Synonymy of some North American Orchidacew. 309 
Orchis fuscescens, Pursh! fl. 2. p. 587; Ell. sk. 2. p. 487, 
vix Gimel. 
Orchis herbiola, Pursh, J. c. (quoad syn.) 
Orchis bidensxea, Ell.! sk. 2. p. 488 
Habenaria herbiola, R. Br. / in hort. Kew. (ed. 2.) 5. p. 193, 
et auct. omn. 
Habenaria virescens, Spreng. syst. 3. p. 688. (quad syn.) 
Habenaria fuscescens, Torr. compan 
Platanthera herbiola, Lindl. ! gen. a spec. Orchid. 
Hasenarta (PLATANTHERA) INTEGRA. 
Orchis integra, Nutt. gen. 2. p. 188. 
Orchis flava, Nuit. 1. c., non Linn. 
Orchis flava? Fill. sk. 2. p. 485. 
Habenaria integra, Spreng. syst. 3. p. 689; Beck, bot. p. 348. 
Habenaria Elliottii, Beck! l.c 
This last species is very nearly allied to H. (Platanth. ) cristata, 
but isreadily distinguished by its subulate spur, entire petals, and 
nearly entire, crenate, or somewhat sinuately toothed labellum. 
Its geographical range is from New Jersey to Florida and Louis- 
lana. 
Orcuis psycopes, Linn.—So great is the confusion of the sy- 
nonymy, and so extensive the series of mistakes in regard to this 
species, that it becomes at first sight questionable whether the 
Linnzean name should not be altogether dropped. But as the de- 
scription of Linnzus is perfectly applicable to the species he had 
in view, and to no other, we are not at liberty to pass by the 
Original name ; still less to apply it to a plant subsequently mis- 
taken for this species. "The O. psycodes.is described from a plant 
collected in Canada, by Kalm, which is still preserved in the Lin- 
nean herbarium. This plant J find to be, not the Orchis lacera 
of Michaux, as is generally supposed, but the Orchis fimbriata 
of Aiton and succeeding authors. The synonym of “ Orchis 
floribus aureis,’ &c. of Gronovius, must be excluded, as it re- 
lates to Orchis cristata of Willdenow. The Gronovian plant, 
however, does not exist in the herbarium of Linnzus, neither 
does the character and description appear to have been at all de- 
rived from it. On the authority of the herbarium of Willdenow, 
and also fron: the manuscript detailed descriptions of Muhlen- 
berg, I have ascertained that both the Orchis incisa and the Or- 
