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78. H. polyantha, Kränzl. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 152. Stem 
over 3 ft. high, strong, with 4-5 leaves about the middle. Leaves 
fairly large, cuneate-oblong or lanceolate, acuminate or acute. Racemes 
very long, 80- or more-flowered. Bracts minute, aristate, as long as 
the curved pedicel. Dorsal sepal ovate, acute, cucullate; lateral 
oblong, obtuse, or subacute, deflexed. Petals bipartite, with rounded 
sinus; posterior lobe linear-falcate ` anterior lobe filiform, longer than 
the posterior. Lip as long as the petals, with filiform lobes ; front 
lobe a little longer than the side lobes; spur much curved, fusi- 
form, acute from the narrow mouth, a little shorter than the pedicel, 
5 lin. long. Column short, broad. Stigmatic processes retuse, but not 
dilated. Anther channels ascending, as long as the stigmas. Rostellum 
2} lin. long.—Kranzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxii. 19. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: region W. of Lake Albert Nyanza, 4200 ft., 
Stuhlmann, 2679. 
Only known to me from the description, but said to be allied to H. sochensis, 
Reichb. f. 
79. P. ndiana, Kendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 393. Plant 
22 in. high, with a stout stem, and 5-6 leaves below. Leaves broadly 
linear, acute, 5-6 in. long, 4-6 lin. broad, sheathing and amplexicaul 
at the base, the upper decreasing to the bracts. Spike 6 in. long, 
lax, many-flowered. Bracts oval-lanceolate, acute, the lowest 1 in. 
long. Pedicels 13 lin. long. Dorsal sepal oval, 24 lin. long; lateral 
reflexed, obliquely subrhomboid, apiculate near the apex. Petals bipar- 
tite; posterior lobe filiform-linear, 2 lin. long; anterior lobe linear- 
lanceolate, 4 lin. long. Lip tripartite; side lobes linear-lanceolate, 
subfaleate, 4 lin. long; front lobe narrowly linear, 44 lin. long; spur 
slender, a little broader below, 10 lin. long. Stigmatic process stout, 
capitate, 14 lin. long. Anther channels slender, somewhat recurved, a 
Ces longer than the stigmas. Rostellum subulate, as long as the 
anther. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Ndi Mountains, 4400 ft., in Acacia scrub, 
Gregory ! 
80. H. sochensis, Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. ii. 100. Plant tall, 
over 2 ft. high. Lower leaves not seen, upper reduced ones oblong- 
linear. Racemes 1 ft. long, many-flowered. Bracts lanceolate or ovate- 
lanceolate, acuminate, 6-8 lin. long. Pedicels 6-8 lin. Jong. Dorsal 
sepal elliptic-lanceolate, subacute, 2} lin. long; lateral obliquely 
cuneate-oblong, apiculate near the apex, 4 lin. long. Petals bipartite ; 
posterior lobe linear-filiform, falcate, 1} lin. long ; anterior lobe lanceo- 
late, acute, curved at the apex, 34 lin. long. Lip tripartite ; lobes 
linear, subobtuse, subequal, 44 lin. long; spur 9 lin. long, slender 
below, slightly thickened above. Stigmatic processes stout, clavate- 
capitate, 14 lin. long. Anther channels slender, curved, slightly longer 
than the stigmas. Rostellum linear, 1 lin. long.—Krinzl. in Engl. 
Jahrb. xvi. 108. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Rabai Hills, near Mombasa, Taylor ! 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: near Mount Sochi, 3000 ft., Kirk ! 
