Volume I No. 8 



MUHLENBERGIA 



A. A. HELLER, Editor LIBR/ 

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Los Gatos, California, April 24, 1906 



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[All unsigned articles in this journal are by the Editor, and the types of all 

 new species described by him are deposited in his private herbarium, unless 

 otherwise stated.] 



NOMENCLATORIAL CHANGES IN THE 

 ORCHIDACEAE 



By Homer D. House 



The revision of the North American Orchidaceae north of 

 Mexico for the forthcoming third edition of Heller's Catalogue, 

 made at Mr. Keller's request, necessitates some changes in their 

 nomenclature, which are herewith presented. 



I^ysias niacropliylla (Goldie) House 



Habenaria macrophylla Goldie, Edinb. Phil. Journ. 6: 



331. 1822. 

 Platanthera orbiciilata Lindl. Orch. PI. 286. 1835. 

 Lysias orbiculata Rydb. in Britton, Manual, 294. 1901; in 



part. 



Blepliarig-lottis alba (Michx.) House 



Orchis ciliaris var. alba Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 3: 156. 1803; 



not Orchis alba Lam. 1778. 



Orchis blephariglottis Willd. Sp. PI. 4: 9. 1805. 



Habenaria blephariglottis Torr. Comp. 317. 1826. 



Habenaria ciliai^is var. alba Morong, Bull. Torr. Club, 20: 



38. 1893. 



^ Blephariglottis Blephariglottis Rydb. in Britton, Manual, 



52 296. 1901. 



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