. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden. Plants. LiMNORCIIlS AND PiPERIA NORTH OF MEXICO 631 Colorado: Uncompahgne Mountains near Los Pinos, 1878, IVm. F. Flint. 23- Limnorchis sparsiflora (S. Wats.) 24. Habcnaria sparsiflora S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 12 : 276. 1877; PlatantJi:ra Iiyperborea d var. IcucostacJiys Kraenzlin, Orch. Gen. et Sp. 640, in part. 1899. Stem tall and slender, 4—6 dm. high : lower leaves oblanceolate, obtuse, 1—2 dm. long, — cm. wide; the upper lanceo- late, acute : spike long, slender and lax, 2—3 dm. long; bracts linear-lanceolate, usually
. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden. Plants. LiMNORCIIlS AND PiPERIA NORTH OF MEXICO 631 Colorado: Uncompahgne Mountains near Los Pinos, 1878, IVm. F. Flint. 23- Limnorchis sparsiflora (S. Wats.) 24. Habcnaria sparsiflora S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 12 : 276. 1877; PlatantJi:ra Iiyperborea d var. IcucostacJiys Kraenzlin, Orch. Gen. et Sp. 640, in part. 1899. Stem tall and slender, 4—6 dm. high : lower leaves oblanceolate, obtuse, 1—2 dm. long, — cm. wide; the upper lanceo- late, acute : spike long, slender and lax, 2—3 dm. long; bracts linear-lanceolate, usually exceeding the flowers: these light green, very delicate, about 15 mm. long: upper sepal broadly ovate, 4-5 mm. long; the lateral ones lanceolate, acute, about 6 mm. long: petals narrowly lanceolate, acute ; lip linear, about 8 mm. long, obtuse ; spur filiform, about 1 cm. long. (Fig. 24.) This is characterized by the long, slender, lax spike, delicate green flowers and long bracts. The type was collected by Bo- lander, near Mariposa Grove, California. Oregon: Kerbyville, 1884, T. Hoivcll. California: Donner Lake, 1865, /. Torrey, jii; Pine Ridge, Fresno county, 1900, Hall & Chandler, ijg; Truckee River, 1893, C. F. Sonne; Mt. Dyer, 1879, ^- ^^- Austin; Sierra county, 1874, Lenimon. New Mexico: 1881, MongoUon Mountains, H. H. Rnsby. § Brevifoliae : Like the Sparsiflorae, but leaves very short, much reduced : flowers nearly twice as large. 24. Limnorchis brevifolia (Greene) Rydb. Habenaria brevifolia Greene ; Coulter, Bot. Gaz. 6:218. 1881; Platantlicra Iiyperborea o var. leucostachys Kraenzlin, Orch. Gen. et Sp. 640, in part. 1899. Stem strict, leafy, 3-6 dm. high : leaf-blades ovate, 2-4 cm. long and about i cm. wide, acute: spike elongated, 1—2 dm. long; bracts similar to the leaves but smaller, about equalling the flowers: these green, cm. long: upper sepal ovate, about 5 mm. long ; lateral sepals linear, acute, about 8 mm. long : petals. Please note that
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