The genera and species of Orchideous Plants Volume 4

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835 Excerpt: ...petalis linearibus nanis,labello cuneato.rhomboideo tripartito: laciniis lateralibus latis integris intermediâ lineari, calcare clavato labello duplo longiore. Habenaria triflora. Don. Prodr. 25. Hab. in Napalia et Kamaon, Wallich. (hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) 48. Platantheba uniflora. P. "labello maximo suborbiculato, perianthii foliolis ovalibus obtusis, calcaribus ovario ferb duplo longioribus." Don. Prodr. 25. Habenaria uniflora. Don. Prodr. 25. Hab. in Napalia, Don. 49. Platantheka Susanna;. P. caule folioso subtrifloro, foliis ovato-oblongis acutis supremis cucullatis acuminatis, sepalis ovatis obtusis lateralibus obliquis dorsali rhomboideo, petalis linearibus acutis, labelli tripartid laciniis lateralibus truncatis multifido-laceris intermediâ lineari, calcare duplo longiore. Flus Susannae. Rumph. Amb. 5, t. 99, f. 2. Orchis Susanna?. Linn. Sp. PI. 1330. Willd. Sp. PI. 4, 8. Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 2, 638. Habenaria Susannae. R. Br. Prodr. Blume, Bydr. 1, 402. Platanthera gigantea. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7052. Orchis gigantea. Smith, Exot. Bot. t. 100. Habenaria gigantea. Don. Prodr. 24. Hooker, Bot. Mag. 3374. Hab. in India orientali: Amboyna, Rumph.; Java, prope Kur ¡pari locis paludosis, Blume; prope Canton, Loureiro; Napalia, Wallich. hab. s. sp. e Mus. Angl. Ind.) I can discover nothing like a distinction between the two species here combined. It is evident that Blumc's plant is the same as the species in Nepal and China. 50. Platanthera robusta. Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7036.: P. caule folioso 4-5-floro, foliis oblongis acutis supremis lanceolatis cucullatis, sepalis ovatis acutis, petalis lineari-ovatis nanis, labelli tripartiti laciniis lateralibus cuneatis truncatis incisis intermediâ lineari longiore, calcare...