margine antica inferne ciliata cetera glaberrima, Label- 
lum ex ungue flabellato-ligulato 7-10 mm. longo tripar- 
titum, totum 2—-2.5 cm. longum, 1.5—2.5 em. latum; 
partitio intermedia recta, lineari-ligulata, obtusa, 1.25—1.5 
em. longa, basi 2.5-8.5 mm. lata, longitudinaliter con- 
vexa; partitiones laterales leviter divergentes, lineari- 
ligulatae, carnosulae, 1.6—-2.2 cm. longae, basi 1.7-2.5 
mim. latae, margine exteriore pectinato-fimbriatae, fim- 
briis (vel segmentis secundariis) 8-8 subulato-filiformibus 
usque ad 1.25 cm. longis; unguis et segmentorum pri- 
mariorum bases inferne papillato-puberuli; calear depen- 
dens, filiformi-cylindraceum, dimidio apicali modice 
inflatum, subacutum, 11-14 cm. longum, superne 2-3 
mim. diametro. Anthera erecta, 4.5-6.5 mm. alta, con- 
nectivo angustissimo, loculis reclinato-adscendentibus 
5-6 mm. longis, canalibus brevibus fere 1 mm. longis, 
staminodiis semiorbicularis columnae omnino adnatis. 
Brachia stigmatifera crassa, porrecta, superne leviter re- 
curvata, 5—6.5 em. longa; pars receptiva obliqua, convexa, 
laevis, 2.5-4 mm. longa; rostelli lobus intermedius latis- 
sime rotundato-triangularis, lobi laterales apice erecti, 
valde incrassati, facie superiore leviter excavati. 
Kenya Cotony: Mt. Elgon, south slopes, 2400 m., in burnt forest, 
June 1936, Mainwaring K2 (Tyre); West Lembus Forest, 2580-3700 
m., in grassland, July 1936, Graham 3505; Kedowa, 2190 m., June 
1933, Graham 3225, 
Abyssinia: Arussi Plateau, Oct. 1908, Drake-Brockman 203. 
Evidently a close ally of the Abyssinian HZ, tricruris 
A. Rich., the characteristic feature of both species being 
the very narrow anther connective, the two loculi being 
almost contiguous. From the other characters, however, 
the species seem to be placed naturally in sect. Multipar- 
titae. The specific epithet of the new species is given in 
allusion to the hollowed-out apices of the rostellum arms, 
the viscidia of the pollinia lying in these cavities. The 
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