212 cxxxiii. ORCHiDE^ (rolfe). [Habenaria. 



channels stout, about j lin. long. Rostellum oblong, J lin. long. — 

 Kriinzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 21 o. 



Zaower Guinea. Angola: Quango River, Mechow, 535a (ex Krdnzlin). 



IVIozarab. Bist. British Central Africa: Zambesiland, Kirk! Nyasaland ; 

 Shire lii^hhuids, common in marshy places, Buchanan, 312 ! and without precise 

 locality, Buchanan, 472! 542! 



i>. H. stenochila, TAndl. in Joum. Linn. Soc. vi. 139. Plant 1-2 

 ft. high. Stem leafy. Leaves oblong or elliptic-oblong, acute or 

 shortly acuminate, 2-4J in. long, |-lf in. broad. Racemes 1J-3J in. 

 long, dense -flowered. Bracts lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 J-1 ixk. long. Pedicels 6-10 lin. long. Plowers white, very fragrant, 

 l^orsal sepal ovate-lanceolate, subobtuse, 4 lin. long ; lateral obliquely 

 semiovate, subacute, 4^-5 lin. long. Petals suboblique, ovate-oblong, 

 Avith a rounded basal angle in front, subobtuse, 4 lin. long. Lip 

 simple, elongate-linear, obtuse, 5 J lin. long ; spur cylindrical, slightly 

 curved, 1-1 A in. long. Stigmatic processes subclavate-linear, subacute, 

 slightly curved, 1-J lin. long. Anther channels linear, curved, 2 lin. 

 long. Rostellum subulate, h lin. long. — Kriinzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 

 21G. 



Iio-wrer Guinea. Princes Island, Barter, 1995 ! 



4. H. leonensis, Kriinzl. ex Durand <£• Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 

 80. Stem 10 in. high, leafy above, squamate below. Leaves long 

 sheathing, oblong or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 3J-4J in. long, 

 J-l J in. broad. Racemes short, 3-5-flowered. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute or acuminate, 3-6 lin. long. Pedicels 7-8 lin. long. Plowers 

 white. Dorsal sepal broadly oblong, obtuse, 4 lin. long ; lateral 

 obliquely oblong, subobtuse or apiculate, 4| lin. long. Petals elliptic- 

 oblong, obtuse, 3 J lin. long. Lip linear from a broader, rectangular 

 J)ase, 6 lin. long; spur cylindrical, curved, IJ-lJ in. long; apex 

 xiistinctly bifid. Stigmatic processes hnear, curved, 1 lin. long. 

 Anther channels about as long as the stigmas. Rostellum triangular, 

 subacute, about }, lin. long. — II. Candida, Lindl. ex Kranzl. in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xvi. 217 (not Dalzell). 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone ; cultivated specimen, Loddiges ! Sugarloaf 

 Mountain, Preuss (ex Krdnzlin). 



The name H. leonensis, is not given by Kriinzlin in his Monograph, but as Durand 

 & Schinz omit H. Candida, Lindl., I have no doubt that this is what they intended, 

 especially as the page cited agrees. 



5. H. Montolivoea, Kranzl. ex Engl. Hochgeb. Fl. Trop. Afr. 

 183. Tuber roundish-oblong, 6-7 lin. long. Stem G-12 in. high, 4-5- 

 leaved. Leaves ovate-oblong, subobtuse or apiculate, f-l|^ in. long, 

 5-7 lin. broad, the upper gradually passing over into the bracts. 

 Racemes ll-2h in. long, rather dense, many-flowered. Bracts ovate or 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute, 1J-2J lin. long. Pedicels 1^-2 lin. long. 

 Sepals ovate, acute or apiculate, 1 lin. long. Petals ovate-oblong, sub- 

 obtuse, 1 hn. long. Lip 1 lin. long, shortly trilobed from a broad base ; 

 side lobes falcate-oblong, subobtuse ; front lobe triangular, obtuse, 



