Habenaria. | CXXXIII. ORCHIDEZ (ROLFE). 237 
slender, scarcely as long as the stigmas. Rostellum subulate, } lin. 
long. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Ruwenzori, 9009 ft., Scott-Elliot, 7198, 
in part ! 
72. H. culicifera, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1895, 278. Plant 1-1} 
ft. high, with very few leaves below, and a few lax sheaths above. 
Leaves linear from a sheathing base, 4—5 in. long, 4 lin. broad. Racemes 
2}—3 in. long, rather lax. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute, 6-7 lin. long. 
Pedicels 7—9 lin. long. Dorsal sepal ovate, subacute, 24 lin. long; 
lateral reflexed, obliquely cuneate-oblong, laterally apiculate, 3 lin. 
long. Petals bipartite; posterior lobe linear-filiform, 24 lin. long; 
anterior lobe linear-lanceolate, 4 lin. long. Lip tripartite; lobes 
narrowly linear; side lobes 4 lin. long; front lobe 5 lin. long; spur 
8 lin. long, slender below, clavate above. Stigmatic processes clavate- 
linear, 1} lin. long. Anther channels slender, a little shorter than the 
stigmas. Rostellum triangular, subacute, 4 lin. long. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Ruwenzori, 6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 7854! 
73. H. buettneriana, Kränzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 68. Plant 
slender, 20 in. or more high; base not seen. Leaves cauline, lanceolate, 
acute, 4}—6 in. long, 14 in. broad, very membranous, the upper decreas- 
ing to the bracts. Racemes lax, about 20-flowered, Brdcts ovate- 
lanceolate, acuminate, 4—5 lin. long. Pedicels 7-9 lin. long. Flowers 
green, among the smallest of the genus. Dorsal sepal oblong, obtuse, 
cucullate, reflexed, 2-21 lin. long; lateral deflexed, as long as but 
slightly narrower than the dorsal, suboblique. Petals bipartite from a 
simple base ; posterior lobe linear, acute, subfaleate; anterior lobe 
half as broad as the posterior. Lip tripartite from an entire base; 
lobes subequal, much like the anterior lobe of the petals; spur filiform 
below, slightly thickened and acuminate above, 4 in. long. Stigmatic 
processes flat, deflexed, excavated below, appressed to the lip, but free. 
Anthers bipartite ; channels upright, as long as the stigmas. Rostellum 
very minute, triangular. 
Upper Guinea. Togo: Bismarckburg, Büttner, 213, 288. 
Only known to me from the original description. 
74. H. cataphysema, Reichb. f. in Flora, 1867, 101. Stem 
12-22 in. high, leafy, Leaves linear-lanceolate or linear, acuminate, 
appressed to the stem, 3-6 in. long, 2—4 lin. broad, decreasing upwards. 
mes elongate, many-flowered, 3-11 in. long, rather lax. Bracts 
ovate, acute, 3-34 lin. long. Pedicels 5 lin. long. Flowers greenish, 
Somewhat red in the bud. Dorsal sepal narrowly rhomboid ; lateral 
Semiovate, suboblique, reflexed ; apiculus lateral. Petals bipartite ; lobes 
inear, acute or acuminate; anterior lobe a little longer than the pos- 
terior, Lip tripartite; lobes linear, acute; side lobes shorter than 
the front lobe ; spur filiform, inflated at the apex, enclosed within the 
bract, about as long as the pedicel. Stigmatic processes straight, 
