ORCHIDACEtE 



H. blephari- Sp. 1: 604 (1899), 939 (1901). — P. holopetala Lindl, Gen. & 

 glottis Sp orch. 291 (1835); i/ooA., Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 199 {lS^^)\Steud., 



Nomencl. ed. 2, 2: 351 (1841). — P. ciliaris LindL, Gen. & Sp. 

 Orch. 292 (1835); Hook., Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 199 (1839). 



Blephariglottis albiflora Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 38 (1836).— 

 B. bicolor Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 38 (1836). 



Platanthera blephariglottis var. holopetala Torr., Fl. 

 N. Y. 2: 277 (1843); Gray, Man. ed. 1, 472 (1848), ed. 2, 446 

 (1856), ed. 3, 446 (1859); P«me, PI. Oneida Co. 84 (1865).— 

 P. ciliaris var. blephariglottis Chapm., Fl. S. U. S. ed. 1, 

 460 (1860), ed. 2, 460 (1884). 



Habenaria blephariglottis var. holopetala Gray, Man. 

 ed. 5, 502 (1867), ed. 6, 509 (1890) ; Day, PI. Buffalo 139 (1882) 

 Upham, Fl. Minn. 140 (1884); Owen, PI. Nantucket 58 (1888) 

 Bennett, PI. R. I. 43 (1888); Fernald, in Portl. Cat. 64 (1892) 

 Biitton ^ Br., 111. Fl. 1: 465 (1896). — H. ciliaris var. alba 

 3Iorong, in Bull. Torr. Bot. CI. 20: 38 (1893). — H. ciliaris var. 

 holopetala Morong, in Bull. Torr. Bot. CI. 20: 38 (1893).— 

 H. ciliaris var. albiflora Gower, ex Williams Orch. Grow. 

 Man. ed. 7, 417 (1894). 



Blephariglottis blephariglottis Rydh., in Britton's Man. 

 296 (1901); Small, Fl. Se. U. S. 313 (1903), in Porter's Fl. Pa. 

 93 (1903); House, in Torreya 3: 52 (1903); Lighthipe, in Tor- 

 reya 3: 80 (1903); C. B. Robinson, in Torreya 5: 15 (1904); 

 House, in Bull. Torr. Bot. CI. 32: 376 (1905); C. B. Robinson, 

 in Bull. Pictou Acad. 1: 35 (1907). 



Habenaria holopetala Niks, Bog- trotting for Orchids 256 

 (1904), based on a cream-colored form. 



It is often difficult to distinguish between this species and H. 

 ciliaris when herbarium specimens are studied. Usually the fringe 

 of the labellum is shorter in H. blephariglottis than in H. ciliaris. 



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