TAB. 44. 



Tribe OPHRYDE^. 



Snb-trihc HABENAKIE.-Tt. 



Genus Habenaria. 



Habenaria Bonatea, Rcichb. fil. in Otin Bat. Hmnb. Fnsc. li., 

 parti (1881),/). 101, in obs. — Herba erecta robusta, glabra ;-}0-80 

 cm.alta; caulis validus foliosus ; folia oblonija vel ovato-oblonga 

 acuta vel acuminata, basi vaginantia, 0-15 cm. longa ; racemi 

 dense multiflori, floribus adscendentibus, 10-20 cm. long! ; bracteae 

 conspicuae foliace^e, late ovatse, acuminatae convoluta?, ovariis 

 pedicellatis breviores ; sepala lateralia semi-ovata acuta patentia 

 demum reflexa, l*9-2-2 cm. longa, impar galeatum late ovatum, 

 1"7-1"9 cm. longum ; petala bipartita, segmentis linearibus, 

 posterioribus erectis falcatis, sepalo impari adhaerentibus fequi- 

 longisque, anterioribus liberis angustioribus. 2'2-2*4 cm. longis ; 

 labellum S-B-5 cm. longum, patenti-deflexum Hfidum, segmentis 

 linearibus, acutis, lateralibus 2-2- -5 cm. longis, intermedio paullo 

 breviore abrupte flexo, orificio calcaris processu erecto dentiformi 

 praeditum ; calcar pendulum apice inflatum ovarium pedicellatum 

 aequans ; clinandrium erectum cucullatum, a latere visum falcatum 

 apiculatum, 0-9-1 cm. longum ; rostellum paullo brevius, liberum 

 cucullatum complicatum, manu explanatum circuitu suborbiculare, 

 Slobum, parte libera brachiorum caudiculiferorum brevi, lobo 

 intermedio longiore obtuso, interstitiis ciliolatis ; pollinia clavata, 

 glandulis parvis ; processus stigmatiferi porrecti lineares, apice 

 parum dilatati rotundatique, lB-1-6 cm. longi ; ovarium cum 

 pedicello 4-5 cm. longum. {Ex exettipll. pluribus exsiccatis et 

 unico vivo). — Orchis Speciosa, I.inn.,f. Suppl. (1781), 401; Thunb., 

 Flor. Cap. (1823), 5. Bonatea speciosa, Willd., Spec. Plant, iv. 

 (1805), 48 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2926 ; Lodd. Cab. t. 284. H. robusta, 

 A\ E. Brown in Gard. Chron. xxiv. (1885),/). 807. 



h\ab. : Cape Colony : South-western Region ; near Darling, 

 fl. Oct., L. Peringuey! (No. 18458 in my herb.) ; near Mossel Bay, 

 fl. Oct., Burchell, G321 ! South-eastern Region ; among rocks 

 near the Kei R., alt. 450 met., fl. Jan., H. G. Flanagan, 647! 

 Natal : without exact locality, /. M. Wood, 969 !. Trans-Vaal ; 

 near Potchefstroom,/. H. McLea! (No. 8038 in my herb.) ; near 

 Rustenburg, alt. 1370 met., fl. April, Miss Nation, 184 ! 



