TAB. 42. 



Tribe Ophrydea. 



Sub-tribe Habenarie^. 



Genus Habenaria. 



Habenaria arenaria, Lindley in Gen. ^^ Sp. Orch. (1835), 

 p. 817. — Herba gracilis erecta glabra 25-48 cm. alta ; folia bina 

 radicalia, oblong-a acuta, basi in petiolum vag-inatum attenuata, 

 marginibus undulatis, leviter nervosa patentia, vel vix adscen- 

 dentia, 6-20 cm. longa, 8-6 cm. lata ; scapus erectus substrictus, 

 vaginis 2-5 sub-distantibus vestitus ; racemus laxe 12-15florus, 

 G-15 cm. long-US, floribus patentibus \^el arcuato-adscendentibus, 

 pedicellis cum ovario 1-5-3 cm. longis ; bracteae lanceolata; 

 acuminata ovario pedicellato multo breviores ; sepala lateralia 

 oblique ovato-oblonga acuminata cum sepalo impari maculis 

 hyalinis conspersa, 0*5 cm. longa, impari late ovato, paullo breviore; 

 petala circuitu ovato-lanceolata concava, sepalo posteriori leviter 

 adhaerentia ; labellum Bpartitum, segmentis linearibus, lateralibus 

 patentibus, petalis cequilongis, intermedio parum longiore la- 

 tioreque, basi in calcar pendulum tiliforme saepius ovario pedicellato 

 aequilongum productum, calcaris orificio processu erecto dentiformi 

 prasditum ; clinandrium subtruncatum ; rostellum Sfidum, seg- 

 mentis lateralibus brevibus, intermedio tere duplo longiore 

 latioreque ; processus stigmatiferi brevissimi. (^.v exempli, 

 pluribus vivis exsiccatisque). — Bonatea micrantha, Lindley, Gen. 

 & Sp. Orch. (1S85), p. 32<) ; //. micrantha, Reichb. f. in " Flora'' 

 (1865),/.. 180. 



Hab. : South-western Region ; Cape Colony: near Knysna, 

 fl. k^rW, Miss C. i\c7mligalc.'—K.aiYroo Region ; near Graaf Reinet, 

 alt. 7G0 met., fl. June, growing under bushes, Bolus, 83!— South- 

 eastern Region ; in woods, near Komgha, fl. April, alt. 600 met., 

 H. G. Flanagan., 823 \ ; Boschberg, near Somerset East, P. 

 MacOwan ! — Trans-Vaal : near Barberton, tl. April-May, alt. 

 8^0-1220 met., W. Ctdver, 37-38! 



Plate 42. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, one of the side 

 sepals ; 3, odd sepal ; 4, one of the petals; 5, one o^ the side 

 lobes of the lip from another flower ; 6, column and lip (the spur 

 cut off below) and one petal ; 7, portion of lip at base, shewing 

 orifice of spur and erect tooth-like process in front of it ; 8, column 



