TAB. 24. 



Tribe Ophryde.4^:. 



Sub-tiibe Habenarie.*:. 



Genus Habexaria. 



Habenaria Kraenzliniana, Schlechter, in Engl. Bo(. Jahrb. 

 vol. XX., Beibl. 50, p. 35. (1895.) — Herba erecta gracilis glabra, 20- 

 35 cm. alta ; folia radicalia 2, humistrata suborbicularia apiculata 

 carnosula, 3*4-5 cm. longa ; scapus strictus, vaginulis 6-11, 

 bracteiformibus lanceolatis acuminatissimis, l'5-2*5 cm. longis, 

 vestitus ; racemus satis dense 10-20fl., floribus erecto-patentibus. 

 longe pedicellatis ; bractece lanceolate setaceo-acuminat^e, pedi- 

 cellis ccquilongje vel breviores ; sepala lateralia deflexa, oblique 

 ovata acuminata concava,0'7-0*9 cm. longa; sepalum impar erectum 

 cucullatum, laterale visum, lanceolatum, acutum vel acuminatum, 

 lateralibus equilongum ; petala bipartita, segmento posteriore 

 falcato-lanceolato acuto, margine anteriore ciliolato, galeam 

 requante, anteriore 3-4plo longiore flexuoso filiformi, cum lobis 

 lateralibus labelli minutissime denseque ciliatis ; labellum 

 tripartitum, segmento intermedio lineari obtuso, 1-1'4 cm. longo, 

 lateralibus 3-4plo longioribus flexuosis, basi calcaratum, calcare 

 falcato vel flexuoso filiformi, apicem versus inflato, obtuso, ovario 

 pedicellato longiore ; anthera suberecta obtusa, connectivo loculorum 

 apices vix <equante ; rostelli lobum intermedium ovatum obtusum, 

 brachia glandulifera porrecta cylindrica ; processus stigmatiferi 

 porrecti lineares, apice truncati, rostelli brachia vix excedentes. 

 \^Ex exempt, nnico vivo plnribusqiie exsiccatis.) 



Hab. : South-eastern Region ; Natal : stony hill, near 

 Ladysmith, alt. 1020 met., fl. Feb.,/. M. Wood, 5528 !— Kalahari 

 Region ; Trans-\'aal : Sandloop, between Pietersburg and 

 Houtbosch, alt. 1380 met., fl. Feb., R. Schlechier, 4369!; near 

 Pietersburg, alt. 1200met.,fl. Feb., Bolus, 11168! near Pretoria, fl. 

 Mar., Z. Reck\ 



Plate 24. Fig. 1, flower, side view ; 2, one ot the side sepals ; 



3, one of the petals ; 4, lip ; 5, rostellum, flattened out. 



An erect slender glabrous herb, 20-35 cm. high ; leaves radical 

 2, flat on the ground suborbicular apiculate, rather fleshy, 3-4-5 

 cm. long ; scape straight, clothed with 6-11 bract-like lanceolate 



