238 CXXXIII. ORCHIDE® (ROLFE). | Habenaria. 
thickened, capitate. Anther channels a little longer than the stigmas. 
—Kränzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 76. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; between Lopollo and Ohay, in humid 
wooded pastures, Welwitsch, 722! Morro de Monnino, Welwitsch, 743! 
75. H. Peltastes, Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb., ii. 99. Plant tall. 
Stem over 3 ft. high, with two sheaths at the base. Leaves 6-7 on the 
lower part of the stem, lanceolate, acuminate, nerved below. Racemes 
elongate, lax, many-flowered. Bracts ligulate, apiculate, scarcely half 
as long as the pedicellate ovaries. Dorsal sepal ligulate, subacute ; 
lateral obliquely obovate, apiculate in the superior angle. Petals 
bipartite; posterior lobe lanceolate, 2-nerved ; anterior lobe narrower 
than the posterior, short, nerveless. Lip tripartite; lobes lanceolate ; 
side lobes semioblong, shorter than the front; spur filiform, clavate, 
nearly as long as the pedicels. Stigmatic processes verrucose; apex 
peltate, truncate. Anther channels ascending. Rostellum uncinate. 
—Krinzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 74. 
Wile Land, Eritrea: Lalamba, near Keren, Steuduer. 
Only known to me from the original description. Reichenbach says that the type 
specimen is at Berlin, where, however, Kriinzlin has been unable to find it. 
76. H. chirensis, Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. ii. 99. Plant over 
14 ft. high. Leaves 4, linear-lanceolate, distant, elongate, the upper 
decreasing to the bracts. Racemes rather long, lax-flowered. Bracts 
lanceolate, shorter than the pedicels. Dorsal sepal oblong; lateral 
cuneate-obovate, apiculate on the upper margin. Petals bipartite ; 
posterior lobe linear; anterior lobe linear-lanceolate, nearly as long as 
the posterior. Lip with filiform-subulate, subequal lobes; spur fili- 
form, a little broader at the apex, not as long as the pedicels. Anther 
channels slender, arcuate. Stigmatic processes produced, straight; ` 
apex much broader and retuse.—Kriinzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 107. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Shire District, Quartin-Dillon. 
Only known to me from the original description. 
77. H. Holstii, Kranz. in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 246. Plant slender, 
about 2 ft. high, base squamate, densely foliate above. Leaves about 
10, oblong or lanceolate, more or less acuminate, with large loose 
sheaths, the largest 6 in. long, 11-2 in. broad. Racemes 10 in. long, 
lax; apex slightly nodding. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, shorter 
than the pedicel. Flowers yellowish-green, 1 in. diameter. Dorsal 
sepal oblong, obtuse, cucullate; lateral deflexed, ovate, obtuse, sub- 
oblique. Petals bipartite; posterior lobe ligulate, obtuse, hidden under 
the dorsal sepal ; anterior lobe filiform, porrect, distinctly longer than 
the posterior. Lip tripartite, with very narrow equal lobes; spur 
filiform, curved, acute, as long as the pedicel, 5 lin. long. Stigmatic 
processes laterally compressed. Anther channels ascending, as long as 
the stigmas. Rostellum acuminate, much hidden under the anther. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara, in forests, Holst, 528. 
Only known to me from the original description, 
