224 CXXXIII. ORCHIDEE (ROLFE). [ Habenaria. 
of the arms; channels slender, free part 1 lin. long. Rostellum with 
the middle lobe obsolete.—A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 293, t. 86; 
Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. iii. 587; Kriinzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 190; 
Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 88, 112. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Tigre; Mount Sholoda, near Adowa, Quartin-Dillon, 
104! 110! the latter mixed with a Lissochilus in fruit. Semen; mountain sides 
towards Shoata, Schimper, 1349! Eritrea: Ginda, near Girsa, 2400 ft., Schwein- 
Surth, 442! Mt. Savur, above Filfil, 4900 ft., Schweinfurth, 163. 
The stigmatic arms are stouter and shorter than in Richard’s figure. 
38. H. anisoptera, Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. ii. 101. Plant 
strong. Stem 18 in. high, densely leafy. Leaves ovate, acute, 
amplexicaul, the largest 4ł in. long, 14 in. broad, decreasing upwards 
into the bracts. Racemes 4ł in. long, many-flowered. Bracts ovate, 
acuminate, 9-14 lin. long, slightly longer than the flowers. Flowers, 
excluding the lip, } in. diam. Dorsal sepal small, triangular ; lateral 
very large, oblong, acute. Petals triangular, arcuate, base extended 
into an obtuse angle, minutely ciliate, with a pair of nerves outside the 
median one. Lip tripartite; lobes 7 lin. long; side lobes linear, 
pectinate outside, with 2—9 segments ` front lobe linear, acute; spur 
2 in. long. Stigmatic processes large, produced,” retuse.—Kriinzl. in 
Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 192. ; 
Nile Land, Abyssinia: Begemeder; Mount Debra Tabor, 8400 ft., Schimper, 
1320! . 
39. H. macrantha, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 294, 
t. 87. Plant 1-2} ft. high. Leaves cauline, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 
acute, 2-6 in. long, 1-12 in. broad. Racemes 3-7 in. long, usually 
many-flowered. Bracts ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute, leaf-like, 3-14 1m. 
long. Pedicels 3-1} in. long. Dorsal sepal ovate, apiculate, 10 lin. 
long; lateral subobliquely ovate-oblong, apiculate, 10-11 lin. long. 
Petals lanceolate-oblong, subobtuse or apiculate, 9 lin. long. Lip 
shortly and broadly clawed, trilobed; claw 2} lin. long; lobes 9-11 lin. 
long; side lobes with the outer margin broken up into 8-10 fili- 
form segments, front lobe linear, subacute ; spur cylindrical, curved, 
1ł}-14 lin. long. Column bipartite; arms 3 in. long; stigmatic pro- 
cesses with oblique apex. Anther cells widely separated by a broad 
connective; caudicles slender, free part 14 lin. long. Rostellum with 
middle lobe obsolete.—Reichb. f. in. Walp. Ann. iii. 587 ; Kränz), in 
Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 190 ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss, ii. App. ii. 88. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia; Wodjerat Prov., Quartin-Dillon & Petit, 102! Semen ; 
between Endjedcap and Shoata, Schimper, 1256! Begemeder; mountains at pee 
Tabor, 8400 ft., Schimper, 1322! and without precise locality, Rüppell, Sehimper, 
608! 626! 
Also found in Arabia, according to Schweinfurth. 
40. H. splendens, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 395. Plant 
1-1} ft. high. Leaves cauline, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute, 2-4 1m. 
long, 1-1} in. broad, decreasing upwards into the bracts. Bracts 
ovate, acute, 1-1} in. long. Pedicels 1-11 in. long. Dorsal sepal , 
ovate, subacute, 1 in. long ; lateral subobliquely ovate-oblong, apiculate. 
