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New or rare Plants of the State of New York. 



p. 197. Torrey, Fl. I. p. 19. U. personata, Le Conte, Utric. 

 in Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, I. p. 77. 



Occurs sparingly throughout the western portion of the state 

 of New York. Very abundant in an extensive sphagnous 

 swamp bordering Perch Lake, Jefferson county. Stem one 

 to six flowered. 



ORCHIDEiE. 



19. Microstylis brachypoda (sp. 7iov.) ; caule unifolia- 

 to ; racemo subspicato floribus breviter pedicellatis ; petatis la- 

 teralibus refractis; labello hastato-triangulari, cucullato, acu- 

 minato. 



Root a pseudo-bulb. Stem 2 — 6 inches high, triangular, with iwo of the 

 angles somewhat winged. Leaf solitary, (rarely two,) ovate, sheathing 

 the lower portion of the stem. Raceme elongated, somewhat spiked, 

 many (20 — 40) flowered. Bractea minute, a little shorter than the pedi- 

 cels. Pedicels about a line long, somewhat appressed. Sepals spread- 

 ing, oblong-lanceolate, acute. Lateral petals linear, attenuate upwards, 

 refracted and appressed to the ovarium. Lip triangular-hastate, with a 

 long recurved acumination ; lateral lobes rounded and rolled inwards. 

 Anther terminal, two celled. Polinia 4, collateral. 



Hab. In deep shady swamps, Fairfield, Herkimer county, 

 Prof. Hadlcy. Bridgewater, Oneida county. Flowers in 

 July. 



Obs. This species more nearly resembles M. monophyllos, 

 Lindl. Gen. fy Sp. Orchid, p. 19. {Ophrys monophyllus, Linn.) 

 than any other with which I am acquainted. That species, 

 however, differs from our plant, in its much longer pedicels 

 and bracts, and also in the form of the lip, the auricles of 

 which, in M. monophyllos, are directed forward. I am not 

 certain that these characters are constant. 



20. Habenaria orbiculata, Torrey, Compend. p. 318. 

 H. macrophylla, Goldie, in Edinb. Phil. Jour. VI. p. 331. 

 Orchis orbiculata, Pursh, Fl. II. p. 588. 



Scape with two orbicular leaves at the base, which spread flat on the 

 ground. Leaves large, (5 — S inches in diameter,) fleshy, very smooth 



