310 Synonymy of some North American Orchidaceae. 
chis fissa of these authors, are identical with the original O. psy- 
codes of Linneeus; that is, are the ordinary smaller-flowered 
forms of Orchis fantrinsd Muhlenberg says of his O. fissa, 
that the flowers are very small; as indeed they are in the speci- 
men sent to Willdenow, when compared with his O. fimbriata, 
(which is the O. grandiflora of Bigelow,) or with O. fissa of 
succeeding authors. Orchis psycodes of Willdenow, as to the 
plant in his herbarium, is O. lacera of Michaux. The synonymy 
of these species will therefore assume the following form. 
Hasenaria (PLATANTHERA) PSYCODES. 
Orchis psycodes, Linn.! spec. 2. p. 493, excl. syn. Gronov., 
non Willd. 
Orchis fimbriata, Ait,! hort. Kew. (ed. 1.) 3. p. 297, et auct. 
Orchis incisa, Muhl.! fl. Lancast. ined., et in Willd. ! spec. 
A. p. 40, non Pursh, nec Nutt. 
~ Orchis fissa, Muhl.! ! 1. c. et in Willd.! I. c. non Pursh, nec 
auct. seq. 
_ Habenaria fimbriata, R. Br.! in hort. Kew. (ed. 2.) 5. p. 193, 
et auct. 
Habenaria incisa, Spreng. syst. 3. p. 692. (quoad syn.) 
Habenaria fissa, Spreng. J. c. (quoad syn.,) non R. Br. 
Platanthera fimbriata, Lindl. ! gen. et spec. Orchid. 
8. GRanpirLora: labelli segmentis Cisierptibus preecipue) ca- 
pillaceo-fimbriatis, floribus majoribus, 
Orchis fimbriata, Willd. ! 1, ¢.. 
Orchis grandiflora, Bigel.! fl. Bost. ed. 2. p. 321 
Habenaria grandiflora, Torr.! compan. ; Beck, Tet p. 349; 
Darlingt. fl. Cest. ed. 2. p. 509. 
“ Hapenaria (PLATANTHERA) PERAMENA. 
Orchis palmata perameena, Caryophylli montani floribus, mar- 
gine fimbriatis, ex Virginia. Pluk. mant. p. 141, t. 434, f. 5 
Orchis fissa, Pursh! fl. 2. p. 588, non Willd. 
_ Orehis incisa, Pursh, 1. c. ; Nutt. gen. 2. p. 189, non Willd. 
Habenaria fissa, R. Br. / in herb. Banks, non Orchis fissa, 
Muhl. et Willd. 
Platanthea Siseo, Lind. bes: 
