228 cxxxiii. ORCHiDEiE (rolfe). [JIabenaria. 



48. H. Lugardiiy Eol/e. Leaves 2, radical, broadly suborbicular, 

 6 in. long, 7-8 in. broad, many-nerved. Scapes 20 in. high, bearing a 

 few lanceolate sheaths ; racemes 4 in. long, lax. Bracts lanceolate, 

 acuminate, |-1} in. long. Pedicels Ij-lf in. long. Flower white. 

 ])orsal sepal ovate-lanceolate, acute, G lin. long ; lateral falcately 

 oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 8 lin. long. Petals bipartite; posterior 

 lobe falcate-linear, acute, as long as the dorsal sepal and adhering to 

 its margins ; anterior lobe filiform, resembling the lobes of the lip. Lip 

 trii)artite; lobes filiform, Ij in. long; spur elongate, very slender, 

 f) (I in. long. Stigmatic processes clavate, slender below, 3 lin. long. 

 Anther channels 2 lin. long. Rostellum subulate, acuminate, 2 lin. 

 long. 



IVXozamb. I>ist. Ngamiland : Botletle Valley, iu^rtrc/, 215 ! 



49. H. villosa, Bolfe. Plant 1 ft. high, villous-pubescent, 1-leaved 

 (? 2-leaved) at the base. Leaf broadly cordate-orbicular, obtuse, H in. 

 broad. Scapes with a few, lanceolate, acuminate sheaths ; raceme o in. 

 long, lax. Bracts lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 3i^-5 lin. 

 long. Pedicels lin. long. Sepals elliptic-oblong, subobtuse, oJ-4 lin. 

 long. Petals cuneate-oblong, bilobed nearly to the middle, 4 lin, long ; 

 posterior lobe broad and obtuse ; anterior lobe half as long and scarcely 

 a third as broad as the posterior. Lip trilobed from a short entire 

 base ; side lobes linear-oblong, subobtuse, straight, o lin. long ; front lobe 

 incurved, linear, subobtuse, rather longer than the side lobes, concave 

 with incurved margins ; spur 7-8 lin. long, filiform below, clavate near 

 the apex. Stigmatic processes clavate-oblong, subsessile, very short. 

 Anther channels 1 lin. long. Rostellum triangular-oblong, subobtuse, 

 -J lin. long. 



ItSozamb. X>lst. German East Africa : without precise locality, Hannington ! 

 Remarkable for its pubescent scape and inflorescence, also for the curiously lobed 

 petals. 



50. H. Lecardii, Krdnzl. in Engl. Jahrh. xvi. 150. Tuber globose, 

 j in. diam. Leaf cordate-orbicular, hirsute. Scapes 13 in. long, with 

 two small sheaths, hirsute to the apex. Bacemes about 10-flowered; 

 flowers distant. Bracts very small, ovate, acute, villous, 7 lin. long. 

 Pedicels 7 lin. long, villous. Sepals 2 J lin. long ; dorsal very broadly 

 ovate, obtuse ; lateral deflexed, oblong, acute, densely pilose outside. 

 Petals bipartite; posterior lobe linear, falcate, acute, margin very minutely 

 ciliate ; anterior lobe filiform, | lin. long, four times as long as the 

 posterior. Lip tripartite ; side lobes filiform ; front lobe linear, acute, 

 shorter and broader than the side lobes ; spur very long, filiform ; apex 

 scarcely thickened, acute, 3-4 times as long as the ovary, about 3 in. 

 long. Stigmatic processes short, broadly capitate. Anther channels 

 as long as the stigmas, ascending. 



Upper Guinea. Upper Senegal : forest of Mahina, on the Bafing River, Lecard, 

 190. 



Lecard (fide Kriinzlin) remarks that this plant is curious in having only a single 

 leaf appressed to the soil. I have not seen it. 



