ORCHIDACEiE 



'*Der dicht beblatterte Stengel ist 18" hoch, die untersten, H. strictis- 

 langsten Blatter ^'" breit, 3" lang. Die Aehre ist ausserordenti- ^^^ 

 lich reich-und dichtbliithig. Die Bliithen von der Grosse derer 

 der Platantfiera bifolia ; griin, nach Angabe des Sammlers. 



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



Habenaria strictissima is clearly distinguished from H. odon- 

 topetala by its rounded petals which are about as broad as long, 

 scarcely toothed at the tip, and obscurely if at all protuberant 

 on the anterior basal corner. The labellum of H. stjictissima is 

 variable w^ith regard to the basal teeth. These are sometimes 

 pronounced and sometimes almost obsolete. When strongly de- 

 veloped they resemble those of H. virens. 



MEXICO 



Dr. Coulter (no. 1524) (3).— Near Menco, August 23, 1904, Pringle (no. 



8915) (1, 3). 



SiNALOA : Cerro Colorado, near Culiacan, November 5, 1904, T. S. Bran- 



degee (1). 



Jalisco : Bolanos, Hartweg (20). 



Hidalgo: Rocky mesa, El Salto, September 16, 1903, Pringle (7). 



MoRELos: Lava beds near Cuernavaca, 5000 ft., September 15, 1896, 



Pringle (no. 7223) (3, 7). 



Reported as follows: 



Temperate Mexico (Tierra templada), Leibold (type). — ^am^im^, August, 



1855, Schaffner (no. 207). 



73. H. alata Hook., Exot. Fl. 3: t. 169 (1826); Spreng., Syst. H. alata 

 Veg. 3:688 {\^2Q)\ Steud., Nomencl. ed. 2, 1: 716 (1841); 

 Griseb., Fl. Br W. Ind. 644 (1864), Cat. PL Cub. 271 (1866); 

 Sauv., FL Cub. 233 (1873); Reichb. f., in Ber. Deut. Bot. 

 Gesell. 3: 274 (1885); Ames, in Smith Enum. PI. Guat. pt. 

 7, 51 (1905). Not H. alata Rich. & Gal. in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 3, 

 3: 29 (1845) { = H.jaliscana Wats.). 



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