224 cxxxiii. ORCHiDE.t; (rolfe). [Ilabenaria. 



of the arms ; channels slender, free part 1 lin. long. Rostellum with 

 the middle lobe obsolete.— A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 298, t. 86 ; 

 Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. iii. 587; Kriinzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 190; 

 Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 88, 112. 



XTile Iiand. Abyssinia : Tigre ; Mount Sholoda, near Adowa, Qtiartin-Dillon, 

 104 ! 110 ! the latter mixed with a Lissochilus in fruit. Semen ; mountain side* 

 towards Shoata, *SVA«m^er, 1349 1 Eritrea: Ginda, near Girsa, 2400 ft., Schwein- 

 furth, 442 ! Mt. Savur, above Filfll, 4900 ft., Schiveinfurth, 163. 



The stigmatic arms are stouter and shorter than in Richard's figure. 



88. H. anisoptera, Eeichh. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. ii. 101. Plant 

 strong. Stem 18 in. high, densely leafy. Leaves ovate, acute, 

 amplexicaul, the largest 4| in. long, Ij in. broad, decreasing upwards 

 into the bracts. Racemes 4^ in. long, many-flowered. Bracts ovate," 

 acuminate, 9-14 lin. long, slightly longer than the flowers. Flowers, 

 excluding the lip, h in. diam. Dorsal sepal small, triangular ; lateral 

 very large, oblong, acute. Petals triangular, arcuate, base extended 

 into an obtuse angle, minutely ciliate, with a pair of nerves outside the 

 median one. Lip tripartite ; lobes 7 lin. long ; side lobes linear, 

 pectinate outside, with 2-9 segments ; front lobe linear, acute ; spur 

 2 in. long. Stigmatic processes large, produced, retuse. — Kranzl. in 

 Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 192. 



Srile Iiand. Abyssinia : Begemeder ; Mount Debra Tabor, 8400 ft., Sckimper, 

 1320! 



39. H. macrantha, Ilochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Ahyss. ii. 294, 

 t. 87. Plant 1-2 j ft. high. Leaves cauline, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, 2-0 in. long, 1-1 J in. broad. Racemes 3-7 in. long, usually 

 many- flowered. Bracts ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute, leaf -like, f-1 J in. 

 long. Pedicels 4-I4- in. long. Dorsal sepal ovate, apiculate, 10 lin. 

 long; lateral subobliquely ovate-oblong, apiculate, 10-11 lin. long. 

 Petals lanceolate-oblong, subobtuse or apiculate, 9 lin. long. Lip 

 shortly and broadly clawed, trilobed ; claw 2 J- lin. long; lobes 9-11 lin. 

 long; side lobes with the outer margin broken up into 8-10 fili- 

 form segments, front lobe linear, subacute ; spur cylindrical, curved, 

 1-J-l.V lin. long. Column bipartite; arms ^ in. long; stigmatic pro- 

 cesses with oblique apex. Anther cells widely separated by a broad 

 connective; caudicles slender, free part \}y lin. long. Rostellum with 

 middle lobe obsolete. — Reichb. f. in. Walp. Ann. iii. 587 ; Kranzl. in 

 Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 190 ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 88. 



Wile Xiand. Abyssinia : Wodjerat Prov., Quartin-Billon Sf Petit, 102 ! Semen ; 

 between Endjedcap and Shoata, Schimper, 1256 ! Begemeder ; mountains at Debra 

 Tabor, 8400 ft., Schimper, 1322 ! and without precise locality, EiippeU, Schimper, 

 608! 626! 



Also found in Arabia, according to Schweinfurth. 



40. H. splendens, Bendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 395. Plant 

 1-1 J ft. high. Leaves cauline, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute, 2-4 in. 

 long, 1-1 J in. broad, decreasing upwards into the bracts. Bracts 

 ovate, acute, 1-1 J in. long. Pedicels 1-1 1 in. long. Dorsal sepal 

 ovate, subacute, 1 in. long ; lateral subobliquely ovate-oblong, apiculate. 



