214 cxxxiii. ORCHIDE^ (rolfe). [ffabenao'ia. 



oblong-lanceolate, acute, 3-5 lin. long. Pedicels 2-3 lin. long. Flowers 

 green. Sepals ovate-oblong, obtuse, IJ lin. long. Petals oblong, 

 obtuse, 1} lin. long. Lip fleshy, trilobed, IJ lin. long; side lobes 

 oblong, obtuse, a little narrower and longer than the front lobe, slightly- 

 incurved ; front lobe triangular, distinctly keeled in front ; spur linear- 

 oblong, obtuse, slightly curved, h lin. long. Stigmatic processes sub- 

 sessile, rounded, obtuse, diverging. Anther channels very short or 

 scarcely exserted. Rostellum minute and tooth-like. — Kranzl. in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xvi. 142. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : 7000-10,000 ft., Mann, 2116 ! Johnston, 31 ! 32 ! 

 Prenss, 967. 



0. H. combusta, Eidl. in Journ. Bot. 1886, 294. Tuber ovoid,. 

 ^ in. long, 4J lin. broad. Stem 4|-8 in. high with 1 or 2 short, acute, 

 basal sheaths, and 2 to 4 leaves above. Leaves oblong or linear-oblong, 

 acute, Ij-ol in. long, 4-7 lin. broad. Racemes dense-flowered, 1 J-2 in. 

 long. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate or aristate-acuminate, 4-8 lin. long. 

 Pedicels 2^—3 lin. long. Dorsal sepal ovate, acute, mucronate, 1 J-2 lin. 

 long; lateral oblique, upright, not deflexed, 2J-3 lin. long. Petals 

 ovate-oblong, very obtuse, shorter than the lip, as long as the dorsal 

 sepal. Lip with cordately auricled base, tripartite ; side lobes linear- 

 falcate, obtuse, lJ-2 lin. long ; front lobe straight, twice as broad and 

 twice as long as the side lobes; spur saccate-oblong, J-J lin. long. 

 Stigmatic process short, rounded, deflexed. Anther channels very 

 short. Rostellum minute, triangular. — Kranzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 

 141. 



IVile Iiand. Abyssinia: Begemeder ; Mount Guna, 10,000 ft., Schimper, 1312! 



10. H. peristyloides, A. Rich, in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 2, xiv. 270, 

 t. 17, fig. 3. Stem 1 ft. or more high, base sheathed, middle leafy. 

 Leaves oval-lanceolate, acute. Racemes elongate, somewhat lax- 

 flowered. Bracts oval-lanceolate, very acute, convolute, as long as the 

 flower. Sepals connivent, galeate ; dorsal oval, obtuse, cucullate ; 

 lateral ascending, ovate, very acute. Petals simple, as long as the 

 sepals, oboval, obtuse. Lip subcordate at the base, tripartite above ; 

 side lobes diverging, linear, obtuse ; front lobe twice as long and twice 

 as broad as the side lobes, linear, obtuse ; spur clavate, half as long as 

 the lip. Stigmatic processes contiguous, appressed to the lip, obtuse, 

 canaliculate-concave. Anther channels very short. — A. Rich. Tent. Fl. 

 Abyss, ii. 201 ; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. iii. 586 ; Kranzl. in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xvi. 168. 



Wile Ziand. Abyssinia : Tigre ; Mount Sholoda and Mount Semayata, near 

 Adowa, Quart in-Dillon. 



Only known to me from the published descriptions. 



11. H. cardiochila, Kranzl. ex Engl. Hochgeb. Fl. Trop. Afr. 182 

 (name only) ; Krihizl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 144. Tuber 9-14 lin. long, 

 7 lin. broad. Stem strong, 20 in. high, 4 lin. broad ; base clothed 

 with several gaping sheaths ; the upper part leafy up to the raceme. 



