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Fig. 1, flowering branch ; natural size. Fig. 2, calyh, with its two enclosing bracts ; 
3, a sepal; 4, corolla; 5, stamens ; 6, ovary and style; 7, ovary cut open; 8, capsule ; 
more or less magnified. 
146. SOPUBIA CANA, Haro. (Serophularinee.) 
S. cana: cano-tomentosa, ramis strictis erectis, foliis anguste lineari- 
bus obtusis uninerviis, calycis dentibus triangularibus acutiusculis, co- 
rollee tubo brevissimo, limbo subrotato. 
Hazs.—Near Port Natal, Dr. Sutherland. Bushman’s River, Natal, Gerrard § 
M'Ken., No. 771. (Herb. T. C. D.) 
Descr.—Every part densely clothed with short, white toment. 
Stems suffruticose at base, 12-18 inches high, erect, branched near the 
summit. Branches erect, virgate. Leaves closely set, scattered or fas- 
cicled, #-1 inch long, 4 line wide, exactly linear. Flowering branches 
converted into leafy racemes, the pedicels as long as the ieaf, or much 
shorter. Bracts 2 at the base of the campanulate, shortly 5-lobed 
calyx. Corolla membranous, delicately veined ; the tube about as long 
as the bluntly 5-lobed, subequal limb. 
This is nearly allied to S. Dregeana, but at once known by its co- 
pious, hoary, soft, and close indument. 
Fig. 1, upper portion of a stem, in flower; natural size. Fig. 2, calyx; 3, front 
view of corolla; 4, corolla laid open; 5, stamens ; 6, ovary and style; more or less 
magnified. 
147. HABENARIA SAUNDERSLE, Harv. ( Orchidee.) 
H. (Bonatea) Saundersiz: caule folioso, foliis lineari-lanceolatis 
acuminatis patentibus, supremis abbreviatis; racemo laxo multifloro, 
bracteis membranaceis patentibus ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis ovario 
vix brevioribus, floribus galeatis, petalis indivisis oblique cultratis por- 
rectis labello basi adnatis apice recurvo-acutis, labello tripartito, laci- 
niis lateralibus falcato-cultratis incurvis acutis intermedia lineari late- 
ralibus equali, rostelli processubus carnosis teretibus clavatis sepalis 
brevioribus, calcare filiformi pendulo oyario sublongiore. 
Has.—Port Natal, Mrs. Saunders. (Herb. To. DS 
Descr.—Stem 1-2 feet high, leafy throughout. Leaves with short, 
closely clasping sheaths, spreading, 3-6 inches long, 3-5 lines wide, 
flat, linear-acuminate, membranous, the uppermost gradually shorter. 
Racemes 6-10 flowered, lax. Bracts membranous, ovato-lanceolate, open 
and spreading. Flowers on shortish pedicels. Ovary linear-clavate. 
Back sepal erect, helmet-shaped, acuminate ; lateral deflexed, broadly 
falcato-cultrate, acute. Petals wndivided, attached at base to the label- 
lum, similar in shape to the lateral sepals, but narrower and more ob- 
lique. Labellum tripartite, the medial lobe narrow, linear-filiform ; the 
lateral broad, faleate, incurved. Processes linear-clavate (not well re- 
presented in the figure). - 
Of this very distinct species I have seen but a single specimen, col- 
lected by Mrs. Saunders, and given to the Dublin Herbarium by her 
