House: Orchids of central New York 379 



*'ToDARO, Nuov, Gen, 12. 1858, discusses the genera Arach- 

 nites and Ophrys and limits the latter to Ophrys ovata and its 



congeners. 



*'The name Listera commonly applied to this genus was pub- 

 lished by Robert Brown in 181 3 and is a homonym of Z/V/^r*^ 

 Adanson 1763, proposed for a genus belongnig to the family 

 Fabaceae." 



The most recent treatment of the genus Listera R. Br. is by K. 

 Wiegand (Bull, Torrey Club 26: i 57-171. 1899) where all the 

 known species are described and illustrated. The name DipJiyllnm 

 proposed by Rafinesque in 1808 is taken up by Kuntze for this 

 genus, but Thos. Morong (Bull. Torrey Club 20: 29. 1893) 

 shows that it can not be referred with any degree of certainty to 

 Listera of R, Brown. Disiomaea Spenner 1825, is based upon 

 Ophrys cordata. 



The two species previously reported from central New York 



are : 



Ophrys cordata L. Sp. PI. 946. 1753. 



5 : 201. 1813. 



Distomaea cordata Spenn. FI. Friburg i: 245. 1826. 



Onondaga Co.: Syv^.cw^e, Underwood, 1889 (C.) ; **Baldwins- 

 ville/' Bcauchamp. Madison Co.: Fenner, Unda^d^ood (S)- 

 Reported by Paine (1865) from Oneida and Herkimer counties. 



V 



Ophrys australis (Lindl.) House 



LJstera australis Lindl. Gen. & Spec. Orch. 456, 1840. 



The occurrence o{ this southern species in central New York 

 is discussed by K. Wiegand in Bull. Torrey Club 26: 159- ^899. 



Onondaga Co.: Beaver Lake near Baldwinsville, Beauchamp 



(C), Undo-wood, 0. E. Pearce, 1885. Oswego Co.: ^'Lily Marsh 

 / H. Wibbe, 1876; C, 5. Sheldon, 1879. 



A third species not previously reported is, 



Two other species of Ophrys are found in the eastern United States : 



v^Ophrys auriculata (Wiegand) House 



Listera auriculaia Wiegand, EulL Torrey Club 26 : 166, //. 336. / 2. 1899 



^Ophrys Smallii (Wiegand) House 

 Listera renifonuis Small, Bull. Torrey Club 24 ; 334- 1897. Not G. Don. 

 Listera Smallii Wiegand, Bull. Torrey Club 26 : 169. //. JJ7- / 7- '^99- 



