230 cxxxiii. ORCHiDE^ (rolfe), [Habenaria. 



t^.pering to the apex. Stigmatic processes linear-oblong or clavate? 

 obtuse, 1-1 1 lin. long. Anther channels slender, nearly as long as th& 

 stigmas. Rostellum oblong, obtuse, \-^ lin. long. — Kriinzl. in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xvi. 110. H. haii'ina, Ridl. in Bolet. Soc. Brot. v. 202, t. D, fig. 

 B; Kranzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 81. 



IiO^irer Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, 4000 ft., Mann ! between Lagoa Amelia 

 aiKl San Pedro, 3900 ft,, Moller, 7 ! 95! banks of the river Agua Grande, Qnintas, 96 ! 



Kranzlin places JT. harrina, Ridl. in a different section of the genus from 

 S. thomana, Reichb. f., but I am unable to separate them specifically. He also 

 follows Ridley in transposing the descriptions of the posterior and anterior lobes of the 

 petals. It is the latter which is the short one. 



54. H. malacophylla, Reichh. /. Otia Bot. Ramb. ii. 07. Plants 

 1-2 ft. high. Tubers j-1 in. long. Leaves cauline, lanceolate or 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, attenuate at the base, 3-5 in. long, 8-12 lin. 

 broad, the lo,wer two or three reduced to sheaths. Racemes 3-9 in. 

 long, lax. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 2-4 lin. long. Pedicels 4—5 

 lin. long. Dorsal sepal ovate, obtuse, 2J lin. long ; lateral somewhat 

 oblique, ovate-oblong, obtuse, 3 lin. long. Petals bipartite; posterior 

 lobe falcate-linear, acute, as long as the dorsal sepal ; anterior lobe 

 filiform, 2 J lin. long. Lip tripartite ; lobes filiform, 2\ lin. long ; front 

 lobe slightly, stouter than the side; spur cylindrical, subobtuse, 

 4:^ lin. long. Stigmatic processes clavate-oblong, | lin. long. Anther 

 channels nearly as long as the stigmas. Bostellum triangular-subulate, 

 J lin. long. Capsule oblong, pedicellate, 4-4|^ lin. long. — Kranzl. in 

 Engl. Jahrb. xvi. Q>Q ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 87. 



mie Xiand. Eritrea : Ginda, near Quelle Felachit, 2900-3400 ft., Schwein- 

 furtk, 2201 ! 



Also found in extra-tropical south-east Africa. 



55. H. tentaculigera, Reichh. f. in Floi'a, 1867, 101. Stem about 

 16 in. high, 3-4-leaved at the base. Leaves ovate-oblong, subacute, 

 fleshy, slightly carinate, '2-'^^ in. long. Racemes lax, 7-8-flowered. 

 Bracts ovate, acuminate, a little shorter than the pedicels, 6-9 lin. long. 

 Dorsal sepal very large, ovate, cucuUate-connivent, 5-6 lin. long ; 

 lateral ovate-lanceolate, acute, 6-7 lin. long. Petals bipartite ; pos- 

 terior lobe lanceolate-falcate, upright, hidden under the dorsal sepal ; 

 anterior lobe linear, much longer than the posterior, J in. or more 

 long. Lip tripartite ; lobes linear-filiform ; side lobes twice as long as the 

 front ; spur slightly longer than the ovary, curved forwards at first, 

 then deflexed. Stigmatic processes parallel, broadly linear, more or less 

 appressed to and as long as the anther channels. — Kranzl. in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xvi. 71. 



XiO^^er Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; between Ohai and Gambos, in sandy bushy 

 places, Welwitsch, 716 ! 716b ! 



56. H. njamnjamica, Kranzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 106. Tuber 

 nearly round, 5 lin. diam. Stem somewhat flexuous, 20-22 in. long, 

 squamate at the base. Basal sheaths retuse, those above obtuse, 



