ORCHIDACE^ 



H, triptera MEXICO 



Orchis Jloribics albidiis, in pratis pr. Mesochiza, reg. — [?] December 28, 

 Schiede 6f Deppe (19). 



H. petalodes 65. H. petalodes Lindl var. micrantha Reichb. /., Beitr. 

 Orch. Cent. Am. 5 (1866) ; Hems., Biol. Cent. Am. 3 : 306 (1884); 

 KrdnzU in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 16: 186 (1893), Orch. Gen. et Sp. 

 1:395 (1898) (excl. Warming sp.?); Cogn., in Mart. Fl. Bras. 

 3, pt. 4, 101 (1893). 



**Habenaria petalodes Lindl. Gen. Sp. Orch. 316: var. 

 micrantha. Rchb. f. ined. Non spithamsea, polyphylla. Folia ab- 

 breviata ovata acuta in bracteas abeuntia. Racemus bipoUicaris 

 subdensiflorus, floribus porrectis, bracteis semilanceis ovaria pedi- 

 cellata aequantibus. Sepala oblonga obtuse acuta, tepala flabellata 

 apice retusiuscula cum apiculo in medio, supra basin inferiorem 

 obtusangula, obscure colorata. Labellum lineare. Calcar filiforme 

 ovario pedicellato paulo longius. Rostelli dens liber acuminatus. 

 Crura stigmatica obtuse acuta. 



"Valde mirum plantam hucdum tantum in Brasilia (terra de 

 Itacolumi Minas Geraes Martins!) lectam in Panama repertam 

 licet varietate adeo micrantha, ut flores bene duplo sint minores. 

 Panama." Reichb. f. loc. cit. 



Probably the only collection of this variety. Kranzlin refers 

 Warming's Brazilian specimens here, Cogniaux refers them to 

 the type form. 



H. Selero- 66. H. Selerorum Schltr., in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 7: 539 (1899). 



"Gracilis erecta vel adscendens, c. 40 cm. alta; caule tereti, 



subflexuoso, pennee anserinae crassitudine, foliato, glaberrimo; 



foliis erecto-patentibus oblongis vel oblongo-elHpticis, glaberri- 



mis, reticulato-venosis, basi vaginantibus usque ad 7 cm. longis, 



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