ORCHIDACE^ 



leaves are approximate, six or more in number, chartaceous, and H. TiXrck- 



.... 



basal, and somewhat similar to the leaves of H. distans in their ^^^^^^^ 

 arrangement. The accompanying plate was prepared from this 

 specimen. 



36. H. setifera Lindl, in Ann. Nat. Hist. 4: 381 (1840); H. setifera 



Reichh.f., in Linnsea 18: 407 (1844) ; Hems., Biol. Cent. Am. 3: 



306 (1884); Krcinzl, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 16: 118 (1893); Co^/i., 



in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3: pt. 4, 62 (1893); Krcinzl, Orch. Gen. et 



Sp. 1 : 285 (1898) ; Cogn., in Urban Symb. Antill. 6 : 303 (1909). 



— H. spathacea Rich, (§ Gal., in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 3, 3: 29 



(1845); Reichb.f., in Bonpl. 2: 10 (1854); Hems., Biol. Cent. 



Am. 3: 306 (1884); Wats., in Proc. Am. Acad. 22: 455 (1887); 



Krdnzl, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 16:95 (1893), Orch. Gen. et Sp. 



1: 247 (1897). — H. pauciflora Krdnzl., in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 



16: 99 (1893), Orch. Gen. et Sp. 1: 254 (1897) in part, as to 



Palmer's plant; Cogn., in Mart. Fl. Bras. 3:pt. 4, 37 (1893) as 



to Palmer's plant. 



"Habexaria (A. § 1. XX. b.) setifera; foliis ensiformibus ca- 

 rinatis erectis apice incurvis setiferis, caule foliato 1-2-floro, 

 bracteis inflatis ovario longipedunculato brevioribus, petalis 

 bipartitis : lacinia anteriore lineari posterioris longitudine, labelli 

 tripartiti laciniis linearibus carnosis intermedia longiore, calcare 

 pendulo clavato pedunculo subasquali. — Mexico, ad Choapam, 

 inter gramina, Junio, Hartweg. 



"A plant allied to H. macroceras, of which it has much the 

 habit." Lindl. loc. cit. 



Habenaria setifera, H. spathacea and H. pauciflora are very 



closely allied species, if not conspecific. In the synonymy of 



H. setifera I have included H. spathacea, as an examination 



of the types did not reveal any marked differences between these 



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