232 CXXXIII. ORCHIDEÆ (ROLFE). [Habenaria. 
linear-lanceolate, acuminate, twice as long as the posterior lobe, 34-44 
lin. long. Lip 4 lin. long, tripartite; side lobes filiform; front lobe 
slightly longer and broader than the side; spur cylindrical below, 
clavate above, 4} lin. long. Stigmatic processes dilated above, cochleate, 
excavate, 11 lin. long. Anther channel slender, slightly longer than 
the stigmas. Rostellum triangular-subulate, 1-1} lin. long.—A. Rich. 
Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 297; Krinzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 201. H lepto- 
brachiata, Ridl. in Journ. Bot. 1886, 293. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Tigre; Adowa, Quartin-Dillon (ex Richard). Bege- 
meder ; Jan Meda, 8500 ft., on the border of copses, Schimper, 1324, in part! Mount 
Guna, 1000 ft., Schimper, 1333! 
59. H. cultrata, A. Rich. Tent. FI. Abyss. ii. 297. Tuber oblong, 
14 lin. long, 9 lin. broad. Stem strong, 2} ft. high, leafy from the 
base to the middle. Leaves 3-5, oblong or elliptical, 10 in. long, 1? in. 
broad. Racemes elongate, 7 in. long, dense, many-flowered ; rhachis 
sparingly pilose; bracts ovate, acute, longer than the ovary, sparingly 
pilose or spinulose-ciliate on the margin, 7—8 lin.long. Flowers medium- 
sized. Dorsal sepal oblong, acute, cucullate, keeled at the back, small ; 
lateral much larger than the dorsal, oval, laterally apiculate. Petals 
bipartite, more or less densely pilose; posterior lobe linear-lanceolate, 
minute ; anterior lobe broadly ovate at the base, narrowed, linear and 
curved above, more than twice as long as the posterior lobe. Lip 
trilobed ; lobes linear-filiform; front lobe twice as long and broad 
as the side lobes; spur filiform below, clavate and obtuse above, 
7-8 lin. long, shorter than the pedicels. Stigmatic processes slightly 
curved, parallel, cylindrical, rather long. Anther channels nearly as 
long as the stigmas. Rostellum longer than the anther, acute.—Reichb. 
f. in. Walp. Ann. iii. 584; Kränzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 88. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Tigre; north side of the Semayata Mountain, 8500 ft., 
Schimper, 554. 
Only known to me from the published descriptions. 
60. H. cultriformis, Kränzl. ex Engl. Hochgeb. Fl. Trop. Afr. 
181 (name only) ; Krénzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 89, Tuber ovate, 14 lin. 
long, 9 lin. broad. Stem 24-23 ft. high, leafy. Leaves 4-5, subdis- 
tichous, oblong, acute, plicate, canaliculate, 34 in. long, 8—14 lin. broad, 
the upper decreasing to the bracts. Racemes lax, many-flowered. 
Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, shorter than the pedicels. Pedicels 10 
lin. long. Flowers conspicuous. Sepals 3}—4 lin. long. Petals bipar- 
tite; anterior lobe 5 lin. long, caudate from a rounded base, 14-2 lin. 
broad, suddenly contracted into a curved linear process. Lip with the 
front lobe truncate at the apex, slightly longer than the spur; spur 
8 Dn, Jong, Stigmatic processes deflexed, capitate. Anther channels as 
long as the stigmas. Rostellum subulate, rather longer than the 
anther.—Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 88. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Tigre; mountains at Mettgalo, 6600 ft., Schimper, 
