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TO SOUTH-AFRICAN BOTANY. 169 
HABENARIA REHMANNI, Bolus, n. sp. (Fig.6.) Herba glabra 
(subglauca P), erecta, stricta, 40 centim. alta. Caulis foliosus, 34 
millim. erassus; folia circa 4, lineari-lanceolata acuminata nervata 
basi vaginantia erecta vel parum patentia, inferiora 9—10 centim. 
longa, superiora sensim minora in bracteas conformes abeuntia; 
racemus laxe 14-florus, bracteis lanceolatis membranaceis acumi- 
4 
Habenaria Rehmanni, Bolus. 
1. Flower, side view. 2. Petal. 3. Column and lip, front view. 
4, Column and lip, side view. 
natis ovario (cum pedicello 7 millim. longo) brevioribus; sepala 
lateralia oblique ovata, margine superiore recto apiculato, concava, 
3-nervia reflexa, circa 8 millim. longa; sepalum impar multo 
minus lanceolatum valde concavum acutum, dorso apiculatum 
erectum vel parum reflexum ; petala bipartita, lacinia postica 
linearis erecta sepalo impari fere equilonga, antica parum longior 
porrecta oblonga apice dentata 2-nervia; labellum trilobum 
deflexum, laciniis linearibus acutis ineurvis lateralibus brevioribus 
intermedio longiore, calcare dependente apice inflato acutiusculo, 
1:5 centim. longo ; rostellum medio triangulari-dilatatum, brachia 
caudiculifera linearia acuta porrecta, processibus stigmatiferis 
clavatis porrectis subzequilonga ; elinandrium emarginatum cras- 
sum, basi auriculatum; ovarium valde decurvum. (Er exempl. 
unico exsicc. Rehmann ut infra.) 
Hab. Houtbosch, in Republicá Trausvaalensi [extratropica |, 
legit Dr. A. Rehmann, No. 5780 in herb. Kewensi. 
Very little like any other species with which I am acquainted. 
