TAB. 23. 



Tribe Ophryde^. 



Sub-tribe Habenarie.'E. 



Genus Habenaria. 



Habenaria polypodantha, Reicheiibach, /., in Otia Bot. 

 Hamb. (1881), p. 97. — Herba erecta gracilis glabra, 10-20 cm. 

 aha ; tubera conspicue incequalia, alterum subglobosum, alterum 

 cylindricum, 6 cm. longum ; folia radicalia 2, caulina 1-2, in 

 bracteas transeuntia, adscendentia, oblonga acuta, basi angustata, 

 3-10 cm. longa ; racemus laxe 4-6fl., floribus adscendentibus ; 

 bracteae foliaceag lineari-oblongse acuminatae, inferiores ovariis 

 pedicellatis aequilongae, superiores breviores ; sepala lateralia 

 patentia, oblique ovata, apiculata Snervia, 1*3 cm. longa; sepalum 

 impar erectum galeatum, ore lanceolato, lateralibus aequilongum ; 

 petala bipartita, segmentis linearibus, posteriore galeae adhaerente, 

 anteriore patente flexuoso, fere triple longiore ; labellum 

 tripartitum, segmentis lateralibus angustioribus, fere intermedio 

 2 '2 cm. longo duplo longioribus, basi calcaratum, calcare 

 dependente cylindrico, apicem versus dilatato, ad 4 '2 cm. longo ; 

 rostellum subfornicatum 3 sectum, lobo intermedio erecto 

 triangulare, glanduliferis incurvis cylindricis ; anthera, laterale 

 visa, semi-lanceolata acuta, 0*5 cm. longa ; pollinia clavata ; brachia 

 stigmatica porrecta, apicibus leviter excavata ; ovarium cum 

 pedicello l'8-2'3 cm. longum. {Ex exeinpl. unico vivo tribiisque 

 exsiccatis, ) 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : Queenstown 

 Div., in scrub on lower slopes near the junction ot Zwart Kei and 

 White Kei Rivers, alt. 705 met., fl. Mar.-Apr., E. E. Galpin, 

 8180!— Natal : McKen ; fl. Jul., W. T. Gerrard, 1554 ! 



Plate 23. Fig. 1, one of the side sepals, nat. size ; 2, odd 

 sepal, side view ; 3, one of the petals, nat. size ; 4, lip, ditto ; 5, 

 rostellum ; 6, one of the pollinia — magnified. 



An erect slender glabrous herb, 10-20 cm. high ; tubers con- 

 spicuously unequal, one rather globose, the other cylindrical, 6 

 cm. long ; radical leaves 2, cauline one or two, passing off" 

 gradually into bracts, ascending, oblong acute, narrowed at base, 

 3-10 cm. long ; raceme laxly 4-6fl., flowers ascending ; bracts leaf- 



