. Rachis with whitish pubes- 
cence; ovaries more or less covered with a dense mat of 
reddish brown hairs (rarely sparsely pubescent); perianth 
parts somewhat pubescent on the outer surface. Plant 
1—8.5 dm. tall. Leaves similar to those of the species, 
mostly persistent. Spike 2-15 cm. long. Floral bracts 
usually much longer than in the species, 5-14 mm. long, 
awn-like at the apex. Flowers apparently white or cream- 
colored (no fresh material was seen). Petals usually ir- 
regularly eroded near the apex. Lip with longer and more 
finely lacerate fringes than in the species (often fringed 
along the margin to the base), strongly arcuate-decurved, 
often conspicuously constricted at the middle, with a 
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