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of the lip is 5 lines long, the lateral ones 4 lines. The prominent 

 stigraatic processes are 2 lines long. 



A member of Kranzlin's section Replicatai, and closely allied to 

 the Abyssinian species H. pedicellaris Rchb. f., from which, however, 

 it is easily distinguished by the parallel-sided and not triangular 

 anterior division of the petal. From the nearly allied H. Ndiana 

 Rendle (Ndi Mts.) it is also distinguished by the shape of this 

 member, as well as by its much longer stigmatic processes, which 

 exceed the anther-canals. 



Habenaria ingrata, sp, nov. Caule inferne folioso, superne 

 bracteato, bracteis lanceolatis acutis-acuminatis, florentibus ovarium 

 baud requantibus ; fioribus mediocribus, sepalis reflexis dorsali 

 ovali, lateralibus majoribus oblique ovatis apice juxtapositis, peta- 

 lorum parte antica subulato-lanceolata, postica brevi filiformi, labelli 

 segmento medio tcnuiter lineari, lateralia anguste lineari-lanceolata 

 parvo excedente, calcare lineari flexuoso quam ovarium cum pedi- 

 cello sublongiore ; processubus stigmaticis brevibus capitatis rectis, 

 antherfe canales tenues vix fequantibus. 



Hab. Ruwenzori, 9000 ft., May (greater rains), 1894, No. 

 7198 pars. 



A glabrous plant 16 in. high, the lower part of the rather thin 

 stem covered with the membranous persistent leaf-sheaths, to which 

 are still attached the withered bases of the apparently linear leaves. 

 The thin light-brown membranous flowering-bracts are 6-7 lines 

 long, reaching about half-way up the ovary. The rather dense 

 raceme is 4 in. long. The obtuse dorsal sepal is 2 lines by 1, the 

 laterals are 3 by 1|. The anterior petal-segment is 3^ lines long 

 by I line broad above the base, the posterior segments are 2 lines 

 long ; the median lip-segment is 4 lines, the lateral ones 3^ lines ; 

 the uniform spur is 10-11 lines long. The stout stigmatic processes 

 are 1 line long ; the ovary (^ in.) is sharply distinguished from its 

 stalk (^ in.). 



Closely allied to H. j)ediceUaris, but distinguished by its more 

 shortly-stalked slightly smaller flowers, longer bracts, almost subu- 

 late anterior petal-segments, and much shorter stigmatic processes. 



Habenaria genuflexa, sp. nov. Glabra, foliis lanceolatis 

 acutis amplexicaulibus in bracteas transgredientibus ; racemo sub- 

 laxo, floribus mediocribus, bracteis pedicellos longos hand fequanti- 

 bus; sepalis reflexis dorsali concave ovali-oblongo obtuso, lateralibus 

 oblique orbiculari-ovatis apiculo juxtapositis ; petalis bipartitis parte 

 antica lineari-lanceolata subfalcata quam postica subulata plus 

 duplo breviore, labello alte tripartito, segmento medio longo lineari 

 basin prope angustato, quam laterales multo majore ; calcare quam 

 ovarium breviori geniculato, inter sepala lateralia incluso, supra 

 basin vesicatam torto ; processubus stigmaticis longis capitatis 

 sursum arcuatis, antherfe canales tenues subaequantibus. 



Hab. Wimi, Ruwenzori, eastern side, 7000 ft., June (rains), 

 1894, No. 7922. 



The rather slender stem (If ft. long) bears several leaves in its 

 lower part which pass from a short sheath into an amplexicaul 

 blade ; these pass into lanceolate sheathing bracts which grade into 



