230 New or rare Plants of the State of New YorTc. 



phylla, of Goldie, is the original Orchis orbiculata, although 

 the question can only be positively decided by referring to 

 Pursh's herbarium. The specific character of Pursh applies 

 minutely to this plant, if we except the expression fetalis 3 

 superioribus conniventibus ; but he may have drawn his descrip- 

 tion from very young specimens, in which the perianth had 

 not fully expanded ; or, which is not improbable, he may have 

 seen and confounded the two plants. The phrase, labello 

 lincari integerrimo obtusiusculo, in no respect applies to H. 

 orbiculata of Goldie and Hooker, in which the lip is lanceo- 

 late and very acute. The lower sepals in our plant are very 

 oblique, as noted by Pursh ; in that of Goldie and Hooker they 

 are slightly so. Our plant has the scape 12 to 15 inches or 

 more in height, and the leaves entirely prostrate, as described 

 by Pursh ; in that of Goldie and Hooker, the scape is seldom 

 a foot in height, and the leaves are suberect. To this may be 

 added the habitat, " on the mountains of Pennsylvania, and Vir- 

 ginia, July — August ;" a region in which the H. orbiculata of 

 Goldie and Hooker has not, as far as I am aware, been de- 

 tected. If this view proves correct, the specific name of Pursh 

 must be restored to the larger species. For the H. orbiculata of 

 Goldie, &c. Dr. Torrey has proposed the name H. Hooker iana , 

 in honour of Wm. Jackson Hooker, LL.D. whose name is 

 identified with North American botany, by his splendid Flora 

 Boreali- Americana, and other publications on the plants of this 

 country. 



22. H. ciliarls, R. Brown in Hort. Kew. Orchis ciliaris, 

 Willd. Sp. PL IV. p. 8. Ontario county, Dr. Sartwell. 



Flowers bright golden yellow. 



23. H. blephariglottis, HooTc. Exot. Fl. 87 '. Orchis 

 blephariglottis, Willd. Sp. PL IV. p. 9. Watertown, Jeffer- 

 son county ; Utica, Oneida county. Flowers pure white. 



This species and the preceding grow in similar situations 



