ORCHIDACEiE 



(1898) in part, not JVats. — H. filifera KrdnzL, Orch. Gen. et H. clypeata 

 Sp. 1: 313 (1898), in syn., not Wats. — H. jaliscana Krdnzl, 

 Orch. Gen. et Sp. 1: 313 (1898), in syn., not Wats. 



"24. Habenaria clypeata. 



" H. foliis parvis ovatis cuspidatis sensim decrescentibus, ra- 

 cemo multifloro, bracteis foliaceis cucullatis acuminatis ovario 

 brevioribus, petalis bipartitis: laciniis anterioribus linearibus 

 horizontalibus posticis cum sepalo supremo rotundato galeam 

 orbiculatam planam efficientibus, labelli penduli tripartiti lacinia 

 intermedia lineari-lanceolata lateralibus linearibus paulo lon- 

 giore, calcare compresso ovarii longitudine. 



"Hab. in Mexico, de Karwinski. {exam. s. sp. in hb. Reg. 

 Monac.) 



"Caulis pedalis. Racemus oblongus, multiflorus. Galea orbicu- 

 lata plana facie omnino peculiari banc speciem induit." Lindl. 

 loc. cit. 



There is no type specimen of this in Lindley's herbarium, but 

 it is quite probable that sketches of a plant, flower, and petal 

 therein contained were made from Karwinski's material, which 

 should be in the royal herbarium at Monaco. That these sketches 

 were from this source is the more likely as similar sketches 

 represent the other species founded on Karwinski's collection. 

 If this view is correct, these sketches prove that the general 

 conception of H. clypeata held by authors is the correct one. It 

 is represented by a mixture of two or three species in the her- 

 baria of Kew, the British Museum, and the Museum d'Histoire 

 Naturelle de Paris. Perhaps the most closely related species is 

 H. lactiflora Rich., which may be distinguished by the lateral 

 divisions of the broader labellum that arise from near its middle 

 and reach beyond the mid-lobe. In H. clypeata the lateral lobes 

 arise from near the base of the middle lobe which they scarcely 



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