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HABENARIA BLEPHARIGLOTTIS. 
White Fringe-lipped Habenaria. 
GYNANDRIA MONAND11IA._Nat. Ord. ORCHIDEJE. 
Div. Anther a adnata terminalis persistens. Pollinis massoe e lobulis angiilatis elastice co- 
hcerentibus ; basi affixes. — Br. 
Gen. CiiK^.— Corolla ringens. LabeUum basi subtus calcaratum. Glatidula; 
pollinis nudae, distiiictae (local is pedicellorum adnatis vel solutis distinc- 
tis). — Br. in Hort. Kew. 
Habenaria bkphariglottis ; radicibus fasciculatis, labello lanceolato ci- 
liato longitudine petali supremi, cornu longissimo germine paululum 
breviore. 
Orchis blephariglottis, Willd. Sp. PI. v. iv. p. 9— Pursh, Fl. Amer. Bor. 
V. ii. p. 585.— Nu TT. Gen, N. Am. PI. v. ii. p. 188. 
Root (according to the drawing of Mr Syme) decidedly composed of thick, 
fleshy, long and flexuose fasciculated fibres, still apparently formed into 
two clusters, from the summit of one of which is a gemma or bud indi- 
cative of the future year's plant, from the other rises the present year's 
stem, about ten inches in length, erect, terete, striated, with two or three 
sheathing scales at the base, and upwards, with about three lanceolate, 
carinated, more less acuminated, striated, yellowish-green leaves, paler on 
the underside, merging upwards into bracteas, sheathing at their base. 
Spike of flowers pure white, forming an oblong, obtuse, rather lax head. 
Bracteas lanceolate, smooth, the lowermost ones about as long as the ger- 
men, the rest gradually shorter upwards. Corolla entirely of a pure 
white. The three uppermost petals erect, lanceolate, obtuse, the exte- 
rior one being thrice as large as the two inner ones ; the two lateral ones 
ovate, singularly bent back and downward, so that in looking at the 
front of the floAver, their backs come into view. Lip lanceolate, obtuse, 
standing out horizontally, about as large or rather larger than the upper- 
most petal, convex above, its margins elegantly fringed with white hair- 
like processes, terminated below in a long, slender, twisted, deflexed 
spur, which is nearly equal in length to the germen. Germen extremely 
long, slender, twisted, much attenuated upwards. Column offrudijication 
very short. Stigma small, concave. Anther large, terminal, composed of 
two distinct cells, approaching each other in the upper part, much diver- 
ging below, but connected by a thick, fleshy, transverse substance, open- 
mg horizontally. The po/leii-masses I have not seen, as the anthers had 
opened, and discharged their pollen in all the flowers which I had the 
opportunity of exarahiing. 
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