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101. Habenaria fastida, (Platanthera, Gey.Mss.) undescribed, but exactly
Geyer's plant in Herb. Gray.- 524 Geyer and Elyott; Cared wh.
189 + Wab Kostney 1161.- 6-14' high - leaves 2-4, oblong to
ovate lanceolate 3-7" long ; flowers in axillary clumps, densely flowered (1-1/2" by)
(1-1/4" by) ; bracts orbicular, shorter than the ovary; sepals
oblong-obovate, (1-3/4" long); petals + lip somewhat fleshy, the former emblanched
white, the latter Mag. white; spur (1-1/2" long) shorter than the ovary.
H. elegans differs in its much denser spike & longer filiform
spur.
July 14, 1869, CoToward Cana - under aspens 6,000 ft 1%.
July 24, " Prairie N.S., g.Palo Alto Park - " pine woods amid. (Gwygr.) 10".
Aug. 2, " Bridge down camp in Bear R. Cana - quivugr. 1".
101. H. hypoleuca, W.Bor. - with smaller flowers than any of the allied species, more
or less greenish, the upper petalinae apex somewhat acute, broadly ovate (1 1/2" x
2-1/4") The lateral sepals emblanched longer & narrower (2-2 1/2" x 3/4-1") - petals (1 1/8-2" x
1/2-3/4") - lip generally but slightly broader towards the base (2-3" x 1") -
with t. glandul., th. anthic. Bichos
spur 2-3" long.- N. Sherm + Canada & the Coast ; + Oregon, + North
Understrata
in the Rocky Mtn to Colorado & California ? 1-3" high - spurs
usually rather loosely flowered, 4-1 1/4" long.
July 24, 1869, Ruby Valley - stream bank 6,000 2 1/4.
Aug. 1, " " Can Creek bank " 3 1/4.
July 25, 1869, Win Kells - Pinto Canine - 6,000 ft. 6 1/4.
" 12 1/4, " Stuarts (Stuart), near CoToward 4,500 ft. 1 1/2.
" 14, " CoToward Cana, under balsam or birches 6,000 ft. 3 1/2.
" 27, " Echinacea rubra? near San Diego's Peak -
102. H. dilatata. - Distinct from the last, nearly white, [illegible] not so
all racish (2-1 1/2") - lateral sepals 2 1/4" x 1" - lip 3" long x 1" wide, somewhat
broader towards the base, spur 3-4" long. - Size & habit - [illegible]
limited to some localities in Colorado & California.
July 7, 1869 - S. of Shultz's Zorich Peak, toward Smith Valley -
Aug. 20, " E. R. Wab., C. Cana above Arden's Peak - 6,000 ft
Sept. 12, " Claro Wab. - Below Worth Peak 9,000 ft