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tripartitum deflexum circa 1 centim. longum, segmentis lateralibus 
linearibus acuminatis, intermedio latiore lingueformi parum bre- 
viore, caleare dependente inflato 1-2 centim. longo ; clinandrium 
obtusissimum emarginatum ; rostelli brachia caudiculifera brevia 
incurvo-erecta, processibus stigmatiferis oblongis obtusis fere 
Fig. 4. 
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Habenaria Tysoni, Bolus. 
l. Flower, front view. 2. Column. 3. Back sepal and posterior 
segments of the petals. 
equilonga; ovarium gracile, apice decurvum, circa 1:3 centim. 
longum. (Ex evempll. 3 exsicc. Tyson 1068 et Sanderson No. 2 
ut infra.) 
Hab. In lat. graminosis montis Currie, prope Kokstad, Griqua- 
land Orientalis, alt. cire. 1850 metr., fl. Febr., legit JV. Tyson, in 
herbb. Kew., Bolus, &c.; Natal, Sanderson, No. 2. 
Leaves and stem like those of H. Dregeanum, Lindl., but the 
raceme is much laxer and fewer-flowered, the flowers larger and 
quite differently shaped. 
HABENARIA PORRECTA, Bolus,n.sp. (Fig. 5.) Herba glabra, 
erecta, robusta, bipedalis vel ultra. Caulis laxe foliosus, 6-7 
millim. erassus ; folia lanceolato-ovata subobtusa, basi vaginantia, 
laxe patentia, 7-8 centim. longa, 2:5 centim. lata, superiora sensim 
in bracteas lanceolatas acuminatas submembranaceas nervatas 
abeuntia; racemus dense multiflorus subsecundus bracteis ovario 
