230 CXXXIII. ORCHIDEE (ROLFE), [Habenaria. 
tapering to the apex. Stigmatic processes linear-oblong or clavate, 
obtuse, 1-14 lin. long. Anther channels slender, nearly as long as the 
stigmas. Rostellum oblong, obtuse, JA lin. long.—Kränzl. in Engl. 
Jahrb. xvi. 110. H. barrina, Ridl. in Bolet. Soc. Brot. v. 202, t. D. fig. 
B; Kränzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 81. 
Lower Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, 4000 ft., Mann ! between Lagoa Amelia 
and San Pedro, 3900 ft., Moller, 7! 95! banks of the river Agua Grande, Quintas, 96! 
Krinzlin places H. barrina, Ridl. in a different section of the genus from 
H. thomana, Reichb. f., but I am unable to separate them specifically. He also 
follows Ridley in transposing the descriptions of the posterior and anterior lobes of the 
petals. It is the latter which is the short one. 
54. H. malacophylla, Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. ii. 97. Plants 
1-2 ft. high. Tubers 3-1 in. long. Leaves cauline, lanceolate or 
oblong-lanceolate, acute, attenuate at the base, 3-5 in. long, 8-12 lin. 
broad, the lower two or three reduced to sheaths. Racemes 8-9 in. 
long, lax. _Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 2—4 lin. long. Pedicels 4-5 
lin. long. Dorsal sepal ovate, obtuse, 2} lin. long; lateral somewhat 
oblique, ovate-oblong, obtuse, 3 lin. long. Petals bipartite; posterior 
lobe faleate-linear, acute, as long as the dorsal sepal; anterior lobe 
filiform, 23 lin. long. Lip tripartite; lobes filiform, 24 lin. long ; front 
lobe slightly stouter than the side; spur cylindrical, subobtuse, 
41 lin. long. Stigmatic processes clavate-oblong, 3 lin. long. Anther 
channels nearly as long as the stigmas. Rostellum triangular-subulate, 
1 lin. long. Capsule oblong, pedicellate, 4-44 lin. Jong —Krianzl. in 
Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 66 ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 87. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Ginda, near Quelle Felachit, 2900-3400 ft., Schwein- 
Surth, 2201! 
Also found in extra-tropical south-east Africa, 
55. H. tentaculigera, Beicht, f. in Flora, 1867, 101. Stem about 
16 in. high, 3-4-leaved at the base. Leaves ovate-oblong, subacute, 
fleshy, slightly carinate, 2-24 in. long. Racemes lax, 7—-8-flowered. 
Bracts ovate, acuminate, a little shorter than the pedicels, 6-9 lin. long. 
Dorsal sepal very large, ovate, cucullate-connivent, 5—6 lin. long; 
lateral ovate-lanceolate, acute, 6-7 lin. long. Petals bipartite; pos- 
terior lobe lanceolate-falcate, upright, hidden under the dorsal sepal ; 
anterior lobe linear, much longer than the posterior, ł in. or more 
long. Lip tripartite ; lobes linear-filiform ; side lobes twice as long a8 the 
front ; spur slightly longer than the ovary, curved forwards at first, 
then deflexed. Stigmatic processes parallel, broadly linear, more or less 
appressed to and as long as the anther channels—Kriinzl. in Engl. 
Jahrb. xvi. 71. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla ; between Ohai and Gambos, in sandy bushy 
places, Welwitsch, 716! 7168! 
56. H. njamnjamica, Kränzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 106. Tuber 
nearly round, 5 lin. diam. Stem somewhat flexuous, 20-22 in. long, 
squamate at the base. Basal sheaths retuse, those above obtuse 
