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tentibus ; racemo denso cylindraceo ; floribus parvis ; bracteis 

 linearibus acuminatis; sepalo postico ovato obtuso; lateralibus 

 majoribus ovatis obtusis deflexis ; petalis bipartitis, laciniis line- 

 aribus obloBgis obtusis, postica longiore ; labello trilobo car- 

 nosulo basi angustato, lobis lateralibus brevibus linearibus ob- 

 lougis obtusis falcatulis, medio longiore oblongo obtuso ; calcare 

 quam ovarium longiore, filiformi ; apicibus antherae brevibus 

 crassiusculis; processubus stigmatieis brevibus latis; ovano 

 scabro. 



Madagascar, Hilsenberg Sf Bojer ! in Herb. Brit. Mus. 



This species is nearly allied to H. truncata, Lindley, which it 

 much resembles. It is distinguished by its shorter and blunter 

 petals and lobes of the lip, and its longer filiform spur not trun- 

 cate. The stigmatic lobes are short and broad, as long as the 

 base of the lip to the point of the trifurcation. The whole 

 plant dries black. 



Habenarja stricta, n. sp. ; caule pedali dense folioso; fohis 

 appressis linearibus lanceolatis acutis angustis; racemo laxiusculo ; 

 floribus pluribus appressis ; bracteis ovaris a^quantibus vel superan- 

 tibus, lanceolatis acuminatis ; sepalis lanceolatis acutis, lateralibus 

 quam posticum paullo longioribus ; petalis erectis lanceolatis 

 angustis acutis ; labello carnoso trilobo, lobis linearibus angustis 

 obtusis; calcare longo pendulo unciali versus apicem incrassato; 

 anthera erecta, brevissime apiculatn, apicibus inferis longis cyliu- 

 dricis, abrupte recurvis ; processubus stigmatieis ovatis obtusis 

 brevibus crassiusculis. 



lmerina, Deans Coivan ! in Herb. Brit. Mus. 



This plant is distinguished from the preceding species by its 

 numerous strict narrow leaves and many-flowered raceme. The 

 stem is about a foot in height, covered with the appressed leaves, 

 of which the longest are about 2| inches in length. The flowers 

 are about the size of those of Habenaria Arachnoides, Thouars, 

 closely appressed to the stem. The dorsal sepal narrow and 

 excavate, acute, the laterals are deflexed. The column has two 

 small lateral obtuse lobes flanking the entrance to the spur. 



Habenaria incarnata, Beiclienbachfil. in Flora, 1865, p. 180. 

 — Bonatea incarnata, Lindley, Genera fy Species Orch. Pi. p. 327. 

 — Lyall ! Baron no. 213 ! in Herb. Keic. 



H. Eutenberoianum, Kranzlin, Verhand. Bremen, vii. p. 258. 

 — Antananarivo, Butenlerg. 



