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chilled water. As growth advances, the plants will 
require more pot-room. ‘This should be done without 
disturbing the existing potting compost more than is 
really necessary: one shift should be sufficient for the 
season. Large ‘‘sixties’’ will be found ample for the 
small-tubered kinds, but ‘‘forty-eights’” will be 
necessary for the larger-growing ones. For large pots the 
potting compost shonld not be so finely broken as when 
the smaller sizes are used. The tubers require only a 
moderate amount of water at the roots until they get 
into full growth; then a liberal supply must be given, 
and every inducement given to encourage their de- 
velopment by atmospheric moisture; slight overhead 
syringings will be found beneficial in bright weather. 
Care must be taken to shade the plants from the bright 
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Fic. 439. HABENARIAS: 1, H. PUSILLA ; 2, I. Susann«&; 3, H. CARNEA. 
seorching rays of the sun. Observation must be con- 
stantly kept for such pests as Thrips and Red Spider, 
which attack the leayes and centres of the growths, 
and quickly disfigure the plants. Where these are found, 
the house should be fumigated, and the necessary steps 
taken for their destruction. _ When the flowering season 
is over, the plants should be allowed to die down or 
dry off naturally, and stood on a dry shelf near the light, 
where they may be kept under observation until the 
potting season comes round, The stock may be increased 
by dividing the tubers at the time of potting. 
H. Bonatea (Bonatea). jl. pale green and white, of singular 
form; of the three anterior lobes of the lip the lateral ones 
are somewhat tubular, while the central one is even more 
so, forming a sort of nectary. South Africa, 1895, Greenhouse. 
Syn. Bonatea speciosa (G. C. 1895, i., p. 743, f. 112). 
H. candida. ‘The correct name is H. subpubens. 
H. carnea (flesh-coloured).* 7. larger than those of H. pusilla ; 
helmet-shaped portion of a beautiful pink, the remainder white ; 
spur lsin. long; scape erect, three- to five-flowered. 7. small, 
dark green, thickly spotted with white. Singapore, 1891. A 
handsome, stove species. See Fig. 439. (G. C. 1891, x., p. 729, 
f. 105; G. & F. 1891, iv., p. 475, f. 76; J. H. 1893, xxvii., p. 283, 
f.40.) Thereisa variety, nivosa (SYN. alba, Gn. 1896, i., p. 182 
t. 1005), with white flowers. 1894. 
H. ciliaris albiflora (white-flowered), A variety with creamy- 
white flowers. Canada, 
H. cinnabarina (cinnabar-red). /l. orange-red, small, disposed 
in a dense cluster; scape erect, 6in. high. 7. erect, linear, 6in. 
long. Madagascar, 1893. Stove. 
H. conopsea Ceariopied). Fragrant Habenaria. fl. reddish or 
rarely white, small, very numerous, sweet-scented, lip three- 
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Habenaria—continued. 
lobed; spike oblong or cylindrical. All summer. Stem lft. to 
2ft. high, with linear or narrow-lanceolate leaves. Tubers 
palmate. Europe (Britain), &c. SyNns. Gymnadenia conopsea, 
Orchis conopsea. 
H. decipiens (deceptive). l. 14in. long, with a pendent spur 4in. 
to 5in. long; lip much longer than the green sepals, cuneate, 
three-lobed; pedicels long; scapes erect, few-flowered. September 
to November. Z. radical, Plantain-like. Western Ghats of India, 
prior to 1891. Cool-house. Syn. H. longecalcwrata (B. M. 7228). 
H. Ellioti (Llliot’s). #1. green, with a long, thin spur. 2. bright 
green, lanceolate, luxuriantly produced on a strong stem. Mada- 
gascar, 1897. Stove. 
H. Elwesii (Elwes’). //l. greenish-yellow, 2in. long; petals bifur- 
cate from the base; lip highly glabrous, the limb divided into 
three filiform segments; raceme lax-flowered. JU. erect. Nilghiri 
Hills, 1896. More curious than beautiful. (B. M. 7478.) 
H. foliosa (leafy).* (/l. purple, numerous 
in an ovate-oblong spike about 8in. long; 
sepals erect, ovate, obtuse ; petals similar 
but smaller and straighter ; lip pendent, 
very large, three-lobed. May. /. unspotted, 
oblong; lower ones obtuse. hk. 1sft. to 
2sft. (B. M. 5074; B. R. 1701.) 
H. gigantea. The correct name is 
H. Susanne. 
H. incisa (cut). . rich purple, small, 
fragrant, thickly set in oblong, terminal 
racemes. June. /., cauline ones obtusely 
lanceolate, deep green. h. lft. to 14ft. 
North America, 1826, Syn. Platanthera 
ineisa. 
H. longecalearata (long-spurred). A 
synonym of H. decipiens. 
H. macrantha (large-flowered). ji, 
sepals and petals dark brown; lip 
purplish - lilac, marked with darker 
streaks and freckles, roundish; spike 
six- to ten- flowered. l. sheathing, 
three - nerved. Sierra Leone, 1886. 
Stove. Syn. Gymnadenia macrantha. 
H. margaritacea (pearly-white). 1. 
white, in a terminal, somewhat dense 
raceme. Summer. /. oblong, acuminate, 
dark green, blotched and spotted with 
white. hf. lft. South America. Stove. 
H. militaris (military). A synonym of 
H. pusilla. 
H. orbiculata is a form of H. Hookeri. 
H. pusilla (small).* /., lateral sepals 
green, oblong, acute, reflexed and reyo- 
lute; petals green, strongly adhering to 
the green dorsal sepal, forming 
cullate-pavicular helmet; lip 
the side lobes oblong-dolab: 5 
spreading, the front lobe bifid ; raceme 
lax. J. linear, acute, 8in. to Yin. long, 
Zin. broad. kh. lft. or more. Cochin 
China, 1886. Stove. See Fig. 439. Syn. H. militaris (Gn. 
1893, xliii., t. 908; J. H. 1888, xvi., p. 25; W. O. A. vi. 281). 
H. reniformis (kidney-shaped). jl. green, about 4in. in diameter; 
spike 3in. to 6in. long, four- to six-flowered. 7. one or two, 
radical, 4in. to gin. long, fleshy, orbicular or oblong. India, &c. 
Stove. Syns. Aopla reniformis, Herminium reniforme. 
H. subpubens (slightly downy). The correct name of H. candida. 
H. Susannz (Susanna’s).* See Fig. 439. The correct name of 
H. gigantea. 
H. S. sumatrana (Sumatran). /. white, large. Sumatra, 1893. 
A number of other species are in cultivation in botanical collec- 
tions, but they have little or no horticultural value. 
HABIT. This usually denotes the general appearance 
of a plant; e.g., compact, straggling, climbing, &c. It is 
also and less commonly employed to suggest fruitfulness. 
HABRANTHUS PUNCTATUS. A form of Hip- 
peastrum Bagnoldi (which see). 
HEMANTHUS. African Tulip. Including Nerissa. 
According to J. G. Baker, this genus embraces nearly forty 
species, natives of Tropical and Sonth Africa and Socotra. 
Flowers red or white, densely umbellate ; perianth erect, 
the tube almost cylindrical, the segments equal, linear or 
lanceolate, spreading or permanently ascending; stamens 
inserted at the throat of the perianth tube; filaments 
filiform, often longer than the segments; anthers small; 
spathe yalyes more than two, erect or spreading, mem- 
branous; peduncle stout, solid. Leaves broad, obtuse, 
thin or fleshy. Bulb tunicated. To the species described 
on p. 108,‘ Vol. II., the following should be added: 
