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548; mountains near Amba Sea, 7500 ft., Schimper. Eritrea: Mt. Alamkale, near 
Aidereso, 6000 ft., Schweinfurth, 1798. 
Only known to me from the original description. 
61. H. robusta, Welw. ex Reichb. f. in Flora, 1867, 102. Stem 
4 ft. high, densely foliaceous. Leaves oblong-ovate, acute, 44—94 in. 
long, 14-2 in. broad, dense, erect, glaucous. Racemes cylindrical, 
many-flowered, 14 ft. long. Bracts oblong-lanceolate, shorter than the 
ovary, 8-11 lin. long. Flowers medium-sized. Dorsal sepal reflexed, 
oblong, acute, 24 lin. long; lateral much larger than the dorsal, 
reflexed, obliquely acute, 34 lin. long. Petals bipartite; lobes ligulate 
or lanceolate, acute; anterior lobe sometimes obtuse. Lip simple, 
linear, acute ; spur cylindric-filiform, acute, 4 as long as the pedicels. 
Stigmatic processes rough or ciliate, 1} lin. long; apex capitate. 
Anther channels as long as the stigmas. Rostellum triangular, acute. 
—Krinzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 75. 
. Lower Guinea. Angola: Golungo Alto; Sobato de Quibanga, among brush- 
wood, rare and local, Welwitsch, 695! 
62. H. Bongensium, Keichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. i. 58. Plant 
about 1 ft. high. Tuber “the size of a sparrow’s egg.” Leaves 5-10, 
ovate-lanceolate, acute, cauline, 1-2} in. long, 5-6 lin. broad. Scapes 
13 in. high; racemes 54 in. long, dense, many-flowered. Bracts lanceo- 
late, aristate, 4-6 lin. long. Pedicels 3-4 lin. long. Flowers 5-54 
lin. diam. Dorsal sepal elliptical, acute; lateral oblong, acute, tri- 
nerved. Petals bipartite; posterior lobe linear-lanceolate, a little 
shorter than the dorsal sepal; anterior lobe minute. Lip tripartite ; 
lobes lanceolate, acute ; side lobes twice as narrow and short as the 
front lobe ; spurs slightly curved, slightly thickened at the apex, rather 
longer than the pedicel. Stigmatic processes a little dilated at the 
apex. Anthers very broad; channels as long as the stigmas. Ros- 
tellum very broad, slightly shorter than the anther.—Krinzl. in Engl. 
Jahrb. xvi. 109. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Bongo; Ghattas, in swamps among grass, 
Schweinfurth, 1974. 
Only known tome from the published descriptions, which, however, do not agree in 
some details. 
63. H. ruwenzoriensis, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1895, 280. Plant 
stout, about 24 ft. high, leafy below the middle. Leaves elliptic- 
oblong or ovate-oblong, obtuse or apiculate, sheathing, amplexicaul, 
3-44 in. long, 1-14 in. broad, decreasing upwards into the bracts. 
hacemes 9 in. long, dense. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 7—12 
lin. long. Pedicels 1-1} in. long. Dorsal sepal ovate, obtuse, 3 lin. 
long; lateral obliquely and broadly obovate, laterally apiculate, 5 lin. 
long. Petals bipartite ; posterior lobe broadly ligulate or oblong- 
te, suddenly acute at the apex; anterior lobe as long as but 
narrower than the posterior, more or less lanceolate, curved, acumi- 
nate, 2 lin. long. Lip tripartite; side lobes linear, short; front 
