TAB. 17. 



Tribe Ophkyde.e. 



Sub-tribe Habenarie^. 



Genus Habexaeia. 



Habenaria Galpini, n. sp. — Erecta vel decumbens, 20 cm. alta. 

 Caiilis foliosus, folia 6-8 sparsa lanceolata acimiinata erecto-patentia, 

 5-6 cm. longa, superiora sensim minora in bracteas abeuntia ; racemus 

 sub-laxe multiflorus, 11 cm. longus, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis pube- 

 scentibus, pedicellos parum superantibus ; sepala lateralia obovata 

 obtusa, oblique apiculata, circa 6 mill, longa ; sepalmn impar ovatiun 

 concaviim nervosum, extus scabridum, 5 mill, longum ; petala bipartita, 

 segmento posteriori lineari acuto erecto, 5 mill, longo, segmento 

 anteriori subulato acuto patente, 8 mill, longo ; labellum 3-partitum, 

 segmentis linearibus patentibus, intermedio 1 cm. longo, lateralibus 7 

 mill, longis, calcare filiformi pendulo incurvo, deorsum sensim inilato, 

 1' 8-2 cm. longo; clinandrium parvum subspbfericum obtusum apicu- 

 latum, utroque latere basi tuberculoso-auriculatum ; rostellum subula- 

 tum, in sinu clinandrii fere absconditum, brachiis rectis protrusis 

 clinandrio parum longioribus, processibus stigmatiferis clavatis sub- 

 aequilongis ; ovarium cum pedicello gracili inciurvo circa 2 cm. longum. 

 (£■.1- exempli. 2 e.vbicc. n. 392 ut infra.) 



Hab: South-eastern Region ; Tr.vxs-Yaal Eepublic: rocky places 

 near Johannesburg, alt. about 1850 met., fl. March, E. E. Cralpin, 392. 



Plate 17. Fig. 1, flower; 2, side sepal; 3, odd sepal; 4, lip; 

 5, posterior, — 6, anterior segment of one of the petals, — all the fore- 

 going magnified about 3 diameters ; 7, column, front xiew ; 8, ditto, 

 side view, — the latter variously magnified. 



Erect or decumbent, 20 cm. or more in height. Stem leafy, 

 leaves 6-8, scattered lanceolate acuminate erect-spreadincr, 5-6 

 cm. long, the upper gradually smaller and passing into bracts ; 

 raceme rather loosely many-li., 11 cm. long, bracts linear-lanceo- 

 late pubescent, slightly longer than the pedicels ; side sepals 

 obovate obtuse, obliquely apiculate, 6 mill, long; odd sepal ovate 

 concave nerved, externally scabrid, 5 mill, long; petals bipartite, 

 the posterior segment linear acute erect, 5 mill, long, the 

 anterior subulate acute spreading, 8 mill, long ; lip 3 -partite, 

 segments linear spreading, the middle one 1 cm. long, the lateral 



