Ifabenaria,] cxxxiii. orchide^ (rolfe). 211 



1. Hi. calcarata, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 355. Plant 

 slender, over 1 ft. high. Leaves 3-4, basal, oblbng-lanceolate, acute or 

 apiculate, 1-1 J in. long, 4-6 lin. broad. Upper part of the stem and 

 the inflorescence glandular-pilose. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 2 J-31 

 lin. long. Pedicels glandular-pubescent, 2J Un. long. Flowers deep 

 rose. Dorsal sepal ovate, acute, IJ lin. long; lateral ligulate, acute, 

 IJ lin. long; all muriculate-puberulous outside. Petals rhomboid- 

 ligulate, acute, 1 J lin. long. Lip ligulate, acute ; spur cylindrical, 1 J 

 lin. long, slightly thickened above the base. Column very short. 

 Stigmatic processes linear-oblong, short. Anther channels minute. 

 Rostellum reduced to a very small tooth. — Benth. & Hook, f . Gen. PI. 

 iii. 627. Stenoglottis calcarata, Reichb. f. in Flora, 1865, 180. 

 Barlcea calcarata, Reichb. f. in Linnsea, xli. 54. 



DLo-wer Guinea. Angola : near Huilla, Welwitsch, 733 ! not 233 as quoted by 

 Reichenbach. 



Reichenbach at first referred this to Stenoglottis^ and afterwards made a new genus, 

 JBarlcea, for its reception. Bentham classified it as an anomalous Sahenaria, but its 

 exact aflSnity still remains doubtful. 



2. H. zambesina, Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hanib. ii. 96. Plant 

 stout, over 2 ft. high. Leaves cauline, amplexicaul, oblong or ovate- 

 oblong, subobtuse or apiculate, 2-4 J in. long, j-1 J in. broad, decreasing 

 upwards. Racemes cylindrical, 4-8 in. long, dense-flowered. Bracts 

 lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 6-10 lin. long. Pedicels 7-8 

 lin. long. Sepals broadly ovate, apiculate, 2J-3 lin. long. Petals 

 suborbicular-ovate, rather shorter than the sepals. Lip entire, linear- 

 oblong, obtuse or apiculate, 3-3J lin. long; spur cylindrical, lJ-2 in. 

 long. Stigmatic processes subclavate-linear, IJ lin. long. Anther 



