ORCHIDACE^ 



488 (1897); Reichb.f., in Ber. Deut. Bot. Gesell. 3: 274 (1885); H. distans 



KrdnzU in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 16: 61 (1893), Orch. Gen. et Sp.l : 



194 (1897); SmalU Fl. Se. U. S. 315 (1903); Urban, in Symb. 



Antill. 4: 162 (1905); Cogn,, in Urban Symb. Antill. 6: 300 



(1909). 



" 184. H ABENAKI A DISTANS Or. radicelHs villosis tuberiferis, 

 caule basi foliato (1' alto), foliis elliptico-oblongis acutis (4"-6" 

 longis), racemo paucifloro: floribus distantibus: bracteis mem- 

 branaceis oblongo-lanceolatis ovario duplo brevioribus, perigonii 

 segmentis exterioribus lateralibus reflexis ovato-lanceolatis 

 {^i" longis), superiori ovato obtusiusculo, interioribus bipartitis 

 eorumque segmento anteriori falcato-lineari descendente pos- 

 teriorem subaquante, hoc oblongo, labello ad basin trisecto: 

 segmentis linearibus, lateralibus patentissimis incurvis, medio 

 longiori, calcare filiformi descendente versus basin compresso- 

 clavellato (8"-10''' longo) ovarium sub^equante v. excedente. — 

 Habenaria n. sp. Lindl. Orch. Wr. — Cuba or., pr. Monteverde 

 (Wr. 1481) E." Griseb. he. cit. 



Habenaria jamaieensis Fawcett & Rendle is a closely allied 

 species characterized in part by the short anterior divisions of the 

 petals. 



H. distans is an extremely rare plant in Florida, where it ap- 

 pears to have been collected only once, in 1878, by A. P. Gar- 

 ber. No other collection has been made in Florida of which I 

 have any knowledge. 



The Cuban specimens collected by Wright, which constitute 

 the type of H. distaiis, are large plants very unlike the speci- 

 mens from Florida. 



FLORIDA, Lee County 



Caloosa, August, 1878, A. P. Garher (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 16). 



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