Habenaria.] cxxxiii. orchide^ (rolfe). 215 



Leaves 5-6, upright, long and ample-sheathed, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 

 4 J in. long, 14 lin. broad. Racemes cylindrical, dense-flowered, 5 in. 

 long. Bracts ovate, acuminate, a little longer than the flowers. 

 Flowers white, 3 J lin. diam. Dorsal sepal oblong, acute; lateral 

 ovate, acute, oblique, erect, connivent, flat. Petals simple, oblong, 

 obtuse ; apex rounded, flat. Lip trilobed ; base pandurate or cordate, 

 with 2 rounded auricles ; side lobes linear, falcate, recurved ; front lobe 

 linear, slightly broader, 3 J lin. long ; apex rounded, obtuse ; spur 

 cylindrical, pendulous, as long as the pedicel and lip. Stigmatic 

 processes parallel to the base of the lip, incumbent, rounded in front. 

 Anther channels very short. Rostellum small, obtuse. 



xrile Iband. Abyssinia : Tigre ; Abba Gerima, near Adowa, on mountains, 

 6800 ft., ScUmper. 



Only known to me from the original description. 



12. H. tenuispica, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1895, 293. Plant 

 slender, 2 ft. or more high, distantly-leaved. Leaves elongate- 

 linear, acuminate, the lower sheathing, the upper amplexicaul, 

 4-7 in. long, 4-6 lin. broad. Bracts lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, 3-5 lin. long. Pedicels 4-5 lin. long. Sepals 1 lin. long ; 

 dorsal broadly ovate, obtuse, concave ; lateral ovate-oblong, obtuse, 

 reflexed. Petals ovate-oblong, concave, 1 lin. long. Lip Ij lin. long, 

 trilobed ; side lobes rather narrower and shorter than the front, 

 diverging ; front lobe linear-oblong, obtuse ; spur cylindrical, a little 

 dilated above, 2J lin. long. Stigmatic processes stout, subsessile, J lin. 

 long. Anther channel very short. Rostellum very short and tooth- 

 like. 



ITile Kand. British East Africa : Ruwenzori, Butagu, 9000 ft., Scott-Elliot y 

 7952! 



13. H. Erythrsese, Rolfe. Plant 1;^ ft. high. Tubei's oblong, 

 8-10 lin. long. Leaves cauline, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute 

 or acuminate, 2-3J in. long, 5-9 lin. broad. Racemes 5-6 in. long, 

 lax. Bracts lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 4-9 lin. long. 

 Pedicels 5-7 lin. long. Dorsal sepal ovate-oblong, subobtuse. If lin. 

 long ; lateral falcate-oblong, subobtuse, 2-2 5 Hn. long. Petals simple, 

 oblong, subobtuse, nearly as long as the dorsal sepal and forming a 

 galea with it. Lip tripartite ; lobes subfiliform, subobtuse ; lateral lobes 

 lJ-2 lin. long; front lobe 2i lin. long; spur filiform, very sUghtly 

 thickened near the apex, 7 lin. long. Stigmatic processes clavate- 

 oblong, 1 lin. long. Anther channels as long as the ytigmas. 

 Rostellum triangular-subulate, h Hn. long. — H. ichneiLmonifoi^nis, 

 Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii^ App. ii. 88, 112 (not Ridl.). 



Nile Iiand. Eritrea : Ginda, 2900 ft., Schtveinfurth, 123. Above Salomone, on 

 the way to Maldi, 2600 ft., Schweinfurth, 164 ! 



Distinct from the Madagascar H. ichneiimoniformis, Ridl., to which it is referred 

 by Schweinfurth. 



