Rabenaria.] cxxxiii, orchide^ (rolfe). 223 



35. H. tricruris, Reichh. f. in Bortplandia, iii. 214. Stem 8-12 

 in. high, with 1 or 2 open-mouthed sheaths at the base, leafy above. 

 Leaves 3-4, ovate or ovate-oblong, apiculate, 2|-3J in. long, IJ-l.V in. 

 broad, the upper close to the raceme. E,acemes 5-8-flowered. Bracts 

 large,, leafy, oblong, acute, exceeding the pedicels, j-1 in. long. 

 Sepals ovate-oblong, obtuse or apiculate, 5 lin. long. Petals oblong, 

 connivent with the dorsal sepal, margins minutely ciliolate. Lip 

 trilobed, puberulous ; side lobes pectinate outside, about as long as 

 the front lobe ; front lobe subspathulate-linear, obtuse, entire, broader 

 than the side lobes, with an elevated middle line, G lin. long ; spur 

 cylindrical, curved, | in. long. Stigmatic processes very short, globose. 

 Anther channels porrect, as long as the stigmatic processes. Rostellum 

 triangular, obtuse, shorfc. — Kranzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 194. PUvt- 

 anthera tricruris, A. Rich, in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 2, xiv. 265, t. 16 

 fig. 1. 



JTlle iLand. Abyssinia: Tigre; Mt. Sholoda, near Adowa, Quart in- D illo n ! 

 Semen ; mountain sides between Endjedcap and Shoata, Schimper, 1255 ! and without 

 precise locality, Schimper, 623 ! 



36. H. decorata, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 294. 

 Plant 6-9 in. high. Leaves 3-4, cauline, ovate-lanceolate to oblong- 

 lanceolate, subacute or acute, 1-3 in. long, 6-11 lin. broad. Racemes 

 short, 2-7- rarely 1-flowered. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute, l-l^V in. 

 long. Pedicels |-1 in. long. Dorsal sepal ovate, obtuse, pubescent, 

 4 lin. long ; lateral suboblique, ovate-oblong, apiculate, 4J-5 lin. long. 

 Petals subobliquely ovate-oblong, subobtuse, 4 lin. long. Lip deeply 

 trilobed; side lobes divaricate, subfalcate-oblong, 8 lin. long, apex 

 divided into about 5 filiform segments ; front lobe triangular-linear, 

 subobtuse, 6 J lin. long; spur slender, 1-1 J in. long. Stigmatic pro- 

 cesses thick, straight, about 2 lin. long, confluent with the anther cells 

 and not exceeding them. Rostellum very shortly triangular and obtuse. 

 Anther cells widely diverging below. — Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. iii. 

 587 ; Kranzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 192. 



MTlle Iiand. Abyssinia : Semen : Mount Bachit, a little below Endjedcap, 

 Schimper, 1253 ! and without precise locality, Schimper, 629 ! Begemeder; Mount 

 Guna, 10,000 ft., Schimper, 1306 ! 



37. H. quartiniana, A. Rich, in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 2, xiv. 271, 

 t. 17, Jig. 4. Plant 1-1:^ ft. high. Leaves cauline, elliptic-oblong to 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, 2-3 in. long, J-lJ in. broad. Racemes 3-4 

 in. long, with few large flowers. Bracts ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, 

 leaf -like, 1-1 J in. long. Pedicels 6-9 lin. long. Dorsal sepal triangular- 

 ovate, subobtuse, 3 lin. long; lateral semiovate-oblong, subfalcate, 

 apiculate, 3J lin. long. Petals obliquely semiovate or cordately lobed 

 on one side, obtuse, 3 lin. long. Lip (1-7 lin. long, deeply trilobed ; 

 side lobes divided on the outer side into about 9 slender filaments ; 

 front lobe linear-lanceolate, acuminate; spur cylindrical, U-iJ lii^* 

 long. Column bipartite ; arms diverging. Stigmatic process stout, 

 1 J lin. long ; stigmas oblique, 1 lin. long. Anthers adnate to the base 



