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Petals lanceolate-oblong, subobtuse, 13 lin. long. Lip narrowly clawed, 
trilobed ; claw 5 lin. long ; lobes 1 in. long; side lobes broken up on 
the outer edge into 10-12 filiform segments; front lobe linear, sub- 
obtuse; spur cylindrical, slightly curved, 14 lin. long. Stigmatic 
processes 4 in. long, free part 44 lin. long. Anther cells adnate up to 
the middle; caudicles slender, 24 lin. long, free. Rostellum with front 
lobe obsolete.—H. aff. H. macranthe, Reichb. f. ex Oliv. in Trans. 
Linn. Soe. ser. 2, ii. 349. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Mount Kilimanjaro ; 6000 ft., Johnston ! 
at Mochi, 4000-5500 ft., and higher slopes above Morang to 10,000 ft., Taylor! 
Marangu, 4900 ft., Volkens, 259! 
Near H. macrantha, Hochst., but the flowers are larger, the claw of the lip much 
narrower and fully twice as long, and the anther cells adnate as far as the middle to 
= Seege arms, the free portion of the latter thus being proportionally much 
shorter. 
41. H. prestans, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1895, 293. Plant 1-1} 
ft. high. Leaves cauline, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, acute or sub- 
obtuse, 2—6 in. long, 3-1} in. broad,-decreasing upwards into the 
bracts. Racemes 5-6 in. long, many-flowered. Bracts ovate, acute. 
ł-1 in. long. Pedicels 6-9 lin. long. Flowers yellow-green. Dorsal 
sepal ovate, subobtuse or apiculate, 8 lin. long. Petals lanceolate- 
oblong, subfaleate, subobtuse, 8 lin. long. Lip narrowly clawed, 
trilobed ; claw 4 lin. long; side lobes 11 lin. long, broken up into 
about 12 filiform segments on the outside; front lobe linear, subobtuse, 
6 lin. long; spur cylindrical, 10 lin. long, slightly thickened above. 
Stigmatic arms 6 lin. long, free part 34 lin. long. Anther cells adnate 
up to the middle; caudicles slender, free for 24 lin. Rostellum with 
the middle lobe obsolete. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Ruwenzori, sunny hillsides, 6000-7000 ft., 
Seott-Elliot, 7808 ! 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Shire Highlands; at the top of Mt, 
Zomba, Buchanan, 301! near Blantyre, Last ! 
Differs from H. splendens, Rendle, in its narrower leaves, smaller flowers, shorter 
and not acuminate petals, and much shorter spur. 
_ 42. H. Mannii, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn, Soc, vii. 222. Plant 6-12 
in. high. Leaves cauline, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 2-4} in. long. 
Racemes 2- to many-flowered, up to 6 in. long. Bracts 8-12 lin. long. 
Pedicels 7—9 lin. long. Flowers green. Dorsal sepal ovate, sub- 
obtuse, cucullate, 7 lin. long; lateral oblong or semiovate-oblong, 
obtuse, 7 lin. long. Petals oblong, subobtuse, 7 lin. long, forming a 
galea with the dorsal sepal. Lip narrowly unguiculate, trilobed ; 
unguis 2} lin. long; side lobes spreading, 8-84 lin. long, basal half 
filiform, apical half broken up into 8-10 filiform lobes; front lobe 
ear, subacute, 7-74 lin. long; spur 7 lin. long, slender below, sub- 
clavate near the apex. Column completely bipartite to the base ; arms 
diverging, 4 in. long. Anthers adnate to the arms for 3 lin. ; caudicles 
slender, free for 1 lin. Stigmatic processes with a stalk ł lin. long 
above the anthers, then terminating in a recurved, unilateral, subclavate 
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