ORCHIDACE^ 



the smaller lanceolate bracts, and in other details." Fawcett & H. Purdiei 

 Rendle, he. cit. 



I have been unable to examine the type of H. Purdiei. From 

 the description it does not appear to be separable from H. 

 odontopetala. 



70. H. Oerstedii Reichb.f., in Bonpl. 3: 213 (1855), Beitr. Orch. H. Oerstedii 

 Cent. Am. 45 (1866); Hems., Biol. Cent. Am. 3: 306 (1884); 



KrcinzU in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 16 : 218 (1893), Orch. Gen. et Sp. 1 : 

 445 (1898). 



" 10. H. Oerstedii (^, § 2 a.), afF. Habenariae hexapterae Lindl. : 

 fohis oblongo lanceolatis acutis decrescentibus, bracteis ovario 

 subaequalibus, calcare falcato ovarii pedicellati dimidium non 

 aequante, tepalis ligulatis supra basin inferiorem angulatis labello 

 ligulato retuso aut basin utrinque angulato. Planta prope tri- 

 pedalis. Folia infima quinque-sexpollicaria, suprema abbreviata 

 in bracteas decrescentia. Racemus eiongatus. Bracteas lanceolatae 

 apiculatfie. Flores illis Habenari£e hexapterae Lindl. «quales. Ova- 

 rium exalatum. Sepala oblonga et summum quidem nunc obova- 

 tum apiculatum,nunctamen oblongum obtusum. Sepala lateralia 

 ligulato falcata obtusa. Brachia stigmatica obtusata apice in Ugu- 

 1am teretiusculam tenuem producta. Eine stattliche blattreiche 

 Pflanze mit ziemlich dichter, fast fusslanger Traube. Segovia, 

 Oersted." Reichb. f. loc. cit. 



NICARAGUA, Segovia 



Oersted 1/48. The lower portion of a stem, two or three flowers in a 

 pocket, and a drawing of a flower and column, in Lindley's herbarium. It 

 has not been reported since. 



71. H. virens Rich. 8^ Gal., in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 3, 3: 29 (1845). H. virens 



" 105. H. virens Nob. Fol. elliptico-oblongis acutis ; flor virid- 



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