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to the extremity. Petals falcato-lanceolate, acute. Labellum 3-parted, the 
segments spreading widely, linear, acute. Posterior sepal broadly 
ovate, concave, “erect ; lateral deflexed, ovato-lanceolate. Ovary on a 
long pedicel. 
This has the smallest flowers and the largest leaves of the Cape spe- 
eies, most of which belong to the section Bonatea. 
Fig. 1, Habenaria arenaria, the natural size. Fig. 2, a flower; 3, back sepal; 4, 
lateral sepal; 5, petals; all enlarged. 
LVI. STENOGLOTTIS FIMBRIATA, Lindl. ( Orchidee.) 
S.fimbriata: Lindl. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag., ii. p. 210. 
Has.—Between the Omsamwubo and Omsamcabe, Drege. Near Port Natal, Dr. 
Gueinzius, J. Sanderson, R. Hallack. Howison’s Poort, Albany, H, Hutton, (Herb. 
T. €. D> 
Descr.—Roots tuberous, fasciculated, fusiform. Leaves all radical, 
numerous, oblongo-lanceolate, acute or occasionally sub-obtuse, spread- 
ing, or sub-horizontal. Stem 6-15 inches high, with small and distant 
ovato-lanceolate, clasping squamiform sheaths. Spike laxly several or 
many-flowered, 3-6 inches long. Sracts erect, shorter than the ovary, 
lanceolate, acute. lowers 2-3 lines long, delicately membranous in 
texture when dry, reversed, the labellum directed upwards. Back-sepal 
concave, ovate, obtuse; Jateral ovato-falcate, sub-acute; all 3-nerved, 
and minutely denticulate. Petals ovate, acute, very delicate, minutely 
fimbriato-lacerated at the edges. Labellum twice as long as the other 
petals, concave at base, oblong, deeply and sharply 3-forked. 
A graceful little orchid, remarkable among the Cape Ophrydece for 
its many fascicled tubers and numerous radical leaves. Dr. Lindley con- 
siders it related to Arnottia. 
Fig. 1, Stenoglottis fimbriata ; the natural size. Fig. 2, side view of a flower; 3, 
sepals; 4, petals; 5, labellum; all magnified. 
LVII. RHAMPHICARPA TUBULOSA, Benth, ( Scrophularinea. ) 
R. tubulosa: foliis lanceolato-linearibus integris, corolla limbo 
quam tubus incurvus parum breviore, capsule truncate valde obliquie 
rostro calyce breviore.—Lenth./ Comp. Bot. Mag., i. p. 868. Benth! 
in DC. Prod., x. p. 504. Gerardia tubulosa, Linn. f. Suppl., p. 279. 
Thunb. Ft. Cap., p. 487. 
Has.—In wet places. Kraka Kamma, Thunberg. Eastern Districts, from Uiten- 
poy 7 as Natal, Drege! Zeyher! Krauss! J. Sanderson! Miss Qwen! (Herb. 
Descr.— Whole plant, except the tube of the corolla, glabrous, 
turning black in drying. Stem, 1-2 feet high, simple or slightly 
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