TAB. 15. 



Tribe Ophryde.t:. 



Sub-tribe Habenarieje. 



Genus Habenaria. 



Habenaria Dregeana, Limlley, in Ann. Xat. Hist. col. iv, p. 314 

 (1840). — Herba erecta, spithamaea ael padalem vel ultra. Caulis sub- 

 rigidus, bracteis foliaceis sabulatis acaiuiuatis deuse vestitus ; folia 2, 

 radicalia bumistrata suborbicularia acuta, inferum 1-6 cm. longum, 

 superum minus ; spica deuse miiltiflora, cyliudrica, 3-5 cm. longa ; 

 sepala lateralia oblique lanceolata, acumiuata patentia, circa 7 mill, 

 longa ; sepalum impar ereetuui ovatum acuminatum concavum veqm- 

 longum; pet.ala fere ad basiu bipartita ciliolata, segtnentum posticum 

 lanceolatum, in margine sepali imparls adbsrens, anticum lineare 

 erecto-pateus, brevius vel aequilongum ; labeUum tripardtum vel 

 trilobum, sub carnosum, segnientis lateriilibus lineari-subulatis, inter- 

 dum ciliolatis, intermedio conformi vel p lullo latiore, longiore, calcare 

 filiformi pendulo apicem versus intiato circa 1 cm. longo ; clinaudrium 

 subcucuUatum breve obtusissimum, rosteUum breve, bracbiis adscen- 

 dentibus, basi tuberculo majuscule in utroque latere pr^editum ; pro- 

 cessus stigmatiferi recti porrecti, bracbia rostelli superautes. [E.c 

 ejcemplari unicu ricente, pluribiisque iwsiccatis.) 



Var. Tysoni : spica laxiflora ; petali segmentum posticum lineare, 



segmentum anticum eo longius deflexumque ; labelli segmentis 

 lateralibus intermedio longioribus ; processus stigmatiferi incurvi. H. 

 Tysoni, mihi, in Joiirn. Linn. Soc. (But.) vol. xxv, jj. 166, _/?;/• '^^ 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Cape Coloxy : near tbe Dobne, 

 King William's Town, Febr., T. R. Sim; Grabamstown, Nov., Read : 

 Boscbberg, near Somerset East, alt. 1200 met., Dec.-Febr., MacOwan, 

 767 ; Komgba, Marcb, Flanayan, 521 ; Bazija, alt. 600 met., Baur, 

 815. — Natal: Inanda, Jan., Wood, 815; Gerrard, 1811; Sanderson, 

 487.— Traxs-Vaal Republic : near Barberton, alt. 975 met., Febr., 

 Culver, 45. 



Var. Tysoni, grassy places Mt. Currie, near Kokstad, Griqualand 

 East, alt. 1850 met., Febr., Tyson, 1068 partly (otber specimens under 

 tbe same number, but from a different station, are tbe typical form). 

 Natal : Sterk Spruit, J. Sanderson, 2. 



Plate 15. Fig. 1, flower front view ; 2, ditto, side view ; 3, odd 

 sepal ; 4, one of tbe side sepals ; 5, petal, tbe anterior part to 



