ORCHIDACEiE 



H. repens BRAZIL, Santa Catharina 



At Blumenau, Ule (no. 873), 



H. Pringlei 41. H. Pringlei B. L. Robinson, in Proc. Am. Acad. 26: 184 

 {l^Ql)\ KrdnzL, Orch. Gen. et Sp. 1: 188 (1897). — H. macro- 

 ceratitis KrdnzL, Orch. Gen. et Sp. 1: 192 (1897) in part, as 

 syn., 1: 887 (1900), not Willd, 



"Habenaria Pringlei. Roots mostly fibrous, but the central 

 one tuberous: stem 3 feet high: leaves sheathing, ensiform, 

 carinate, 6-8 inches long, an inch in breadth, gradually tapering 

 to a long point: bracts lanceolate, sharply acuminate, 2 inches 

 long, 5 Hues broad; flowers about 10, large, pedicels 18 Unes 

 long; the ovary of equal length: sepals ovate, acuminate, mi- 

 nutely cuspidate, 8-9 hues in length ; the upper one erect, scarcely 

 at all galeate; lateral petals 2-cleft to the base, the segments 

 linear, acute, the upper broader, not equalling the sepals; the 

 lower very narrow, more than an inch in length : lip 3-cleft nearly 

 to the base, exceeding an inch in length ; the segments all nar- 

 row and hnear, the lateral somewhat surpassing the thickish, 

 scarcely acute central one: fleshy processes very conspicuous, 

 linear-spatulate, 3-4 lines in length: spur over 5 inches long, 

 exceeding the ovary and pedicel, its tip sheathed in the bracts 

 and apparently adherent to them. — Near Guadalajara, June, 

 1891 (n. 3823). This striking species is related to H. macroce- 

 ra^zYw, Willd., and H. setifera, Lindl., but differs from the former 

 in its much longer narrower leaves, larger flowers, and conspic- 

 uous fleshy appendages; from the latter, by its larger more nume- 

 rous flowers, and in the shape of its petals." Robinson, loc. cit. 



This is a very distinct species which should not be confused 

 with H. macroceratitis. Kranzlin, in Orchidacearum Genera et 

 Species 1 : 188, recognized it as distinct, but on page 192 referred 



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