Habenaria. | CXXXIII. ORCHIDEZ (ROLFE). 217 
linear, obtuse, 4-6 in. long. Racemes lax, many-flowered. Bracts 
subulate, as long as the pedicels. Flowers minute, ichneumon-like, 
yellowish-green. Dorsal sepal ovate, acute, erect ; lateral larger than 
the dorsal, retrorse, falcate. Petals simple, falcate, forming a hood 
with the dorsal sepal. Lip tripartite; side lobes deflexed, filiform, 
obtuse ; front lobe ascending equal to or twice as long as the side lobes ; 
-spur filiform, compressed, as long as the pedicel. Stigmatic processes 
acute, deflexed. Anther channels short, erect. Capsule oblong.— 
. Krinzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 170. Orchis filicornis, Thonn. in Schumach. 
Beskr. Guin. Pl. 397. 
Upper Guinea. Thonning. 
Only known to me from the published descriptions. 
18. BR. chlorotica, Reichb. f. in Flora, 1865, 178. Plant 15-18 in 
high, rather slender. Leaves about 3, narrowly linear, acute, 14-24 in. 
long. Racemes 6 in. long, lax, subsecund. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, 
acuminate, 3—5 lin. long. Pedicels 4-6 lin. long. Dorsal sepal ovate, 
obtuse, 2 lin. long; lateral falcate-oblong, obtuse, 3 lin. long. Petals 
falcate, lanceolate, subacute, forming a hood with the dorsal sepal, 2 lin. 
long. Lip tripartite ; lobes linear; side lobes 44 lin. long; front lobe 
a little longer than the side lobes ; spur 11-13 lin. long, slender, very 
slightly thickened above. Stigmatic processes linear-oblong, 3 lin. long. 
Anther channel slender, } lin. long. Rostellum linear, 3 lin. long.— 
Kränzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 145. 
Upper Guinea. Angola: Huilla; amongst bushes in dry sandy places near a 
‘large hippopotamus lake, Welwitsch, 125 ! 
_ 19. H. variabilis, Ridl. in Journ. Bot. 1886, 294. Plant variable 
in all its parts. Tuber 3 in. diam. Stem 1—14 ft. high, stout. Leaves 
oblong, oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, obtuse, acute or acuminate, 
appressed to the stem, 43-5} in. long, }-1} in. broad, decreasing up- 
wards and more acute. Racemes dense, ` many-flowered. Bracts 
ovate, acute or acuminate. Flowers 1-3 lin. diam. Sepals more or 
less papillose inside; dorsal ovate, obtuse; lateral deflexed, oblong, 
acute. Petals simple, ovate, obtuse or acute, forming a hood with the 
dorsal sepal, more or less papillose inside. Lip trilobed from a cuneate 
base; lobes subequal, oblong-obtuse ; side lobes with the outer margin 
rounded ; spur filiform, incurved, 7-9 lin. long. Stigmatic processes 
compressed, tuberculate-dentate in front. Anther channels a little 
shorter.—Kriinzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 144. 
_ Wile Land. Abyssinia: Begemeder; Jan Meda, Schimper, 1292! Debra Tabor, 
ao 8500 ft., Schimper, 1265! Mount Guna, 10,000 ft., Schimper, 1304! 
A very variable species. Ridley makes two varieties, parviflora and acutifolia. I 
am not sure that all the above belong to a single species. 
20. H. bracteosa, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 292. 
Plant about 1 ft. high. Leaves cauline, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic- 
lanceolate, acute, 2—4 in. long, 7-13 lin. broad, decreasing upwards. 
