ORCHIDACEiE 



H. diffusa at my request, and reported that a flower moistened and care- 

 fully removed from the type has bifid petals, and that Lindley's 

 drawing is clearly erroneous. In the light of this correction H. 

 novemfida appears to be closely allied to H. diffusa^ to which 

 species I believe it should be referred. (Plate 75.) 



MEXICO, Lower California 



Cape Region Mts., September, 1893, T. S. Brandegee (3). 

 San Luis Potosi: 1875, J. G. Schqffner (2). — Tamasopo Canon, Septem- 

 ber 30, 1890, Pringle (no. 3512) (3).— Hillsides, Los Canoas, August 29, 

 1891, Pringle (no. 5026) (3). 



Jalisco: Shaded rocky slopes, near Guadalajara, September 26, 1889, 

 Pringle (no. 2964) (3, 7, 16); cool banks near Guadalajara, August 19, 

 1893, Pringle (no. 5390) (1, 5). 



MichoacAn: Damp rocky hills, Coapa, August 8, 1892, Pringle (no. 4189) 

 (2, 3, 19). 



MoRELOs : Near Cuernavaca, September 10, 1903, J. N. Rose <§• J. H. Painter 

 (nos. 6905, 6932) (2). 



Vera Cruz: Fl. vertes, en aoiit, champs et bois a WOO-3000, 1840, Galeotti 

 (no. 5149) (21) (type?); Galeotti (no. 5150) (21). — Mirador, June-Octo- 

 ber, 1840, Galeotti (no. 7263) (20); August, 1841, Liebmann (nos. 145, 

 146) (S).— Region d'Orizaba, aout, 1866, Bourgeau (no. 1873) (3, ex Hb. 

 Mus. Par.). 



Mexico: Rocky hills near Lecheria, 7500 ft., August 23, 1904, Pringle 

 (no. 8926) (1, 3). 



Also reported from GUATEMALA 



H.flexuosa 55- H. flexuosa Lindl, Gen. & Sp. Orch. 311 (1835); Hems., 

 Biol. Cent. Am. 3: 305 (1884). Not H. flexuosa Reichb. f., in 

 Flora 48 : 180 (1865). — H. clypeata var. Lindl, in Benth. PI. 

 Hartw. 53 (1840). — H. clypeata Reichh.f., in Linn^a 28: 381 

 (1856), not Lindl ; Krdnzl, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 16 : 131 (1893), 

 Orch. Gen. et Sp. 1 : 313 (1898) in part.— H. lactiflora Hems., 

 Biol. Cent. Am. 3: 305 (1884) as to specimens; ^mws/., in Engl. 



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