228 CXXXIII. ORCHIDEZ (ROLFE). | Habenaria. 
48. H. Lugardii, Rolfe. Leaves 2, radical, broadly suborbicular, 
6 in. long, 7-8 in. broad, many-nerved. Scapes 20 in. high, bearing a 
few lanceolate sheaths; racemes 4 in. long, lax. Bracts lanceolate, 
acuminate, 3-1} in. long. Pedicels 14-1} in. long. Flower white. 
Dorsal sepal ovate-lanceolate, acute, 6 lin. long; lateral falcately 
oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 8 lin. long. Petals bipartite; posterior 
lobe falcate-linear, acute, as long as the dorsal sepal and adhering to 
its margins ; anterior lobe filiform, resembling the lobes of the lip. Lip 
tripartite; lobes filiform, 14 in. long; spur elongate, very slender, 
Du in. long. Stigmatic processes clavate, slender below, 3 lin. long. 
Anther channels 2 lin. long. Rostellum subulate, acuminate, 2 lin. 
long. 
Mozamb. Dist. Ngamiland: Botletle Valley, Lugard, 215! 
49. H. villosa, Rolfe. Plant 1 ft. high, villous-pubescent, 1-leaved 
(2 2-leaved) at the base. Leaf broadly cordate-orbicular, obtuse, 14 in. 
broad. Scapes with a few, lanceolate, acuminate sheaths; raceme 3 in. 
long, lax. Bracts lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 34-5 lin. 
long. Pedicels 6 lin. long. Sepals elliptic-oblong, subobtuse, 34—4 lin. 
long. Petals cuneate-oblong, bilobed nearly to the middle, 4 lin, long; 
posterior lobe broad and obtuse; anterior lobe half as long and scarcely 
a third as broad as the posterior. Lip trilobed from a short entire 
base ; side lobes linear-oblong, subobtuse, straight, 3 lin. long ; front lobe 
incurved, linear, subobtuse, rather longer than the side lobes, concave 
with incurved margins; spur 7-8 lin. long, filiform below, clavate near 
the apex. Stigmatic processes clavate-oblong, subsessile, very short. 
Anther channels 1 lin. long. Rostellum triangular-oblong, subobtuse, 
4 lin. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: without precise locality, Hannington! 
Remarkable for its pubescent scape and inflorescence, also for the curiously lobed. 
petals. 
50. H. Lecardii, Kränzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 150. Tuber globose, 
3 in. diam. Leaf cordate-orbicular, hirsute. Scapes 13 in. long, wita 
two small sheaths, hirsute to the apex. Racemes about 10-flowered ;, 
flowers distant. Bracts very small, ovate, acute, villous, 7 lin. long. 
Pedicels 7 lin. long, villous. Sepals 24 lin. long; dorsal very broadly 
ovate, obtuse; lateral deflexed, oblong, acute, densely pilose outside. 
Petals bipartite; posterior lobe linear, falcate, acute, margin very minutely 
ciliate; anterior lobe filiform, 3 lin. long, four times as long as the 
posterior. Lip tripartite ; side lobes filiform ; front lobe linear, acute, 
shorter and broader than the side lobes ; spur very long, filiform ; ape* 
scarcely thickened, acute, 3—4 times as long as the ovary, about 3 1m. 
long. Stigmatic processes short, broadly capitate. Anther channels 
as long as the stigmas, ascending. 
or Guinea. Upper Senegal: forest of Mahina, on the Bafing River, Lecard, 
Lecard (fide Krdnzlin) remarks that this plant is curious in having only a single 
leaf appressed to the soil. I have not seen it, 
