TAB. 67. 



Tribe Ophrydeae. 



Sub-tribe Habenaeieae. 



Genus Habenaeia. 



Habenaria anguiceps, Bolus, in Joum. Linn. Soc. (Bot.), vol. xxv, 

 p. 164 (1889) ; KraenzUn, Moiot/r. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb., Bd. xvi, p. 216 

 (1892). — Herba glabra erecta, 12-40 cm. alta ; caulis strictus foliosus ; 

 folia lanceolata acuminata l-nerva imbricantia, 2-6 cm. longa, sensim 

 in bracteas abeuutia ; spica cylindi'ica saepius dense multiflora, 2-2-5 

 cm. diametro, floribus subsquarrosis, bracteis lanceolatis inferioribus 

 flores superautibus, superioribus brevioribus ; sepala lateralia lan- 

 ceolata acuta reflexa, 6 mill, longa ; sepalum impar ovatum cucul- 

 latum aequilougum ; petala iudivisa, oblique lauceolata acuta, sepalo 

 imparl agglutinata ; labellum iudivisum lineare obtusum carnosulum, 

 basi paullo ampliatum, marginibus revolutis, 6 mill, longum, calcare 

 obtuso inflato limbo subaequilougo ; clinandrium erectum obtusissi- 

 mum, rostelli bracbiis caudiculiferis brevibus iucurvis, processibus 

 stigmatiferis subulatis rostelli bracbiis brevioribus. [Ex exempli, plur. 

 viv. exsiccatisque.) 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : in clayey soil near 

 Grabamstown, alt. 675 meters, fl. Jan., Bolus, No. 7312 ; near same 

 place, fl. Feb., J. Glass'.; near Van Staden's Eiver, Jos. Maclde ! — 

 Traxs-Yaal Republic : near Bergendal, alt. 1900 met., fl. Dec, 

 Schlechter, No. 4010 ! 



Plate 67. Fig. 1, flo^ver; 2, odd sepal; 3, side sepals; 4, petals; 

 5, lip; 6, ditto, side view; 7, column, side view; 8, one of tbe 

 pollinia, — all variously magnified. 



A glabrous erect herb, 12-40 cm. high ; stem straight leafy ; 

 leaves lanceolate acuminate 1-nerved imbricate, 2-6 cm. long, 

 passing into bracts ; spike cylindrical usually densely many-fl., 

 2-2*5 cm. in diameter, flowers somewhat squarrose, bracts 

 lanceolate the lower exceeding, the upper slightly shorter than 

 the flowers ; side sepals lanceolate acute reflexed, 6 mill, long ; 

 odd sepal ovate somewhat hooded, of the same length ; petals 

 undivided obliquely lanceolate acute, adhering to the odd sepal ; 

 lip undivided linear obtuse rather fleshy, widened at the base, 



