Hahenaria.^ cxxxiii. orchide^ (rolfe). 227 



long, f-1 in. broad, primary nerves "denticulate-serrate." Flowers 

 among the largest in the genus. Dorsal sepal large, ovate, acute, 

 galeate, 10 lin. long; lateral deflexed, oblong, acuminate, 12-14 lin. 

 long, nerves serrulate. Petals bipartite ; lobes linear, much elongated ; 

 anterior lobe Ij in. long; posterior lobe a little shorter than the 

 anterior. Lip trilobed ; lobes linear, Ih lin. long; side lobes slightly 

 shorter than the front one; spur If in. long, slender, inflated at the 

 apex. Stigmatic processes porrect, capitate. Anther acute; channels 

 filiform. Rostellum cvicullate at the base ; apex linear, acute, nearly as 

 long as the anthers, margin fimbriate. — Kranzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 

 151. 



£ower Guinea. Angola : Malange, Quango Region, Mechow, 450. 



Only known to me from the published descriptions. 



4G. H. subarmata, Reichh.f. Otia Bot. Hamh. ii. 98. Plant H-2 

 ft. high. Leaves 2, radical, orbicular or broadly ovate-orbicular, obtuse, 

 flat on the ground, 5-7 in. long. Racemes 5-G in. long, lax. Bracts 

 lanceolate, acuminate, 7—10 lin. long. Pedicels l|-2 in. long. Dorsal 

 sepal ovate-elliptical, subacute, cucullate, 4 lin. long ; lateral subfalcate- 

 oblong, as long as the dorsal, with a reflexed, acuminate apex more than 

 1 lin. long. Petals bipartite ; posterior lobe linear, as long as the dorsal 

 sepal and appressed to its margin ; anterior lobe filiform-linear, 1 3 lin. 

 long. Lip trilobed; lobes filiform-linear, subequal, 14 lin. long; spur 

 slender, 3 in. long. Stigmatic processes clavate, slender below, 2^7 lin. 

 long. Anther channels dilated below, about 2 lin. long. Rostellum 

 subulate -filiform, 2| lin. long. — Kranzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 150. 



mozamb. Sist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Sbibisa (Chikwawa), 

 on the river Shire, Kirk ! near Tete, among bushes, Kirk ! 



47. H. anuatissima, Reichh. f. Otia Bot. Hamh. ii. 98. Tuber 

 large, over IJ in. long, nearly 1|- in. broad. Leaves 2, subopposite, 

 large, basal very broadly ovate-orbicular, 3J-3J in. long, 4-5 in. broad. 

 Scapes with 5-0 sheaths, 1-1 j ft. high. Bracts ovate, acuminate, 6-0 

 lin. long. Pedicels 1J-1| in. long. Flowers white. Dorsal sepal 

 ovate, cucullate, acuminate or aristate, 5-6 lin. long; lateral broadly 

 and obliquely semiovate, very acuminate, 5J-6J lin. long. Petals bi- 

 partite ; posterior lobe lanceolate, agglutinated to and as long as the 

 dorsal sepal; anterior lobe very long, filiform-linear, IJ-li in. long. 

 Lip tripartite from a linear base ; side lobes very long, filiform-lineai-. 

 l|-2 in. long; front lobe much shorter and a little broader than the 

 side lobes ; spur very long, slender, 3|-4 J in. long. Stigmatic processes 

 recurved, capitate, 4 lin. long. Anther channels one-half as long as the 

 stigmas. Rostellum subulate-acuminate, slightly curved, 2 J lin. long. 

 — Kranzl in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 151 ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. 

 App. ii. 88, 112. 



Nile Iiand. Abyssinia : Semen ; on mountains by the Bellagas River, near 

 Taserotscb, 4000-5000 ft., Schimper, 630! Eritrea : above Gergeret on the road to 

 Maldi, 1000-1900 ft., Schweinfarfh, 162 ! West of Ailet, 800 ft., Schiceinfurth, 161 ; 

 near Keren, Stemhier, 696 (ex Reichenbach). 



