HabeTuiHa.'] cxxxiii. orchide.e (rolfe). 217 



linear, obtuse, 4-6 in. long. Racemes lax, many- flowered. Bracts 

 subulate, as long as the pedicels. Flowers minute, ichneumon-like, 

 yellowisli-green. Dorsal sepal ovate, acute, erect ; lateral larger than 

 the dorsal, retrorse, falcate. Petals simple, falcate, forming a hood 

 with the dorsal sepal. Lip tripartite; side lobes deflexed, filiform, 

 obtuse ; front lobe ascending equal to or twice as long as the side lobes ; 

 spur filiform, compressed, as long as the pedicel. Stigmatic processes 

 acute, deflexed. Anther channels short, erect. Capsule oblong. — 

 Kranzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 170. Orchis JUicoimis, Thonn. in Schumach. 

 Beskr. Guin. PI. 397. 



Upper Guinea. Thonning. 



Only known to me from the published descriptions. 



18. H. chlorotica, Reichh.f. in Flm-a, 1865, 178. Plant 15-18 in 

 high, rather slender. Leaves about 3, narrowly linear, acute, 1 J-2J in. 

 long. Racemes 6 in. long, lax, subsecund. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, 3-5 lin. long. Pedicels 4-6 lin. long. Dorsal sepal ovate, 

 obtuse, 2 lin. long; lateral falcate-oblong, obtuse, 3 lin. long. Petals 

 falcate, lanceolate, subacute, forming a hood with the dorsal sepal, 2 lin. 

 long. Lip tripartite ; lobes linear ; side lobes 4 J lin. long ; front lobe 

 a little longer than the side lobes ; spur 11-13 lin. long, slender, very 

 slightly thickened above, Stigmatic processes linear-oblong, | lin. long. 

 Anther channel slender, J lin. long. Rostellum linear, J lin. long. — 

 Kranzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 145. 



X7pper Guinea. Angola: Huilla; amongst bushes in dry sandy places near a 

 large hippopotamus lake, WelwUsch, 725 ! 



19. H. variabilis, Ridl. in Journ. Bot. 1886, 294. Plant variable 

 in all its parts. Tuber J in. diam. Stem 1-1 J ft. high, stout. Leaves 

 oblong, oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, obtuse, acute or acuminate, 

 appressed to the stem, 4J-5J in. long, %-\\ in. broad, decreasing up- 

 wards and more acute. Racemes dense, ; many-flowered. Bracts 

 ovate, acute or acuminate. Flowers 1-3 lin. diam. Sepals more or 

 less papillose inside ; dorsal ovate, obtuse ; lateral deflexed, oblong, 

 acute. Petals simple, ovate, obtuse or acute, forming a hood with the 

 dorsal sepal, more or less papillose inside. Lip trilobed from a cuneate 

 base ; lobes subequal, oblong-obtuse ; side lobes with the outer margin 

 rounded ; spur filiform, incurved, 7-9 lin. long. Stigmatic processes 

 compressed, tuberculate-dentate in front. Anther channels a little 

 shorter. — Kranzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 144. 



Iffile Iiand. Abyssinia : Begemeder ; Jan Meda, Schimper, 1292 ! Debra Tabor, 

 in pastures, 8500 ft., Schimper, 1265! Mount Guna, 10,000 ft., Schimper, 1304! 

 1333! 



A very variable species. Ridley makes two varieties, parvijlora and acutifolia. I 

 am not sure that all the above belong to a single species. 



20. H. bracteosa, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 292. 

 PUnt about 1 ft. high. Leaves cauline, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic- 

 lanceolate, acute, 2-4 in. long, 7-13 lin. broad, decreasing upwards. 



