Habenaria.| CXXXIII. ORCHIDEH (ROLFE). 241 
84. H. confusa, Rolfe. Plant 14—24 ft. high. Leaves 3-4, on 
the lower part of the stem, lanceolate-linear, subacute, 3-6 in. long, 
3-4 lin. broad. Racemes 5 in. long, lax. Bracts oblong-lanceolate, 
subacute, 3-5 lin. long. Pedicels 6-8 lin. long. Flowers green. 
Dorsal sepal elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 24 lin. long; lateral obliquely 
cuneate-obovate, apiculate above the middle, 34 lin. long. Petals bipar- 
tite; posterior lobe linear, subobtuse, 2 lin. long ; anterior lobe lanceo- 
late, acuminate, 44 lin. long. Lip tripartite; lobes linear; side lobes 
curved at the apex, 3} lin. long; front lobe stouter than and nearly 
twice as long as the side lobes; spur 4-6 lin. long, clavate with a 
narrow base. Stigmatic processes clavate, 2 lin. long. Anther channels 
slender, 24 lin. long. Rostellum subulate, 1—14 lin. long; apex re- 
curved.—/. ichneumonea, Reichb. f. in Flora, 1865, 179 (not Lindl.) ; 
Kränzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 136. 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Sibange Farm, Soyaur, 346! Angola: Pungo 
Adongo; near the River Pedra de Sougue, in fissures of rocks, Welwitsch, 681! 
A more robust plant than H. ichneumonea, Lindl., with which it has been confused ; 
the leaves broader, the flowers much larger, and the spur much more strongly 
clavate. ; 
85. H. Vogelii, Ridl. in Journ. Bot. 1886, 295. Tubers 2, 
rather large, globose, pedicelled, 7-11 lin. long. Plant strict, erect, 
1j-21 ft. high. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, strict, acuminate, 6-7 in. 
long, 4 in. broad, remote. Racemes lax, 6-10 in. long. Flowers 
many, pedicelled, nearly white. Bracts lanceolate, acute, 4—6 lin. long. 
Pedicels 7-9 lin. long. Dorsal sepal erect, short, lanceolate, cucullate ; 
lateral reflexed, as long as the ovary, obcuneate, oblique, , obtuse ; 
apex slightly hooked. Petals bifid ; lobes short, linear-lanceolate, acumi- 
nate; posterior lobe slightly longer than the anterior. Lip trilobed, 
short, scarcely as long as the stigmas; lobes narrowly linear, obtuse ; 
front lobe a little longer and broader than the side lobes; spur 
pendulous, scarcely longer than the ovary, 4 in. long, cylindrical, 
filiform, truncate, obtuse, scarcely clavate. Stigmatic processes 4—5 
lin. long, porrect ; apex clavate-incrassate, truncate. Anther channels 
Short, narrow from a broader base Kränz), in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 65. 
Upper Guinea. Bornu; Mandara Dist., in a marshy mountain meadow near 
Mora, South of Lake Chad, Vogel, 40! 
86. H. schimperiana, Hochst. ex A. Rich.“Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 
295. Plant about 14 ft. high. Leaves cauline, linear or oblong-linear, 
acute, 3-6 in. long. Racemes 6 in. long, lax. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, 
subacuminate, 7-9 lin. long. Pedicels 10-18 lin. long. Dorsal sepal 
elliptic-oblong, subobtuse, 24-4 lin. long; lateral obliquely cuneate- 
oblong, apiculate above the middle, 3}-5 lin. long. Petals bipartite ; 
posterior lobe linear-filiform, 24-34 lin. long; anterior lobe subulate- 
linear, a little broader, 5-9 lin. long. Lip tripartite ; lobes linear- 
filiform, 41-7 lin. long; front lobe rather longer and broader than the 
Side lobes; spur 7 lin. long, filiform below, clavate above. Stigmatic 
processes clavate-capitate, 24-3} lin. long. Anther channels a 
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