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HABENARIA alata. 
Wing-fruited Habenaria, 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA._Nat. Okd. ORCHIDEM. 
Gen. Char. — Corolla ringens. Labellum basi subtus calcaratum. Glandu' 
Ice pollinis nudae, distinctae (loculis pedicellorum adnatis vel solutis dis- 
tinctis). — Br. in Hort. Kerv. 
Habenaria alata; tuberibus subsphaericis, labello basi bidentato pe- 
talisque duobus interioribus minoribus lanceolatis, tribus exteriori- 
bus ovatis subpatulis, germine alato, cornu Kneari-compresso ger- 
mine breviore. 
Root fibrous, and having one or two small, nearly spherical tubers. Stem 
1 to 1| foot high, erect, leafy. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, carinate, 
erect, glabrous. 
Spike about 4 inches long, consisting of many rather densely placed flowers, 
each accompanied with a lanceolato-subulate bractea. Corolla : with 
the petals scarcely patulous, the 3 outer ones ovate, free, the inner 
smaller, lanceolate ; the lip, which is never pendent, but at most stand- 
ing forward, is the same size as the inner petals, lanceolate, and has a 
tooth on each side at the base, whilst on the under side, it runs down 
into a curved compressed horn, nearly as long as the germen. Column 
very short, thick, projecting forward, with two tuberculated processes. 
Anther, with the two cells distinct, their bases elongated, so as to reach 
the tuberculated processes: Pollen-masses oval, upon a very long, green, 
filiform, elastic stalk, having a round gland at the base. Germen ob- 
longo-clavate, slightly twisted, furrowed ; the six angles of the furrows 
extended into as many longitudinal winged processes. 
This species of Habenaria, of which I can find no descrip- 
tion, is remarkable for the winged angles of its germen and cap- 
sules. It was communicated to me with many other rarities, 
both dried and preserved in spirits, by the Reverend L. Guild- 
iNG, from St Vincents. 
Fig. 1. Side view of a flower. Fig. 2. Front view of the same. Fig. 3. 
Column, lip and spur. Fig. 4. Pollen-mass. Fig. 5. Section of an ad- 
vanced germen.— more or less magnified. 
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