22 G cxxxiii. ORCHiDE.-E (rolfe). [Ilabencivia . 



lobe, 2 lin. long. Rostellum with front lobe obsolete. — Kriinzl. in 

 Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 190. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroon Mountains, 5000-9000 ft., Mann, 2119 ! Johnsfuu, 

 87 ! Freziss, 892 (ex Kranzlui). 



43. H. calva, Ilolfe. Tuber ovate-oblong, 8 lin. long, .") lin. broad. 

 Leaves 2, basal, horizontal, suborbicular or broadly ovate-orbicular, 

 1 i-l| in. long, 1 J— 2 in. broad. Scapes about 1 ft. high, with numerous 

 triangular-lanceolate, acuminate, bract-like sheaths. Bracts narrowly 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 4-7 lin. long. Pedicels 5-7 lin. long. 

 Dorsal sepal ovate, acute, 2^ lin. long ; lateral obliquely ovate-oblong, 

 with curved, acuminate apex, 3 lin. long. Petals bipartite ; posterior 

 lobe falcate-lanceolate, subobtuse, 2 lin. long ; anterior lobe falcate- 

 linear, If lin. long. Lip tripartite, with short entire base ; lobes 

 linear; side lobes 2| lin. long, somewhat divaricate ; front lobe 3| lin. 

 long; spur clav-ate," 5-G lin. long. Stigmatic processes subclavate- 

 linear, 1 J lin. long. Anther channels free from the side lobes of the 

 rostellum, and each about li lin. long; middle lobe of the rostellum 

 very minute, tooth-like. — //. dregeccna, var. calva, Keichb. f . in Flora, 

 18G5, 179. H. dregeana, Kninzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 149, in part 

 (not Lindl.). 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; between Monino and Lake Ivantala, in 

 shady woods, very rare, Welivitsch, 732 ! 



44. H. stylites, Reichb. /. d- S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1878, I'M]. 

 Plant IJ-lJ ft. high. Leaves 2, radical, spreading, apparently 

 appressed to the ground, very broadly ovate-orbicular, obtuse, sessile, 

 2|-B in. broad. Scapes with several small, lanceolate, acuminate bracts. 

 Racemes 2J-4J, in. long, many-flowered. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 

 4-7 lin. long." Pedicels 10-12 lin. long. Flowers white with yellow 

 petals. Dorsal sepal elliptical, subobtuse, cucuUate, 4J-5 lin. long ; 

 lateral elliptic -oblong, subobtuse, G-GJ lin. long. Petals bipartite; 

 posterior lobe lanceolate, subobtuse, 4 J lin. long ; anterior lobe linear, 

 subobtuse, as long as, but only half as broad as, the posterior. Lip 

 6-7 lin. long, trilobed for three-quarters its length ; side lobes lanceo- 

 late-linear, subobtuse ; front lobe subspathulate-lanceolate, subobtuse ; 

 spur cylindrical, lt^-2 in. long. Stigmatic processes clavate-capitate, 2 lin. 

 long. Anther channels slender, 1-1 j lin. long. Rostellum triangular, 

 subulate, 1| lin. long. — Kriinzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 77. 



Nile Ziand. British East Africa : Nyika country, at Duruma, near Mombasa, 

 Wakefield ! 



Mozamb. l>ist. German East Africa : Lower slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, 

 2000-3000 ft., Johnston ! 



45. H. Mechowii, Reichb. /. in Flwa, 1882, 532. Leaves 2-3, 

 basal, nearly orbicular, acute, 3 J in. long, 4| in. broad. Stem 2-3^ ft. 

 long, clothed up to the raceme"with large, broadly oval, acute sheaths. 

 Racemes few- and distant- flowered. Bracts large, oval, acute, 2-2f in. 



