278 MR. SCOTT Elliot's tropical African orchids. 



the auricled labellum to the cokimn, the stigma being sunk in the 

 tube thus formed. The cokimn was also different in appearance 

 from that of a true Holothrix. It was accordingly deemed advisable 

 to restore Dercemeria on these characters of the lip and column, 

 together with the marked habit already mentioned. 



Holothrix (Tryphia) puberula, sp. nov. Scapo inter folia 2 

 late ovata orto puberulo superne racemum spiralem 10-fiorum 

 formante, bracteis ovatis acutis vix aristatis dorso carinatis, ovario 

 paene sessili brevioribus ; sepalis petalisque 1-nerviis acutis, illis 

 ovatis, lateralibus antice obliquis, his angustioribus, labello basi 

 saccato cum calcare brevi tenui sursum curvato, lamina longa 

 spathulata Integra, parte inferior! tomentosa. 



Hab. Ukambane, Masai Highlands, 5-GOOO ft., Dec. (between 

 the rains), 1893, No. 6486. 



About 4 in. high, the subobtuse radical leaves 10 lines long, 

 11 and 14 lines broad. The raceme of subpatent flowers is 1^ in. 

 long, with bracts 2-2^ lines. The dorsal sepal is 1 line long and 

 nearly f broad, the lateral are longer (If lines) and as broad, over- 

 lapping the base of the lip in front. The petals are attached to the 

 saccate base of the lip and the column, and overtop the sepals by 

 ■J line. The very slender strongly upcurved spur is 1-^ lines long, 

 the ascending spreading limb 8 lines long by \\ broad above ; on 

 the upper surface, in its lower half it bears a short tomentum. The 

 anther-canals are short. 



Approaches nearest to the Natal species H. orthoceras Rchb. f., 

 which has an elongated lip -lamina, but the latter is 5-fid, not entire. 

 The attachment of the petals to the sides of the labellum and the 

 column IS of interest from the following note in the (Jenera 

 Plantaruiii on Tri/phia (iii. 624): — "Fetalis ex Lindleyo labello 

 adnatis, quod tamen nee in icone Harveiana delineatur, nee in 

 floribus examinatis invenimus." 



Habenaria culicifera, sp. nov. Glabra, caulis parte inferiore 

 foliosa, foliis e basi vaginante linearibus superne angustatis ; 

 racemo multifloro, bracteis lanceolatis acutis, ovarium baud 

 aequantibus ; floribus inter mediocres, sepalis reflexis, dorsali ovali 

 obtuso quam lateralia oblique obovata apiculo juxtaposita multo 

 minori ; petalis bipartitis parte postica lineari-liliformi, antica 

 ligulata multo majore ; labelli usque ad basin tripartiti segmentis 

 anguste linearibus medio longiore, calcare inferne clavato quam 

 ovarium cum pedicello sublongiore ; processubus stigmaticis longis 

 porrectis capitatis, antherje canalibus apice incurvis brevioribus. 



Hab. Hillsides, Euwenzori, 6000 ft.. No. 7854. 



The erect smooth slender stem is 16 in. high ; the narrow 

 tapering leaves reach nearly 6 in. in length, with a breadth of 

 less than ^ in. The raceme is 6 in. long. The thin membranous 

 flower-bracts are 6-7 lines long, the ovary and stalk nearly f in. 

 The small dorsal sepal is 8-nerved, and 2 J lines long by a little over 

 1 broad ; the wing-like lateral sepals have two additional nerves 

 closely following the margin, and are 3^ by 2 lines ; the blunt 

 anterior segment of the petal is 4i lines long by little over 1 broad ; 

 the filiform posterior segments are 2| lines long. The central lobe 



