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3. H. michaeli Greene. Stout, 10 to 14 inches high ; basal leaves oblanceo- 

 late, those of the stem prominent, scale-like, lanceolate-acuminate ; spike dense, 

 elongated-oblong, 2 l /2 to 6 inches long ; flowers greenish ; upper sepal ovate ; lip 

 triangular-ovate, subcordate at base ; spur % to % longer than the ovary. 



Open grassy Coast Range hills or under oaks, Humboldt Co. south to Ventura 

 Co. 



Loes. Alton, Humboldt Co., Tracy 3763; Mill Valley, Jepson; Berkeley, Mary V. Fergu- 

 son; Livermore, Jepson; San Luis Obispo Co., G. W. MioJiael. The following are intergrades 

 between H. michaeli and H. elegans, having the outline of spike, shape of lip and length of 

 spur of the former, and the lax spike and usually spreading perianth of the latter: Sisson, 

 Jepson; Shasta Sprs., Jepson; Ojai Valley, Olive Tliachjsr. 



Kefs. HABENARIA MICHAELI Greene, Bull. Cal. Acad. 1:281 (1885), type loc. San Luis 

 Obispo, G. W. Micliael. Piperia, micJiaeli Eydb. Bull. Torr. Club 28:640 (1901). H. elegans 

 Wats. Bot. Cal. 2:133 (1880). H. michaeli is reduced to H. elegans by Ames in his monograph 

 of the genus (Orchid. 4:112); but although these two are not as yet clearly separated they 

 represent in their extreme forms two differentiating phases, ecologically and otherwise, which 

 merit further study and are of too much importance for simple reduction at present. 



4. H. maritima Greene. (Fig. 60a, b.) Low and stout, 6 to 10 or 14 inches 

 high ; basal leaves oblong, acute, 3 to 6 inches long, 1 to 1% inches wide, the 

 lowest narrowed to a broad petiole ; upper cauline leaves reduced, appressed, 

 lanceolate-subulate ; spike very dense and thick, slightly conical, l 1 /^ to 4 inches 

 long, 7 to 13 lines broad ; flowers white, with a heavy fragrance ; sepals broadly 

 oblong, obtuse, with a green midvein, a little exceeding 2 lines; petals 2 lines 

 long, broadest at the base, ligulate-attenuate above ; lip narrowly ovate, with a 

 prominent ridge toward the base; spur slender, longer than the ovary; column 

 short and. almost beakless. 



Sea-cliffs or coast hills, San Francisco Co. north to Humboldt Co. 



Loes. Mission Hills, Michener $ Bioletti; Pt. Reyes, Davy 6754; Fort Bragg, W. C. 

 Mathews 148a; Samoa, Humboldt Co., Tracy 1253. 



Befs. HABENARIA MARITIMA Greene, Pitt. 2:298 (1892), type loc. Point Lobos, San Fran- 

 cisco; Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 132 (1901). Piperia maritima Rydb. Bull. Torr. Club 28:641 

 (1901). 



5. H. leucostachys Wats. SIERRA REIN-ORCHIS (Fig. 60c, d.) Stem thick- 

 ened below, leafy, ^4 to 2^ feet high ; leaves linear or lanceolate, % to l 1 /^ inches 

 broad ; flowers white, rather large, in a dense or open spike 4 to 8 inches long ; 

 bracts linear-subulate, shorter than the flower; sepals oblong or oblong-ovate, 3 

 or 4-nerved, thin, 2 to 3 lines long ; petals lanceolate, oblique at base ; lip slender- 

 lanceolate from a roundish-dilated base, exceeding the sepals and petals; spur 

 slender, 3 or 4 to 6 lines long, exceeding the lip ; beak of the stigma prominent, 

 ovate, more than half the length of the connective ; capsule oblong, 6 to 9 lines 

 long. 



Common about springs and moist meadows: Sierra Nevada; North Coast 

 Ranges ; cismontane Southern California ; White Mts. North to Alaska. 



Loes. Sierra Nevada: Plumas Co., E. H. Platt; Yuba Pass, Sierra Co., Alma Ames 15; 

 Truckee, Sonne; Strawberry, Tuolumne Co., Jepson 6502; Kennedy Lake, Tuolumne Co., A. L, 

 Grant 258; Yosemite Valley, Hall 9026; Bloody Canon, Mono Co., Chcsnut $ Drew; Simpson 

 Mdw., Middle Fork Kings River, Henrietta Eliot; Mineral King, Hall $ Babcocic 5386; Giant 

 Forest, Newlon; Garfield Forest, Sequoia Park, Jepson 4660; Tehachapi, Greene. North Coast 

 Ranges: Mt. Shasta, Jepson; Goosenest foothills, Butler 884; Marble Mt., Chandler 1726; 

 Buck Mt., Humboldt Co., Tracy 3901 ; Fort Bragg, Davy $ Blasdale 6146 ; Mt. Hull, Lake Co., 

 Hall 9545; Point Reyes, Davy 6708. Southern California: San Bernardino Mts., Blasdale; 

 Mt. San Jacinto, ace. Hall. Silver Canon, White Mts., Jepson 7216. Not yet reported from 

 the South Coast Ranges. Var. virida Jepson n. var. Lowest leaves elliptic to oblong; flowers 

 greenish. San Antonio Canon, San Gabriel Mts., F. W. Peirson 12. 



Refs. HABENARIA LEUCOSTACHYS Wats. Bot. Cal. 2:134 (1880). H. dilatata var. leuco- 



.stachys Ames, Orchid. 4:71 (1910). Platanthera leucostachys Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 288 



(1835), type loe. Northwest Coast, Douglas. Limnorcliis leucostaohys Rydb. Mem. N. Y. Bot. 



Card. 1:106 (1900) ; Bull. Torr. Club 28:625 (1901). Habenaria pedioellata Wats. Proc. Am. 



Acad. 12:276 (1877), type loc. Trinity Mountains (not "Shasta Mountains"), Brewer 1453 



