ORCHIDACE& (A. D. Rendle) 109 
Raceme 6-7 cm. long. Bracts 4 mm. long. Flowers 7:5 cm. long 
and broad. Sepals and petals 4 cm. long by 1:5-2 cm. broad; lip 
3 em. long, 1:5 cm. broad at base, 2:5 cm. at the mouth. Column 
2 em. long, adnate to the lip for 1:2 cm. of its length. Rostellum 
4-5 mm. long. 
A very distinct species. 
Platylepis Talbotii Rendle sp. nov. Herba sesquipedalis 
caule basi repente in sicco prominente quadrangulari glabro 
foliato; foliis e basi vaginante angusta petiolum simulante 
inde latioribus ellipticis vel anguste obovatis subacutis 5-7- 
nervis glabris; scapo bracteato, bracteis siccis papyraceis 
acutis, inferioribus vaginantibus late ovatis, florentibus ellipticis 
vel oblongis dorso glanduloso-pilosis ovarium subaequantibus ; 
racemo dense multifloro ; floribus in sicco erectis; sepalis ligu- 
latis, in vivo superne recurvatis, apice carnosulis et cucullatis, 
dorso sparse glanduloso-pilosis ; petalis anguste linearibus superne 
spathulatis sepalo dorsali adnatis ; labello basi saccata bigibbo, 
parte inferiore columnae adnato, limbo late oblongo, dorso sub 
apice semiorbiculari recurvato callis geminis oblongis incrassato, 
callis geminis dentiformibus in quoque sacculo instructo ; capsula 
anguste ellipsoidea apice angustata. (Pl. 15, figs. 8, 9.) 
Oban ; n. 1463. n 
Plant about 5 dm. high. Stem 2 mm. thick. Leaves 15-20 cm. 
long including the sheath (2-4 cm. long) and the narrow petiole-like 
portion (2-5 cm. long), 8:5-5 cm. broad; at the base of the scape is a 
much smaller leaf. Scape, including raceme (to 10 cm. long), about 
2:5 dm. long, sheathed at the base by the small uppermost leaf. 
Lowest bract 3: 5 cm. long, the upper gradually shorter; fertile bracts 
‚10-12 mm. long. Flower, excluding ovary, 9 mm. long.  Sepals 
9 mm. long. Petals 8 mm.; lip 7 mm., adnate for 4 mm. to the 
front of the column. Rostellum with two long acuminate lobes 
which are level with the top of the lip. Capsule 13 mm. long. 
At once distinguished from P. glandulosa Reichb. fil by the 
longer and larger leaves, the slightly larger flower, the lip-structure, 
and the longer fruit. 
There is in Herb. Kew. an apparently identical specimen in fruit, 
collected in Uganda (Mawokate, 3900 ft.) by E. Brown (n. 169). - 
Habenaria Buntingii Rendle sp. nov. Planta pedalis ad 
sesquipedalis rhizomate repente et radicibus dense villosis ; caule 
debile basi supra vestigia foliorum vaginis foliorum 2 oblongo- 
ellipticorum subacutorum laxe vestito; foliis caulinis parvis 
in bracteas amplexicaules acuminatas transeuntibus; spica 
sublaxiflora ; bracteis lanceolatis acuminatis 3-nerviis ovarium 
subaequantibus vel excedentibus ; sepalo dorsali ovali obtuso 
quam sepp. lateralia falcato-ovata paullo breviore; petalis integris 
lineari-angustatis sepala lateralia subaequantibus ; labello tripartito 
segmentis e basi latiore lineari-filiformibus ; calcare geniculato | 
