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acutis „carnosulis lierbaceis viridibus albo-carinatis"; racemo 

 paucifloro (7 — 8) laxifloro, bracteis ovatis acuminatis quam 

 ovaria subbrevioribus. — Sepalo dorsali maximo ovato cucuUato 

 lateralibns multo ai)gustioribus oblongis (ti^iang-ulis?) conniven- 

 tibus; petalis bipartitis, partitione postica lanceolata falcata 

 arrecta sub sepalo dorsali abscondita, antica lineari multo 

 longiore protenso; labelli tripartiti lobis lineari-filiformibus, 

 intermedio plus duplo breviore, calcari ovario sublongiore pri- 

 mum antice curvato deinde deflexo; processubus stigmaticis 

 parallelis late linearibus labello plus minusve appressis, cana- 

 libus antherae aequilongis. — Flores majusculi, sep. 1,3 cm 

 longa, petalor. pars ant. 2 cm longa v. longioi-. 



Habenaria tentacnligera Echb. f. in Flora XXV. (50) 101. Krzl 

 in Englers Jahrh. XVI, 71. 



Tropisches West-Afrika. Angola. Huilla III Region in 1200—1800 m 

 Hohe (V/el\vlt9ch N. 716! luul 716 b!) 



41 . H a b e n a r i a c o r n u t a Lindl. Caule valido fo- 

 lioso ad 40 cni alto, foliis oblongis 7 — 12 cin longis, 2,-5 — 3 cm 

 latis obtusis in bracteas scariosas subito transientibus; racemo 

 densifloro, bracteis oblongis acuminatis ovarii pedicellati fere 

 ^3 aequantibus. — Sepalo dorsali oblongo obtuso concavo re- 

 flexo, lateralibus deflexis cuneato-oblongis basi satis latis antice 

 retusis; petalis bifidis, partitione antica cornu instar curvata 

 reflexa lineari acuminata, postica plus duplo breviore fere recta 

 leviter tantum curvata, labelli trilobi lobis acuminatis irre- 

 gulariter falcato - curvatis subaequilongis, intermedio lineari, 

 calcari pendulo ovarii pedicellati dimidium feie aequante apice 

 clavato; processubus stiginaticis crassis capitatis porrectis, 

 canalibus antherae aequilongis; anthera brevi, rostello parvo 

 acuto; staminodiis brevibus supra obsolete bilobis. — Flores 

 albi, petalis recurvatis eximii 1,5 cm diam, calcar 1 cm long. 



Hahenaria corniita Lindl. in Comp. Bot. Mag. H, 208. Krzl. in 

 Englers Jahrb. XVI, 71. 



SUd-Afrika. Capland, Omsamculo (Dregc N. 457f;!). Ost-Griqualand 

 b. Kockstadi (Tyson !) ; — Transvaal (Kelmiannl). 



The anterior segmcnts of the petals long and flesliy recurved 

 and luoking very like thc liorna of some animal. „Strongly almond 

 ecented rctaining tlie perfume nutil now, 4 months alter gathering." 



