ORCHIDACE^ 



H. quinque- Dade Co. : Crevices of lime-rock, pine woods south of Cutler, Novem- 

 seta ber 11-13, 1903, A. A. Eaton (1). — Dry sandy soil, in sun, back of Miami, 



November 21, 1903, Eaton (1). 



ALABAMA, Tuscaloosa County 



Plank road, twenty miles from Tuscaloosa, August 2, 1878, E. A. 

 Smith (12). 



TEXAS 



Wnght (3). 



H. oreopkila 46. H. oreophila Greenm., in Proc. Am. Acad. 39: 76 (1903). 



"Habenaria oreophila. Glabrous throughout: stem erect, leafy, 

 7 to 8 dm. high: leaves oblong-lanceolate, 1 to 1.5 dm. long, 

 3 to 3.5 cm. broad, apiculate-acute, entire, membranous; the 

 lowermost leaves reduced to mere sheaths, the uppermost grad- 

 ually smaller: inflorescence a terminal elongated loose 2 to 3 dm. 

 long raceme; bracts subfoliaceous, lanceolate-acuminate, about 

 equalling the ovary: upper sepal ovate, cucullate, 8 mm. long, 

 3-nerved; lateral sepals oblong-lanceolate, slightly oblique, ob- 

 tuse, 3-nerved : lateral petals deeply 2-parted ; the upper division 

 lanceolate, upwardly arched, shorter than and coherent with the 

 upper sepal; lower division bent downward, linear-attenuate 

 and somewhat coiled at the tip : labellum deeply 3-parted ; the 

 middle lobe ligulate, slightly thickened, 11 to 13 mm. long, ob- 

 tuse ; lateral divisions linear-attenuate, 2.5 cm. long, more or less 

 spirally coiled at the free ends: spur clavate, free, 4 to 4.5 cm. 

 long: column bearing fleshy oblong appendages at the base: 

 ovary narrowly winged. — Mexico. State of Guerrero : moun- 

 tains near Iguala, 15 September, 1900, C. G. Pringle, no. 9248 

 (hb. Gr.). 



"The affinity of this species is with Habenaria jaliscana, 

 Watson, and H. luccecapensis, Fernald. From the former it is 



readily distinguished by the height, the longer leaves, the longer 



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