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duplo longiore filiformi (v. angustissime lineari) reflexo, labelli 

 basi integra lineari lobis lateralibus anticis petalorum aequa- 

 libus, intermedia latiore lineari deflexa, calcari primo filiformi 

 deinde inflato oblongo ovarium c. pedicello aequante; processu- 

 bus stigmaticis brevissimis carnosis porrectis apice incrassatis, 

 antherae canalibus multo longioribus caudiculis etiam longiori- 

 bus. — Flores conspicui, sepala 1,2 cm long-a, petalor. part. 

 antica et labelli later. 2,5 cm longae, calcar et ovarium c. 

 pedic. 1,5 cm longa. 



Habenaria Zhhaniana Cogn. Fl. Brasil. III, imrs 4, 45. 

 BraeiliGn. Caraga in der Prov. Minas Gerafis (Mendon(;a N. 966 ) 



106. Habenaria flexa Rchb. f. Tuberidiis oblongis 

 3,5 cm long-. 1 cm crassis, caule gracillimo ad 70 cm alto basi 

 vaginato supra parce foliato, foliis lineari-lanceolatis acutis 

 longissime vag-inantibus spatliaceis cum spatha 20 cm longis 

 (lamina 13 cm) 1 cm latis in bracteas decrescentibus, bracteis 

 ovatis V. oblongis pedicellum c. ovario 6 cm longnm aequanti- 

 bus V. paulo superantibus. Sepalo dorsali ovato acuto, late- 

 ralibus deflexis longioribus subobliquis ovatis acuminatis, petalis 

 lateralibus bipartitis partitione postica falcata erecta lanceolata 

 acuta, antica falcata reflexa lineari-acuta, labelli tripartiti 

 partitionibus linearibus deflexis recurvatis intermedia paulo 

 longiore, calcari filiformi dimidium ovarii paulo superante apice 

 postice clavato ; processubus stigmaticis inflexis crassis brevibus 

 antice rotundatis, autherae canalibus paulo long-ioribus ascen- 

 dentibus, staminodiis, clavatis bene evolutis, „rostello truncato 

 anthera longiore." (Ldl.) — Flores 1,5—1,7 cm diam. sep. 

 dors. 11 mm longf. 6 — 7 mm lata, later. 1,3 cm longa 5 mm 

 lata, petalor. part. post. 8 — 9 mm, antica 6 mm longa, labelli 

 part. lat. 8 — 9 mm, interm. 1 cm longae, calcar 3—3,5 cm 

 long. rigidum. — Decembri— Februario. 



Habenaria flexa Echb. f. Msc. in herb. Boissier; Krzl. in Englers 

 Jahrb. XVI, 97; Cogn. in Fl. Brasil. III, pars 4, 37 tab. 3, fig. 2; 

 — Bonatea /lexuosa Lindl. G. et Sp. Orch. 328 (1835)\ — Hdbcnaria 

 flexuosa Echb. f. in Flora XLIII (1865) 180 non Lindley. 



var. Rodriguesii Cogn. I. c. 



„Caulis robustiusculus 3—4 dcm altus, apice 1—2 florus 



