ORCHIDACE^ 



H. odonto- Jahrb. 16: 183 (1893), Orch. Gen. et Sp. 1:392 (1898); Ames, 



petala i^ Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 16: 117 , f. 2 (1903), Orch. Fl. Fla. 12, 



t. 2 (1904). — H. Garberi Porter, in Bot. Gaz. 5: 135 (1880); 



Chapm., Fl. S. U. S. ed. 2, 654 (1884); Small, in Bull. Ton. 



Bot. CI. 27:275(1900). 



Platanthera Garberi Chapm., Fl. S. U. S. ed. 3, 486 (1897). 



Habenaria Michauxii KrdnzL, Orch. Gen. et Sp. 1: 896 

 (1901) in part, not Nutt. 



Habenella Garberi Small, Fl. Se. U. S. 316 (1903). 



"Habenaria (§2. Henidia. a. in Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch.) 

 odontopetala G. Rchb. fil. foliis lanceolatis acuminatis, racemo 

 multifloro elongate, floribus pedicellatis, pedicellis bracteis lance- 

 olatis acuminatis a^qualibus, sepalis oblongis obtuse acutis, peta- 

 lis paulo minoribus oblongis apice sinuato tridentatis, basi biden- 

 tatis, dente inferiore majore, labello linear! apice retuso, calcare 

 fiUformi clavato germini pedicellato subsequali, canalibus stigma- 

 ticis tenuissimis porrectis, processubus stigmaticis parvis obtusis. 



"Stengel vielblattrig, 20" hoch. Blatter in der Mitte etwa 9'" 

 breit, 3" lang. Bliithen von der Grosse derer der Platanthera 

 chlorantha, gelb, nach der schriftlichen Notiz des Sammlers. — 

 Temperirtes JNIexiko. Leibold." Reichb. f. loc. cit. 



H. odontopetala is readily distinguished from H. strictissima 

 by its oblong petals which are characterized by a tooth at the 

 summit and by protuberant anterior basal angles. From H. eu- 

 stachya it is to be separated by its longer spur and different la- 

 bellum. In Cuba H. odontopetala grows on forested slopes. In 

 Florida I have found it on the edges of wooded areas, mostly 

 in shade. There is no adequate reason for upholding H. Garberi. 

 It is clearly referable to H. odontopetala. 



Dr. Small's new genus Habenella is in my estimation un- 

 necessary and is founded on characters which are sectional rather 



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