214 CXXXIII. ORCHIDEÆ (ROLFE). [Habenaria. 
oblong-lanceolate, acute, 38-5 lin. long. Pedicels 2-3 lin. long. Flowers 
green. Sepals ovate-oblong, obtuse, 1} lin. long. Petals oblong, 
obtuse, 1} lin. long. Lip fleshy, trilobed, 1} lin. long; side lobes 
oblong, obtuse, a little narrower and longer than the front lobe, slightly 
incurved; front lobe triangular, distinctly keeled in front ; spur linear- 
oblong, obtuse, slightly curved, E lin. long. Stigmatic processes sub- 
sessile, rounded, obtuse, diverging. Anther channels very short or 
scarcely exserted. Rostellum minute and tooth-like.—Kränzl. in Engl. 
Jahrb. xvi. 142. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: 7000-10,000 ft., Mann, 2116! Johnston, 31! 32! 
Preuss, 967. 
9. H. combusta, Ridl. in Journ. Bot. 1886, 294. Tuber ovoid, 
2 in. long, 44 lin. broad. Stem 43-8 in. high with 1 or 2 short, acute, 
basal sheaths, and 2 to 4 leaves above. Leaves oblong or linear-oblong, 
acute, 11-3} in. long, 4-7 lin. broad. Racemes dense-flowered, 14-2 in. 
long. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate or aristate-acuminate, 4-8 lin. long. 
Pedicels 24-3 lin. long. Dorsal sepal ovate, acute, mucronate, 14-2 lin. 
long; lateral oblique, upright, not deflexed, 24-3 lin. long. Petals 
ovate-oblong, very obtuse, shorter than the lip, as long as the dorsal 
sepal. Lip with cordately auricled base, tripartite ; side lobes linear- 
falcate, obtuse, 14-2 lin. long ; front lobe straight, twice as broad and 
twice as long as the side lobes; spur saccate-oblong, 4—} lin. long. 
Stigmatic process short, rounded, deflexed. Anther channels very 
GE Rostellum minute, triangular—Kriinzl. in Engl. Jahrb. zg. 
l- 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Begemeder; Mount Guna, 10,000 ft., Schimper, 1312! 
10. H. peristyloides, A. Rich. in Ann. Sci. Nat. sér. 2, xiv. 270, 
t. 17, fig. 3. Stem 1 ft. or more high, base sheathed, middle leafy. 
Leaves oval-lanceolate, acute. Racemes elongate, somewhat lax- 
flowered. Bracts oval-lanceolate, very acute, convolute, as long as the 
flower. Sepals connivent, galeate; dorsal oval, obtuse, cucullate ; 
lateral ascending, ovate, very acute. Petals simple, as long as the 
sepals, oboval, obtuse. Lip subcordate at the base, tripartite above ; 
side lobes diverging, linear, obtuse ; front lobe twice as long and twice 
as broad as the side lobes, linear, obtuse ; spur clavate, half as long aS 
the lip. Stigmatic processes contiguous, appressed to the lip, obtuse, 
canaliculate-concave. Anther channels very short.—A. Rich. Tent. PL 
Abyss. ii. 291; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. iii. 586; Kriinzl. in Engl. 
Jahrb. xvi. 168. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Tigre; Mount Sholoda and Mount Semayata, near 
Adowa, Quartin-Dillon, 
Only known to me from the published descriptions, 
11. H. cardiochila, Krénzl. ex Engl. Hochgeb. Fl. Trop. Afr. 182 
(name only) ; Krénzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 144. Tuber 9-14 lin. long, 
7 lin. broad. Stem strong, 20 in. high, 4 lin. broad; base cloth 
with several gaping sheaths ; the upper part leafy up to the raceme 
