ORCHIDACEiE 



INIy Cuban collections of this species were made in grasslands H. alata 

 near the Sierra de los Organos Mountains in Pinar del Rio Pro- 

 vince. In February the specimens were maturing their fruit and 

 the perianth was partly withered. The specimens gathered by 

 Pringle in Mexico were found on grassy hillsides. It would seem 

 that H. alata prefers sunny locations in the open country, and 

 grows mostly in savannas. 



In Lindley's herbarium at Kew under H. brachyceras two 

 specimens are preserved which I have referred to H. alata. One 

 of these, which is very similar to Pringle's no. 3897 in the Gray 

 Herbarium, is marked "Jamaica, Purdie. R. 27." It has the 

 characteristic ovary of H. alata, and linear-lanceolate leaves. 

 The other specimen was collected by Hooker in Jamaica and is 

 accompanied by a note which refers it to H. alata Hook. 



MEXICO, San Luis Potosi 



Grassy hillside. Las Canoas, August 29, 1891, C. G. Pringle (no. 3897) 



(3, 4, 7). 



Vera Cruz: 4000 ft, Linden (21). 



GUATEMALA, Santa Rosa 



San Juan Utapa, alt. 1100 m,, September, 1893, Heyde <§- Lux, J. D. 

 Smith distr. (no, 6247). (Smith, Enum.. loc. cit., gives this number as from 

 Cerro Redondo, 1200 m., September, 1892.) 



COSTA RICA, Cartago 



Cartago, alt. 1300 m., December, 1887, Juan J. Cooper, J. D. Smith distr. 

 (no. 5971). 



CUBA, Pinar del Rio 



In a field, Cayajabos, November 9, 1902, Ames (1, 3); upland fields in full 

 sunlight, January 20 to February 10, 1903, Ames <§- R. G. Leavitt (1, 3); 

 open fields, in fruit, February 28, 1904, Ames (1). — On a plantation six 

 miles west of Artemisa, in tall grass, red soil, common, February 26, 1904, 

 Ames{\). — Santa Catalina, October 18, 1905, Van Hermann (no. 3281)(1). 



JAMAICA 



Purdie (3, 20); HooTcer (Hb. Lindl. "//. brachyceras'"). 



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