Habenaria.'] 



CXXXIII. ORCHIDEiE (rOLFE). 



'201 



beaked. — Terrestrial herbs, with the habit of Orchis. Tubers ovoid- 

 globose or rarely lobed. Flowers small or large, in lax or dense spikes 

 or racemes. Bracts mostly narrow. 



A genus of about 400 species, widely diffused through tropical and subtropical 

 regions. 



I have followed Kranzlin and most other authors in retaining Platanthera, which 

 is sometimes referred here, as a distinct genus, on account of the sessile or subsessile, 

 more or less confluent stigmas. 

 Petals entire* 

 Lip entire. 



Pedicels 2\ lin. long; flowers 1^ lin. long, rose . 1. H. calcarata. 

 Pedicels 6-10 lin, long; flowers 2^-4 lin. long, 



