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the uppermost acute, and increasing to the leaves. Leaves small, 
3-4, oblong or lanceolate, acute, 12-14 lin. long, 4-5} lin. broad, 
appressed to the stem, sheathing, the upper decreasing to the large 
bracts. Racemes elongate, 63 in. long. Bracts ovate or ovate-lanceo- 
late, acute, longer than the flowers, the lower 13-14 lin. long, 3-4 
lin. broad. Pedicels 7 lin. long. Flowers medium-sized. Dorsal sepal 
broadly oblong, acute, 3-3} lin. long; lateral deflexed, semioblong, 
acuminate, 4 lin. long. Petals bipartite ; lobes narrowly linear, falcate, 
longer than the dorsal sepal; anterior lobe narrower and longer than 
the posterior. Lip tripartite ; lobes very similar to the petal lobes, 
44 lin. long; side lobes horizontal and reflexed; front lobe a little 
broader and shorter than the side lobes ; spur inflated almost its entire 
length, acute, 4 lin. long. Stigmatic processes acute from a stouter 
base. Anther channels longer than the stigmas. Rostellum short, 
apex almost rectangular. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Niamuiam, between Gumba and Nganye, 
Schweinfurth, 3960. 
Only known to me from the original description. 
57. H. ceratopetala, A. Rich. in Ann. Sci. Nat. sér. 2, xiv. 267, 
t. 16, fig. 4. Plant 8-18 in. high. Leaves cauline, elliptical to oblong, 
subobtuse or apiculate, generally numerous, 1-4 in. long, #-1} in. 
broad, the upper somewhat smaller. Racemes many-flowered, 2-9 in. 
long. Bracts elliptic-ovate, subacute, 8-12 lin. long, 4—6 lin. broad. 
Pedicels 7-9 lin. long. Dorsal sepal 5 lin. long, cucullate, elliptic- 
oblong, obtuse; lateral falcate-oblong, apiculate, slightly oblique at the 
apex. Petals bipartite; posterior lobe linear-filiform, 5 lin. long; 
anterior lobe 12—14 lin. long, much stouter below, much curved or 
circinnate at the apex. Lip tripartite; lobes linear, distinctly attenuate 
above, about 5 lin. long; spur 8 lin. long, filiform, strongly clavate 
above. Stigmatic processes stout, clavate, truncate, 2 lin. long. Anther 
channels slender, slightly longer than the stigmas, curved at the apex. 
Rostellum tooth-like, } lin. long—A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 295, 
t. 88; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. iii. 583; Kriinzl.in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 73. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Tigre; Adowa, Quartin-Dillon (ex Richard). Bege- 
meder ; Gerra Abuna Tekla Haimanot, on the river Reb, 7000-8000 ft., Schimper, 
1176! without locality, Parkinson ! 
58. H. antennifera, A. Rich. in Ann. Sci. Nat. sér. 2, xiv. 268, 
t. 17, fig. 1. Tuber ovate. Stem 10-12 in. long, leafy below, sheathed 
above. Leaves ovate-lanceolate or ovate-oblong, subacute, the upper 
ovate, acute, 24-4 in. long, 12-15 lin. broad. Sheaths of scape 
ovate, acute, densely arranged. Racemes many-flowered, 34-4} in. 
long. Bracts ovate, or ovate-oblong, acute, pilose, 7—9 lin. long; 
margin ciliate. Pedicels 6 lin. long. Flowers medium-sized, 2} lin. 
long. Dorsal sepal small, oblong-lanceolate, recurved at the apex, 
obtuse, ciliate, 13-2 lin. long ; lateral reflexed, semiovate-oblong, acute, 
apiculate, 24 lin. long. Petals bipartite; posterior lobe ligulate, obtuse, 
ciliate, as long as the dorsal sepal, appressed to its margin ; anterior lobe 
