TAB. 43. 



Tribe Ophryde^. 



Sub-tribe Habenarie^. 



Genus Habenaria. 



Habenaria clavata, Reichenhach, fil. in ''Flora'' (1865), 

 p. 180, — Herba erecta glabra robusta, 25-50 cm. alta ; folia ad- 

 scendentia imbricata ovato-oblonga, acuta, basi vaginantia, 7-15 

 cm. longa, sensim in vaginas cucullatus mutata ; racemi pauci 

 vel dense multiflori, floribus adscendentibus longe pedicellatis, 10- 

 20 cm. longi ; bracteae ovato-oblongas, ovariis pedicellatis fere 

 duplo breviores ; sepala patentia, vel lateralia demum reflexa, 

 concava semi-obovata, sub-acuta, 1*7 cm. longa, impari oblongo 

 obtuso, 1*4 cm. longo ; petala bipartita, segmentis anguste line- 

 aribus, posterioribus sepalo impari adhaerentibus aequilongisque, 

 anterioribus liberis arcuato-incurvis, duplo longioribus ; labellum 

 tripartitum, laciniis anguste linearibus, lateralibus sepalo impari 

 aequilongis, intermedio paullo longiore, basi in calcar pendulum, 

 apice clavato-inflatum, ovario pedicellate sequilongum productum ; 

 clinandrium ovatum obtusum ; rostellum tri-partitum, segmento 

 intermedio sublanceolato, 0*2 cm. longo ; brachiis caudiculiferis 

 porrectis, intermedio 6plo longioribus ; pollinia sphaeroidea, 

 glandulis minutis ; processus stigmatiferi, brachiis caudiculiferis 

 cequilongi, apice excavati ; ovarium cum pedicello arcuato in- 

 curvum, 3-5 cm. longum. {^Ex exenipl. unico vivo, phiribiisqiie 

 exsiccatis). — Bonatea clauata, Lindl. in Hook Cotnp. Bot. Mag., 

 vol. ii. (1836), p. 208. 



Hab. : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : Grassy flat 

 near Kei R. mouth, fl. Jan., alt. 60 met., H. G. Flanagan ; Dohne 

 Hill, fl. March, T. R. Sim, 44! ; Trans- Vaal : Saddleback Mt., 

 near Barberton, 1400 met., fl. Feb., E. Galpin, 801 ! near Kokstad, 

 1500 met., fl. Feb., Tyson in herb. Norm. Austr. Afr., 451 ! ; 

 Natal: /. Sanderson, 489 ! ; Orange R. Colony: Bester's Vlei., 

 1600 met., fl. Jan., Bolus, 13459 ! ; Trans-Vaal : Rocky Mountains, 

 Houtbosch, district Petersburg, alt. 1400 met., fl. Feb., Bolus, 

 10974 ! grassy places, Wonderfontein, near the railway station, 

 alt. 1800 met. , fl. Jan. Bolus, 12310 ! 



Plate 43. Fig. 1, reduced sketch of plant ; 2, raceme, 

 natural size ; 3, flower, front view ; 4, ditto, side view sepals, the 



