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CXXXIII. ORCHIDE^ (rOLFE). 



[ffabenaria. 



Racemes lax. 



Lobes of lip oval-lanceolate . 

 Lobes of lip filiform or narrow. 

 Front lobe of lip longer than the 



side lobes 

 Lobes of lip equal . 

 Western species. 

 Side lobes of lip l^ lin. long . 

 Side lobes of lip reduced to minute teeth 

 Spur slender or subclavate, l|-4 in. long. 

 Racemes many-flowered. 



Side lobes of lip linear, 5-7 lin. long . 

 Side lobes of lip minute and tooth-like 

 Racemes few-flowered. 



Leaves radical or subradical. 

 Lobes of lip 5-6 lin. long 

 Lobes of lip about 1 in. long . 

 ' Leaves cauline. 



Sepals ovate or obovate, obtuse 

 Sepals oblong-lanceolate, acute 

 Spur elongate, 6-6^ in. long 

 **Leaves radical, suborbicular 

 Side lobes of lip fimbriate or pectinate. 



Spur 4|-6 in. long. ..... 



Spur ^-2 in. long: 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, ovate or ovate- 

 oblong (Abyssinian or Eastern 

 species). 

 Dorsal sepal 3-5 lin. long. 



Sepals subequal .... 



Lateral sepals somewhat longer than 

 the dorsal. 

 Side lobes of lip deeply fimbriate 



at the apex 

 Side lobes of lip pectinate along 

 the outer margin 

 Lateral sepals much larger than the 

 dorsal ..... 



Dorsal sepal 8-12 lin. long. 

 Spur 1^-1^ in. long. 

 Claw of lip 2^ lin. long 

 Claw of lip 5 lin. long 

 Spur 10 lin. long .... 



Leaves linear-oblong (Western species) . 

 Petals bllobed or bipartite. 

 Leaves suborbicular, radical. 

 Sepals acute or acuminate. 

 Leaves two. 



Spur clavate, 6 lin. long . . 

 Spur cylindrical, l|-2 in, long. 

 Raceme dense, many-flowered . 

 Raceme few, and distant-flowered 

 Spur cylindrical, 3-5 in. long. 



Stigmatic processes 2-2| lin. long . 



21. H. distantifiora. 



22. E. deflexa. 



23. H. tridactyla. 



24. a. Schinzii. 



25. M. epipactidea. 



26. S. procera. 



27. S. hircina. 



28. S. gahonensis. 



29. H. eburnea. 



30. S. Staudtii. 



31. H. Milnei. 



32. H. Psiloceras. 



33. S. vaginata. 



34. jET. enqleriana. 



35. H. tricruris. 



36. H. decorata. 



37. H. quartiniana. 



38. H. anisoptera. 



39. H. macrantha. 



40. H. splendens. 



41. H. prastans. 



42. H. Mannii. 



43. S. calva. 



44. H. stylites. 



45. H. Mechowii. 



46. H. suharmata. 



