Habenaria. | CXXXIII. ORCHIDEE (ROLFE). 245 
linear, curved, 2} lin. long; anterior lobe broader than and about twice 
as long as the posterior. Lip tripartite; lobes linear, about 6 lin. 
long ; spur 1 lin. long, filiform, with a broadly clavate apex. Stigmatic 
processes 3 lin. long, with a clavate-capitate apex. Anther channels 
slightly curved, as long as the stigmas. Rostellum subulate, 1 lin. long. 
Capsules narrowly oblong, 2 in. long, pedicelled.—Kriinzl. in Engl. 
Jahrb. xvi. 72. 
Mozamb, Dist. Portuguese East Africa: mouth of the Zambesi River, Kirk ! 
Nyika Island, Kirk, drawing, 43! 
95. H. altior, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 394. Plant 15 in. 
high, stem leafy below the middle, Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, 
amplexicaul, 24-3 in. long, 2-3 lin. broad, the upper decreasing to the 
bracts. Spikes somewhat ovate, rather densely flowered, 3 in. long. 
Bracts oval, acuminate, sparsely ciliolate, the lower 10-11 lin. long. 
Pedicels 1 in. long, slightly verrucose. Flowers medium-sized. Dorsal 
sepal oval, with a narrow base, and thickened, spathulate apex, 3 lin. 
long; lateral very obliquely obovate, 4 lin. long ; apex a little thickened. 
Petals bipartite, margin and upper face hispidulous; posterior lobe 
filiform, 34 lin. long; anterior lobe lanceolate-subulate, 6 lin. long. 
Lip tripartite, linear; side lobes subacute, 6 lin. long ; front lobe obtuse, 
7 lin. long; spur 3 in. long, slightly dilated above the middle, where it 
is somewhat twisted. Stigmatic processes long, straight, thickened, 
capitate, 24 lin. long. Anther channels slender, curved above, nearly 
as long as the stigmas. Rostellum narrowly triangular, obtuse, as long 
as the anther cells. Staminodes bilobed. 
Mozamb, Dist. German East Africa: higher slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, 
above Morang, 10,000 ft., Taylor ! 
Near H. schimperiana. Hochst., but the flower-spike is short and dense, and the 
bracts larger, broader, and ciliolate. 
96. H. plectromaniaca, Reichb. f. & S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 
1878, 136 (plectomaniaca, by error). Plant 2-3 ft. high. Leaves 
cauline, linear or oblong-linear, acute, 5-9 in. long. Racemes 6-12 
in. long, lax, many-flowered. Bracts lanceolate or ovate-lanceolace, 
acuminate, 8-12 lin. long. Pedicels 14-1} lin. long. Dorsal sepal 
elliptic-lanceolate, subobtuse, 4 lin. long; lateral obliquely cuneate- 
oblong, apiculate slightly above the middle, 6 lin. long. Petals bipartite ; 
posterior lobe linear-filiform, 34 lin. long; anterior lobe lanceolate, sub- 
obtuse, 44 lin. long. Lip tripartite; lobes linear ; side lobes about 6 
lin. long ; front lobe 84-9 lin. long; spur 1ł in. long, slender below, 
subclavate near the apex. Stigmatic processes 4 lin. long, slender, with 
a clavate-capitate apex. Anther channels slender, as long as the stigmas. 
Rostellum narrowly subulate, 14 lin. long.—Krinzl. in Engl. Jahrb, 
xvi. 87. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Nyika Country, near Mombasa, Wakefield ? 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara ; Amboni, on the Sigi River, 
Holst, 28184! 
