TAB. 64. 



Tribe Ophkydeae. 



Sub-tribe Habenaeieae. 



Genus Habenaria. 



Habenaria ciliosa, LimUeij, in Ann. Xat. Hist., vol. iv, p. 314: 

 (1840) ; Kraenzlin, Monof/r. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb., Bd. xvi, p. 169 (1892). 

 — Herba erecta, 1^-2-pedalis ; caulis substrictus foliosus ; folia 2 in- 

 feriora ad vaginas transverse purpureo-fasciatas lamina abbreviata 

 reducta, superiora circa 5 erecto-patentia ligulata acuta minute cilio- 

 lata, 5-10 cm. longa ; spica cylindrica dense multiflora, bracteis 

 foliaceis lanceolatis acuminatis margine et nerva ciliolatis, flores super- 

 antibus ; sepala lateralia semi-ovata subfalcata obtusiuscnla, impar 

 ovatum concavum, omnia ciliolata circa 4 mill, longa; petala e basi 

 latiore oblonga obtusissima, sepalis aequilonga ; labellum fere triparti- 

 tum, laciniis oblongis obtusis, lateralibuspatentibus, intermedia parum 

 longiore, calcare pendulo filiformi apice inflate ovario saepius longiore ; 

 columna abbreviata rotundata ; rostelli brachia caudiculifera incurva 

 adscendentia clinandrio multo breviora, processibus stigmatiferis tri- 

 angularibus quam bracliiis rostelli multo brevioribus. {Ex exempli, 

 plur. riv.) 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : Perie Mt. above tlie 

 forest, fl. Jan., T. R. Sim, No. 18 ! ; Kei K. mouth, in marsliy places, 

 alt. 16 meters, Jan., Flanagan, No. 645 ! ; between Morley and tlie 

 UmtataE., Febr., Dirge ; near Clydesdale, alt. 750 met., Febr., Tyson, 

 No. 2044 ! — Natal : station not given, from Wood's list. 



Plate 64. Fig. 1, flower, side view ; 2, ditto, front view, the lower 

 part of the spur cut off; 3, side sepals; 4, odd sepal ; 5, petals; 6, 

 lip ; 7, column with lip, side view ; 8, column only, front view ; 9, 

 pollinia, — all variously magnified. 



An erect herb, 1^-1 feet high; stem straightish leafy; the 

 two lower leaves reduced to transversely purple-striped sheaths 

 with short free points, the upper about 5, erect-spreading ligulate 

 acute ciliolate, 5-10 cm. long ; spike cylindrical densely many-fl., 

 bracts leaflike lanceolate acuminate, ciliolate on the margins and 

 midrib, longer than the flowers ; side sepals semi- ovate sub- 

 falcate somewhat obtuse, the odd one ovate concave, all ciliolate 

 and about 4 mill, long ; petals from a wider base oblong, very 



