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slightly longer and broader than the side lobes; disc fleshy and with a 
short broad tooth in front of the spur; spur oblong-globose, + lin. long, 
Stigmatic processes sessile, rounded. Anther channels nearly obsolete ; 
glands large, subglobose. Rostellum broadly oblong, obtuse, + lin. long, 
with the minute stigmatic lobes at its base.—Krinzl. in Engl. Jahrb. 
xvi. 176. Montolivea elegans, Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. ii. 107 ; Benth. 
et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 627. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Begemeder; Debra Tabor, 8500 ft., Tigre v. Begemeder, 
Schimper, 1268 ! 1821! Semen ; on the road from Debra Ercis to Woina, 7000-8000 ft., 
Schimper, 625! 
Remarkable for the large rostellum with minute stigmas at the base, also for the 
large glands. Habit of Herminium, but the stigma is different, and it seems to have 
no near affinities, 
6. Hi. debilis, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 221. Plant 
34-8 in. high. Leaves 2, subradical, lanceolate-oblong, acute, attenuate 
at the base, 3-3) in. long, 4-7 lin. broad; sheaths about two, small. 
Scapes pubescent above. Racemes }-2 in. long, few- to many-flowered. 
Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 2 lin. long. Pedicels 3 lin. long, pube- 
scent. Dorsal sepal broadly ovate, obtuse, 1 lin. long ; lateral obliquely 
ovate, obtuse, 1 lin. long. Petals ovate, obtuse, rather smaller than the 
sepals. Lip a little exceeding the sepals, trilobed ; lobes linear-oblong, 
obtuse ` front lobe a little longer than the side lobes; spur 1 lin. long, 
a little narrowed at the apex. Stigmatic processes curved, ascending, 
very short. Anther channel scarcely exserted. Rostellum minute.— 
Kränzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 158. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons, 5000—7000 ft., Mann, 2127! 
7. H. Rendlei, Rolfe. Stem 9-12 in. high, 3-4-leaved in the 
middle. Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, acute, 14-4 in. long, 14-3 
lin. broad. Spikes 2-4} in. long, narrow, many-flowered. Bracts ovate- 
lanceolate, acuminate, 4—6 in. long. Pedicels 2 lin. long. Dorsal sepal 
ovate-oblong, obtuse, 2} lin. long; lateral erect, oblique, semicor- 
date-ovate, subacute or apiculate, 2} lin. long. Petals ovate-oblong, 
obtuse, 2} lin. long. Lip 3 lin. long, shortly and broadly unguiculate, 
then trilobed; each side of the claw shortly cordate-auriculate ; lobes 
fleshy, linear, subacute ; side lobes diverging; front lobe broader and 
about twice as long as the side lobes; spur broadly oblong, 1 lin. long. 
Stigmatic processes deflexed, oblong, parallel, 4 lin. long. Anther 
‘channels scarcely developed. Rostellum broadly obovate, quadrate, 
truncate, } lin. long, and more than that broad.—/. peristyloides, 
Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1895, 294 (not A. Rich.). 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Ruwenzori, sunny hillsides, 6000-7000 ft., 
Scott-Elliot, 7646! 
This has much narrower leaves than the Abyssinian H. peristyloides, A, Rich., to 
which it has been referred. 
' 8. H. microceras, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 221. Plant 
1-2} ft. high. Leaves cauline, elliptical, subacute, 14-4 in. long, 7-14 
in. broad. Racemes 4-10 in. long, rather dense, many-flowered. Bracts 
