HABENARIA ALBIDA. SMALL WHITE
HABEN ARIA.
HABENARIA albida ; cornu obtusO genuine triplo breviore, labello Iripartito; laciniis acutis, media
majore. B r .
HABENARIA albida. B r . in Hort. K m ., e i. 2. m i 5. p. 193.
G YM N A D EN IA albida. Richard in Mem. du M m . m l 4. p. 57.
ORCHIS albida. Swartz de Orchid, p. 20. Willd. Sp. P I vol. 4. p. 38. Decand. F l .F r . ed. 3.
vol. 3. p. 253. Fl. Gall. Syn. p. 170, Wahl. FL Lapp. p. 216. Smith Compend. PI. B r it.
• ed. 3. p . 12H
SATYRIUM albidum. Linn. Sp. PI. 'p. 1338. Finds. Angl. p. 387. L ig h tf. Scot. p . 519- JVith.
Bot. A rr. ed. 4. vol. 2. p. 30. Hoffim. Germ. ed. 2. vol. I. P . I I. p. 176. Smith Fl. B rit.
p. 929. Engl. Bot. t. 505. Oed. Fl. Dan. 1. 115. Pers. Syn. PI. vol. 2. p. 506.
ORCHIS radicibus cpnfertis teretibus, calcare brevissimo, labello trifido. Hall. H elv. n. 1270. t. 26.
O RCHIS pusilla alba odorata, radice palmata. White-handed Musk-Orchis. R aii Syn. p. 381.
ORCHIS palmata, thyrso speeioso, longo, dense stipato, ex viridi albente. Dill, in R aii S yn * p. 382..
Class a n d Order.. G Y N A N D R IA M ONANDRIA.
[N atural Order. ORCHIDEJE, J uss. Decand. Brown. D iv . I. Anthera adnata, subterminalis, persistens.
Pollinis Mass® e lobulis angulatis elastice cohterentibus basi affixa. Br.]
Gen . Char. Corolla ringens. Labellum basi subtus calcaratum. Glandula pollinis nud®, distinct® (loculis
pedicellorum adnatis vel solutis distinctis). B r . in Hort. Kew.
Ge n . Char. Corolla ringent. Labellum spurred at the base beneath. Glands o f pollen naked, distinct (with
the cells of the footstalks adnate or separated).
Radix digitato-fasciculata, radiculis teretibus, flexuosis,
crassis, fuscis.
Caulis spithamæus et ultra,- erectus, strictus, striatus,
foliosüs.
Folia alterna, lanceolata, basi vaginata, plerumque
erecta ; inferiora patula, obtusissima ; superiora
minora, acuta ; omnia carinata, striata, læte-vi-
, . ridia.
Spica elongata, cylindrica, subbiuncialis, densa, multiflora.
BracTEÆ ovato-lanceolat®, acuminat®,virides, germine
longiores ; superiores minores.
Flores suaveolentes, parvi, ochrolucei.
F eta la quinque, læte ovata, valde concava, omnia sub-
conniventia. Labellum petalis vix longius, pendens,
trifidum, segmentis acutis, medio majore.
Calcar germine duplo brevius, cylindricum, ob-
tusum.
Columna perbrevis.
Anthera terminalis, erecta, subrotunda, sordide flava,
dorso gibboso, punctis elevatis adsperso, bilocu-
laris.
Massje Pollinis clavat®, e globulis elasticis, pallide
flavescentibus, pedicellat®, pedicellis basi glan-
dulis oblongis, distinctis, nudis.
Germen ovato-oblongum, tortura.
Stigma parvum.
Root digitato-fasciculate, radicles round, flexuose, thick,
brown.
Stem a span high and upwards, erect, straight, striated,
leafy.
Leaves alternate, lanceolate, sheathing at the base,
mostly erect; the inferior ones spreading, very
obtuse; the superior ones the smallest, acute;
all carinated, striated, bright green.
Spike of flowers elongated, cylindrical, nearly two inches
long, dense, many-flowered.
Bracteas ovato-lanceolate, acuminated, green, longer
than the germen; the superior ones the smallest.
Flowers fragrant, small, ochroleucous.
Petals five, broadly ovate, very concave, all subcon-
nivent. Labellum scarcely longer than the petals,
pendent, trifid, the segments acute, the
middle one largest. Spur half the length of the
germen, cylindrical, obtuse.
Column very short.
Anther terminal, erect, nearly round, dirty yellow,
gibbose at the back, dotted with elevated points,
bilocular.
Pollen-Masses club-shaped, composed of elastic, pale
yellow globules, pedicellate, at the-base of the
footstalks having oblong, distinct, naked glandules.
| Germen ovato-oblong, twisted.
Stigma small.
Fig. 1. Flower with its brncten. Fig. 2. Column of fructification. Fig. S. Anthers and the Pollen-Masses,
having naked glands, a a. Fig. 4. Single Pollen-Mass—all more or less magnified.
An alpine plant, and not uncommon in the mountainous parts of Wales and Ireland, in the north of England
and Scotland. I have seen it in the greatest profusion on the hills above Ingleton in Yorkshire, flowering in the
months of June and Ju ly ; and it was from Middleton in Teesdale that the present specimen was sent by my
often-mentioned friend, the Rev. James Dalton. ' , ,
As a genus it is distinguished from Orchis, where it is placed by Willdenqw and most modern writers, by the
naked glandules of the pollen-masses; and from Gymnadenia (G. conopsea) of Brown, by the glands not being
approximate. Richard unites it with Gymnadenia of Brown ; making, however, a section of it and viridis and
'another species; of which he says, “ an genus?” ‘ . .
The roots figured and described in English Botany do not accord with the appearance of those in my specimens,
or with those described by Wahlenberg, who says: “ Radix constituitur radiculis lumbnciformibus atte-
nuatis basique sua digitatim adfixis, ita ut quinque circiter manum fere referent, e t posterius adfinguntur ad plantain
pr®sentis anni pertinentibus; ali® quin® anterius adponuntur ad alendam plantam f^hin ’n
quarum latere anteriore oritur gemma sequentium annorum'progressive. Est ^
itaque radix digitata ; digitis i
iuviccm solutis.”