Ilahenaria.'] cxxxiii. orchide^ (rolfe). 213 



slightly longer and broader than the side lobes ; disc fleshy and with a 

 short broad tooth in front of the spur; spur oblong-globose, ^ lin. long, 

 Stigmatic processes sessile, rounded. Anther channels nearly obsolete ; 

 glands large, subglobose. Rostellum broadly oblong, obtuse, h lin. long, 

 with the minute stigmatic lobes at its base. — Kranzl. in Engl. Jahrb. 

 xvi. 176. Montolivoea elegans, Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. ii. 107 • Benth 

 et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. G27. 



Wile Iiand. Abyssinia : Begemeder ; Debra Tabor, 8500 ft., Tigre v. Begemeder, 

 SeUmper, 1268 ! 1321 ! Semen ; on the road from Debra Ercis to Woina, 7000-°80OO ft., 

 Schimper, 625 ! 



Remarkable for the large rostellum with minute stigmas at the base, also for the 

 large glands. Habit of Herminium, but the stigma is different, and it seems to have 

 no near affinities. 



6. H. debilis. Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 221. Plant 

 3 J-8 in. high. Leaves 2, subradical, lanceolate-oblong, acute, attenuate 

 at the base, 3-3 J in. long, 4-7 lin. broad ; sheaths about two, small. 

 Scapes pubescent above. Racemes |-2 in. long, few- to many-flowered. 

 Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 2 lin. long. Pedicels 3 lin. long, pube- 

 scent. Dorsal sepal broadly ovate, obtuse, 1 lin. long ; lateral obliquely 

 ovate, obtuse, 1 lin. long. Petals ovate, obtuse, rather smaller than the 

 sepals. Lip a little exceeding the sepals, trilobed ; lobes linear-oblong, 

 obtuse ; front lobe a little longer than the side lobes ; spur 1 lin. long, 

 a little narrowed at the apex. Stigmatic processes curved, ascending, 

 very short. Anther channel scarcely exserted. Rostellum minute. — 

 Kranzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 158. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons, 5000-7000 ft., Mann, 2127! 



7. H. Rendlei, Rolfe. Stem 9-12 in. high, 3-4-leaved in the 

 middle. Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, acute, lJ-4 in. long, lJ-3 

 lin. broad. Spikes 2-4 J in. long, narrow, many-flowered. Bracts ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, 4-G in. long. Pedicels 2 lin. long. Dorsal sepal 

 ovate-oblong, obtuse, 2 J lin. long ; lateral erect, oblique, semicor- 

 date-ovate, subacute or apiculate, 2| lin. long. Petals ovate-oblong, 

 obtuse, 2 J lin. long. Lip 3 lin. long, shortly and broadly unguiculate, 

 then trilobed ; each side of the claw shortly cordate-auriculate ; lobes 

 fleshy, linear, subacute ; side lobes diverging ; front lobe broader and 

 about twice as long as the side lobes ; spur broadly oblong, 1 lin. long. 

 Stigmatic processes deflexed, oblong, parallel, ^ lin. long. Anther 

 channels scarcely developed. Rostellum broadly obovate, quadrate, 

 truncate, J lin. long, and more than that broad. — H. peristyloideSy 

 Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1895, 294 (not A. Rich.). 



Wile Xiand. British East Africa: Ruwenzori, sunny hillsides, 6000-7000 ft., 

 Scott-Elliot, 7646 ! 



This has much narrower leaves than the Abyssinian S. peristi/loides, A. Rich., to 

 which it has been referred. 



8. H. microceras, Hook./, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 221. Plant 

 1-2 J ft. high. Leaves cauline, elliptical^ subacute, H-4 in. long, 4-!! 

 in. broad. Racemes 4-10 in. long, rather dense, many-flowered. Bracts 



