310 Synonymy of some North American Orchidacecc. 



cMs fissa of these authors, are identical with the original O. psy- 

 codes of Linnasus ; that is, are the ordinary smaller-flowered 

 forms of Orchis Jimbriata. Muhlenberg says of his O. Jissa, 

 that the flowers are very small ; as indeed they are in the speci- 

 men sent to Willdenow, when compared with his O. fi^mhriata, 

 (which is the O. grandiflora oi Bigelow,) or with O. jissa 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. 



Habenaria (Platanthera) psycodes. 



Orchis psycodes, Linn. ! spec. 2. p. 493, excl. syn. Gronov., 

 non Willd. 



Orchis fimbriata, Ait.! hart. Kew. [ed. 1.) 3.^. 297, ct auct. 



Orchis incisa, Muhl. ! Ji. Lancast. ined., et in Willd. ! spec. 

 4. p. 40, non Pursh, nee Nutt. 



Orchis fissa, Muhl. ! I. c. et in Willd. ! I. c. non Pursh, nee 

 auct. seq. 



Habenaria fimbriata, R. Br. ! in hart. Kew. {ed. 2.) 5. p. 193, 

 et auct. 



Habenaria incisa, Spreng. syst. 3. j9. 692. (quoad syn.) 



Habenaria fissa, Spreng. I. c. (quoad syn.,) non R. Br. 



Platanthera fimbriata, Lindl. ! gen. et spec. Orchid. 



§. GRANDIFLORA : labclli segmentis (lateralibus praecipue) ca- 

 pillaceo-fimbriatis, floribus majoribus. 



Orchis fimbriata, Willd. ! I. c. 



Orchis grandiflora, Bigel. ! ji. Bast. ed. 2. p. 321. 



Habenaria grandiflora, Torr. ! compan. ; Beck, hot. p. 349 ; 

 Darlingt. ji. Cest. ed. 2. p. 509. 



Habenaria (Platanthera) peramcena. 



Orchis palmata peramoena, Caryophylli montani floribus, mar- 

 gine fimbriatis, ex Virginia. Phik. mant. p. 141, t. 434, /. 5. 



Orchis fissa, Pursh ! ji. 2. p. 588, non Willd. 



Orchis incisa, Pursh, I. c. ; Nutt. gen. 2. p. 189, non Willd. 



Habenaria fissa, R. Br. ! in herb. Banks, non Orchis fissa, 

 Muhl. et Willd. 



Platanthera fissa, Lindl. I. c. 



