ORCHIDACE^ 



H. Choris- (1899) in part;i Finet, in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 47: 278 (1900). 

 *^^^ "3. Habenaria Chorisiana. Nob. 



"P. foliis subradicalibus duobus ovatis, labello integerrimo 

 obtuso lacinias baud excedente, calcare scrotiforme. 



"Habitat in montosis Unalaschcse passim. 



'■'■ Satyrium L. 



"Transitum generis Platanthera in Gymnadenias galeatas 

 Rich, demonstrans, superiori speciei affinis; diversa: statura mi- 

 nori vix digitali, foliis ovatis, spica pauci- 10-12 flora, bracteis in- 

 structa flores superantibus, cornu scrotiformi etc. Radix : tubera 

 duo fusiformia, gracilia, descendentia, radiculis fibrosis paucis ad 

 collum instructa. Folia vaginantia subradicalia duo, vagina ex- 

 tima aphylla accedente ; externum inferumve latius atque obtu- 

 sius, late ovatum, in speciminibus majoribus 16 lineas longum, 

 10 latum; internum superumve in aliis speciminibus approxi- 

 matum, in aliis paulo altius in caule situm, acutius et angus- 

 tius; rete vasculosum e nervis primariis utrinsecus circiter 6 

 constans, arcuatis, in apicem submucronulatum conniventibus, 

 venulis obliquis inter se connexis. Caulis digitalis, saepius bre- 

 vior, in unico specimine sexpollicaris, gracilis, supra parte nudus, 

 unicove foliolo instructus sessili lanceolato acuto. Spica unguicu- 

 laris pollicarisve 10-20 flora; bracteee folio caulino similes, varia 

 longitudine, floribus semper longiores; flores quam in praece- 

 dente specie minores, erecti. Germen simile, contortum, erectum, 

 rectum, crassiusculum, maturo fructu ellipsoides. Calyx fornica- 

 tus, laciniis comparibus paulo discedentibus; laciniee exteriores 

 late lanceolatas obtusse; interiores consimiles paulo minores; la- 

 bellum indivisum, obtusum, laciniis brevius, calcaratum, calcare 

 brevi scrotiforme." Cham. loc. cit. 



1 Kranzlin confused the details of H. hracteata on Reichenbach s plate with those of this 

 species and prepared his diagnosis accordingly. 



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