. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden. Plants. Fig. 16. Limnorchis leucostachys robusta var. nov. Very stout and tall, 4-10 dm. high, leafy: spike long and dense, 1-3 dm. long: spur usualK' clavate, over i mm. thick, obtuse, about one-third longer than the lip. (Fig. 17.) This may be distinct from L. leuco- stachys but the onl}' characters distin- guishing it from the type is the thicker spur and the denser spike. More field work is needed in order to settle its relationship to L. IcucostacJiys. The fol- lowing specimens are in our herbaria : Oregon : 1871, Elihu Hall, 505. Washin

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. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden. Plants. Fig. 16. Limnorchis leucostachys robusta var. nov. Very stout and tall, 4-10 dm. high, leafy: spike long and dense, 1-3 dm. long: spur usualK' clavate, over i mm. thick, obtuse, about one-third longer than the lip. (Fig. 17.) This may be distinct from L. leuco- stachys but the onl}' characters distin- guishing it from the type is the thicker spur and the denser spike. More field work is needed in order to settle its relationship to L. IcucostacJiys. The fol- lowing specimens are in our herbaria : Oregon : 1871, Elihu Hall, 505. Washington: 1889, R. S. J'asey, yj (type in herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.) ; Chevalis River, 1897, Frank //. Laud\ iigga; Olympia, 1898, A. A. & E. G. Heller, 4046 : Falcon Valley, 1893, W. H. Suksdorf, ijj6 ; Upper Valley of the Nesqually, 1894, O. D. Allen ; Yakima Region, 1883, F. Tweedy; Palace Camp,. Fig. 17,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York Botanical Garden. New York : The Garden

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