Neiv or rare Plants of the State of New York. 229 
and shining. Scape 1 — 2 feet high, bearing the flowers in a spiciform 
raceme. Flowers 17 — 20, greenish.white, spreading. Pedicels 3 — 4 
lines long. Bractece lanceolate, shorter than the flowers. Sepals con- 
spicuously nerved ; the upper one nearly orbicular, erect ; the lateral 
ones ovate, and very oblique, so as to appear somewhat semilunar, 
spreading. Petals smaller than the sepals, ovate-lanceolate, oblique, 
reflexed. Lip linear, obtuse, longer than the ovarium, depending and 
recurved. Spur three times the length of the ovarium, incurved, clavate. 
Anther two-horned, two-celled, cells approximate. Ovarium k — I of an 
inch long, a little curved. 
Hab. Woods throughout the Northern states, but some- 
what rare. It is seldom found except in the deep shade of the 
Coniferse. Flowers in July. 
21. H. HooKERiANA, Torrcy, Herb. H. orbiculata, 
Goldie, I. c. Hook. Exot. Fl. 145. non Pursh. 
Scape 8 — 12 inches high, bearing at the base two orbicular, oval or 
obovate leaves. Leaves fleshy, smooth and sliining, 3 — 4 inches long. 
SjnJce 4 — 6 inches in length, somewhat loosely flowered. Flowers 10 — 20, 
yellowish-green, erect or a little spreading, subsessile. Bractece lanceo- 
late, nearly as long as the flowers. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute; the 
upper one connivent with the petals, erect ; the lateral ones deflexed, so 
as to meet posteriorly. Petals a little shorter than the sepals, linear, 
very acute, dilated at the base. Lip lanceolate, acuminate, scarcely as 
long as the ovarium, standing forward and somewhat incurved. Spur 
straight, acute, depending, about twice the length of the ovarium. Cells 
of the anther linear-clavate, widely separated at the base by the broad 
stigmatic surface. Ovarium i — i of an inch in length, straight. 
Hab. In similar situations with the preceding, but much 
more abundant in the northern part of the state. I am not 
aware that it has been found south of the Highlands of the 
Hudson river, where it occurs sparingly. Flowers in June. 
Obs. These two very distinct species of Habenaria are still 
generally confounded by our botanists, although they were very 
clearly distinguished by Mr. Goldie, in his paper on " New 
and rare Plants detected in Canada during the year 1819," 
published in the 6th volume of the Edinburgh Philosophical 
Journal. There can, however, be little doubt that H. macro- 
