KEW AND LITTLE- KtfOWtf MADAGASCAR PLANTS. 57 



Habexaria truncata, Lindl. 



Marshy place, red clay (debris, granite), Mahobo, Lake Itasy, 



1919. 



Habenaria Hilsenbergii, Midi. 



Among long grass in rather moist places, red clay (debris, 

 granite), Mahobo, Lake Itasy, 1920! Near Angelampena, 

 2118! 



Habekaria incarnata, Reichb.f. 

 Near Fort Dauphin, 2576 ! 



Habenaria cikrhata, Lindl. 



Wet places (volcanic soil) on Ankaratra Mountains (Interior), 



1957! 



Habenaria disoides, Midi. 



Among grass on tops of Ankaratra Mountains (Interior), 



19G9! 



Habenaria Elliotii, Rolfe, sp. n. (Plate XII.) 



Planta l<|-2 ped. alta. Folia numerosa, lanceolata, acuta, 3-5 



uncias longa, |-1| lata. Kacemus laxus, 6-10 uncias longus, 



multiflorus. Bracteae lanceolata? v. lineari-lanceolatae, acuminata, 



^-1 unciam longa. Sepalum dorsale ovatum, subacutum, 3 lin. 



longum ; lateralia oblique lanceolata, subacuminata, 4 lin. longa. 



Petala profunde bifida, lobis 3 lin. longis, angustissimis, Label- 



lum profunde trilobatum ; lobis angustissimis, lobo medio 5 lin. 

 longo, lateralibus 9 lin. longis ; calcari graciliimo, apice sub- 



clavato, 1^—2 uncias longo. Columna brevis; antherse apices 



breves, recti, subobtusi ; stigmata subclavata, 1 lin. longa. : 



Wet marshy slope near A'Mpanjaka, Mauandona, Interior, 

 2004 ! "Wet marshy places, open country, Pianarantsoa, 2037 ! 

 Grassy plain near Betsiraba, East Coast, 2219 ! " Sinananga 

 of the natives. Without precise locality, Humblot 669 ! 



This species has much of tlie general aspect of II. Foxii^ 

 Ridley, to which it is obviously allied ; but the lobes of the lip 

 and petals are much longer, and the spur three times as long as 

 in that species. 



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Cynohchis gibbosa, liidL 



Open grassy country, Fianarantsoa, 2055 ! 



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