Habenaria. | CXXXIII. ORCHIDEÆ (ROLFE). 215 
Leaves 5-6, upright, long and ample-sheathed, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 
43 in. long, 14 lin. broad. Racemes cylindrical, dense-flowered, 5 in. 
long. Bracts ovate, acuminate, a little longer than the flowers. 
Flowers white, 34 lin. diam. Dorsal sepal oblong, acute; lateral 
ovate, acute, oblique, erect, connivent, flat. Petals simple, oblong, 
obtuse ` apex rounded, flat. Lip trilobed ; base pandurate or cordate, 
with 2 rounded auricles ; side lobes linear, faleate, recurved ; front lobe 
linear, slightly broader, 34 lin. long; apex rounded, obtuse; spur 
cylindrical, pendulous, as long as the pedicel and lip. Stigmatic 
processes parallel to the base of the lip, incumbent, rounded in front. 
Anther channels very short. Rostellum small, obtuse. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Tigre; Abba Gerima, near Adowa, on mountains, 
6800 ft., Schimper. 
Only known to me from the original description. 
12. Hl. tenuispica, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1895, 293. Plant 
slender, 2 ft. or more high, distantly-leaved. Leaves elongate- 
linear, acuminate, the lower sheathing, the upper amplexicaul, 
4-7 in. long, 4-6 lin. broad. Bracts lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 
acuminate, 3-5 lin. long. Pedicels 4-5 lin. long. Sepals 1 lin. long; 
dorsal broadly ovate, obtuse, concave; lateral ovate-oblong, obtuse, 
reflexed. Petals ovate-oblong, concave, 1 lin. long. Lip 1} lin. long, 
trilobed; side lobes rather narrower and shorter than the front, 
diverging; front lobe linear-oblong, obtuse ; spur cylindrical, a little 
dilated above, 24 lin. long. Stigmatic processes stout, subsessile, 4 lin. 
ie Anther channel very short. Rostellum very short and tooth- 
e. 
eain Land. British East Africa: Ruwenzori, Butagu, 9000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 
13. H. Erythrææ, Rolfe. Plant 1} ft. high. Tubers oblong, 
8-10 lin. long. Leaves cauline, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute 
or acuminate, 2-34 in. long, 5-9 lin. broad. Racemes 5-6 in. long, 
lax. Bracts lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 4-9 lin. long. 
Pedicels 5-7 lin. long. Dorsal sepal ovate-oblong, subobtuse, 1} lin. 
long ; lateral falcate-oblong, subobtuse, 2—24 lin. long. Petals simple, 
oblong, subobtuse, nearly as long as the dorsal sepal and forming a 
galea with it. Lip tripartite ; lobes subfiliform, subobtuse ; lateral lobes 
13-2 lin. long; front lobe 24 lin. long; spur filiform, very slightly 
thickened near the apex, 7 lin. long. Stigmatic processes clavate- 
oblong, 1 lin. long. Anther channels as long as the stigmas. 
Rostellum triangular-subulate, 4 lin. long.— H. ichneumoniformis, 
Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 88, 112 (not Ridl.). 
Wile Land. Eritrea: Ginda, 2900 ft., Schweinfurth, 123. Above Salomone, on 
the way to Maldi, 2600 ft., Schweinfurth, 164 ! 
Distinct from the Madagascar H. ichneumoniformis, Ridl., to which it is referred 
by Schweinfurth. 
