ORCHIDACEiE 



H.Leprieuri 38. H. Leprieuri Reichb.f., in Linnaea 19: 376 (1847), in Walp. 

 Ann. 1 : 798 (1848), Otia bot. Hamb. 2 : 50 (1881) ; Warm., Symb. 

 Fl. Bras.pt. 30,91, t. 8,f. 1 (1884-5); /iTrans/., in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 

 16: 101 (1893),Orch. Gen. etSp. 1 :256 (1897) ;Co^7i., in Mart. Fl. 

 Bras. 3, pt. 4, 47 (1893), in Urban Symb. Antill. 6: 301 (1909). 



"12. Habenaria Leprieuri: spica pauci- (2-6-) flora, floribus dis- 

 tantibus, bracteis ovatis acutis ovario (in speciminibus observatis 

 prope maturo) brevioribus, perigonii phyUis externis ovatis ob- 

 tusiusculis, internis minoribus falcatis, cum phyllo superiore ga- 

 leatis, labello tripartito, laciniis lateralibus filiformibus divari- 

 catis, media lanceolata obtusiuscula, lobis lateralibus sub^equali, 

 calcare filiformi ovario amplo apice breviter attenuato multo 

 breviore. (Lindl. Gen. et Orch. ad A. § 2. C.) 



"Zierliche, sehr zarte, fusshohe, steif aufgerichtete Pflanze mit 

 3-4 linealen, spitzen Blattern, durch das Trocknen schwarz. 



" Cayenne, Leprieur. 1839! Im Herbar des Hern, von Delessert 

 und im eignen, von demselben mitgetheilt." Reichb. f. loc. cit, 



I place here specimens gathered in Trinidad (British West In- 

 dies) by W. E. Broadway. The flowers agree well vnth the fig- 

 ure in Warming's Symbolce ad Floravi JBrasilice and with the 

 description published by Cogniaux in 3Iart. Fl. Bras. The seta- 

 ceous, or narrowly linear, leaves are distinctive when compared 

 with other species in our range. The raceme, however, of one of 

 Broadway's specimens is composed of twenty or more flowers, 

 differing in this respect from the type. The number of flowers 

 may be extremely variable. 



The general habit of Broadway's material suggests H. meso- 

 dactyla, but the flower is unlike the drawing prepared from the 

 specimens preserved in the Kew Herbarium. The material from 

 which my illustration is taken is presumably referable to H. 

 Leprieuri. Broadway's specimens are of unusual interest, as they 



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