TAB. 46. 



Trilu' Ophkyde.'K. 



Sub-tribe Habenakie.e. 



Gciuis Habenaria. 



Habenaria polyphylla, Knicuzlin in Euglcr. Bot. /ahrb., 

 vol. xvi. (1H98), p. 214. — Herba erecta glabra robusta 25-40 cm. 

 alta ; caulis validus foliosus ; folia oblonga vel ovato-oblonga 

 acuta basi vaginantia, 5-10 cm. longa ; racemi dense multitlori, 

 6-14 cm. longi ; bractete foliaceae conspicuae ovatae ovariis pedi- 

 cellatis breviores ; sepala lateralia patentia demum reflexa lanceo- 

 lato-obloiiga 1*2 cm. longa, impar late ellipticum, galeatum, I'l 

 cm. longum ; petala oblique late ovata, margine posteriori plus 

 minus inflexa, sepalum impar aequantia ; labellum porrectum 1"8 

 cm. longum, Bfidum, segmentis lateralibus filiformibus, 0*2 cm. 

 longis, intermedio lineari-oblongo, marginibus revolutis, lateralibus 

 4-Gplo longiore, basi in calcar pendulum apice inflatum ovario 

 pedicellate brevius, productum ; clinandrium oblongum apice 

 rotundatum ; rostellum 81obum, intermedio erecto triangulare 

 obtuso, lateralibus caudiculiferis declinatis brevibus, latiusculis ; 

 process! stigmatiferi sequilongi apice ampliati rotundatique. {Ex 

 exempt, iinico vivo plurihiisque exsiccaiis). — Orchis foliosa, •5'w. in 

 Koiigl. Vet. Acad. Handt. xxi. (1800), p. 206 ; Bonatea follosa, 

 Lindt., Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1835),/). 829; //. foliosa, Reichb. f. 

 in Flora (1865), p. 180, nan Rich. 



Hab. : South-eastern Region ; Cape Coi.onv : near the sea 

 shore. Emerald Hill, near Port Elizabeth ; fl. Jan., Bolus! near 

 the Kowie R. mouth, MacOivan, 548 ! near Kentani, Alice Peskier, 

 864! Engocasi, district Umtata, alt. 1066 met., fl. Feb., Bolus, 

 10287; near Clydesdale, Griqualand East, alt. 660 met., fl. Feb., 

 Tyson, 2045! — Natal: Mrs. K. Saunders! Inanda, fl. Dec, Wood, 

 1018 !— Trans-Vaal : near Barberton, alt. 850 met., fl. Feb., 

 Galpin, 798! near Potchefstroom, fl. Feb., Burtt Davy, 1488! 

 near Pietersburg, alt. 1200 met., fl. Feb., Bolus, 10882!— 

 Orange P'ree State: Witzie's Hoek, alt., 1950 met., fl. Feb., 

 /. Thode, 50 ! 



Plate 46. Fig. 1, flower with bract; 2, lip, side view; 3, 

 ditto, back view ; 4, one of the petals ; 5, column, front view ; 

 6, ditto, side view. 



