ORCHIDACEyE 



H. virens ibus numerosissimis, sepalo supremo galeasformi medio cristato, 

 sepalis internis spathulatis : labello lobis lateralibus acutis, inter- 

 medio dimidio brevioribus." Rich. & Gal. loc. cit. 



This very distinct species has been ignored by subsequent 

 writers. There are three sheets and an excellent drawing of a 

 flower with dissections at the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de 

 Paris. H. virens has exactly the appearance of H. strictissima, 

 but the labellum and petals are very distinctive. The lateral 

 lobes, or teeth, of the lip are acute and directed forward. The 

 spur is peculiarly up-curved in all the specimens. Dorsal sepal 

 orbicular, 5 mm. x 5 mm., lateral sepals 7x5 mm., petals 

 rounded, spathulate, 3 mm. long, lip 9 mm. long, linear beyond 

 the side lobes, blunt, usually appearing as if broadened at the 

 tip, because of revolute edges. (Plate 78.) 



MEXICO, Oaxaca 



1842, GUesbreght (21), (type). 



H. strictis- 72. H. strictissima Reichb.f., in Linnaea 18: 407 (1844), 28: 



sima 331 (1356); Hems., Biol. Cent. Am. 3: 306 {\SS4^) ; Krdnzl, in 



Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 16: 184 (1893), Orch. Gen. et Sp. 1: 392 



(1898). — H. pyramidalis Lindl, in Ann. Nat. Hist. 15: 386 



{lM5)\Kranzl, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 16: 185 (1893), Orch. Gen. 



et Sp. 1:393 (1898). 



''Habenaria (§ 2. Henidia. a. in Ldl. Gen. et Sp. Orch.) 



strictissima G. Rchb. fil. foliis oblongis acutis arrectis in brac- 



teas decrescentibus, spica densissima elongata, bracteis lanceo- 



latis ovariis subaequalibus, sepalis petalisque minoribus oblongis 



obtusis, sepalo superiore cum petalis galeato, labello lineari basi 



bidentato, dentibus divaricatis, calcare filiformi pendulo ovario 



longiore, canalibus stigmaticis elongatis, processubus stigmaticis 



brevibus obtusis. 



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