Habenaria.] cxxxiii. orchide^. (rolfe). 231 



the uppermost acute, and iDcreasing to the leaves. Leaves small, 

 3-4, oblong or lanceolate, acute, 12-14 lin. long, 4-5^ lin. broad, 

 appressed to the stem, sheathing, the upper decreasing to the large 

 bracts. Racemes elongate, GJ in. long. Bi-acts ovate or ovate-lanceo- 

 late, acute, longer than the flowers, the lower 13-14 lin. long, 3-4 

 lin. broad. Pedicels 7 lin. long. Flowers medium-sized. Dorsal sepal 

 broadly oblong, acute, 3-3 J lin. long; lateral deflexed, semioblong, 

 acuminate, 4 lin. long. Petals bipartite ; lobes narrowly linear, falcate, 

 longer than the dorsal sepal ; anterior lobe narrower and longer than 

 the posterior. Lip tripartite ; lobes very similar to the petal lobes, 

 4|- lin. long; side lobes horizontal and reflexed ; front lobe a little 

 broader and shorter than the side lobes ; spur inflated almost its entire 

 length, acute, 4 lin. long. Stigmatic processes acute from a stouter 

 base. Anther channels longer than the stigmas. Rostellum short, 

 apex almost rectangular. 



irile Iiand. British East Africa : Niamuiam, between Gumba and Nganye, 

 ScJitoeinfurth, 3960. 



Only known to me from the original description. 



57. H. ceratopetala, A. Rich, in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 2, xiv. 2G7, 

 t. 16, fig. 4. Plant 8-18 in. high. Leaves cauline, elliptical to oblong, 

 subobtuse or apiculate, generally numerous, 1-4 in. long, f-lj in. 

 broad, the upper somewhat smaller. Racemes many-flowered, 2-y in. 

 long. Bracts elliptic-ovate, subacute, 8-12 lin. long, 4-G lin. broad. 

 Pedicels 7-9 lin. long. Dorsal sepal 5 lin. long, cucuUate, elliptic- 

 oblong, obtuse ; lateral falcate-oblong, apiculate, slightly obUque at the 

 apex. Petals bipartite; posterior lobe linear-filiform, 5 lin. long; 

 anterior lobe 12-14 lin. long, much stouter below^ much curved or 

 circinnate at the apex. Lip tripartite ; lobes linear, distinctly attenuate 

 above, about 5 lin. long ; spur 8 lin. long, filiform, strongly clavate 

 above. Stigmatic processes stout, clavate, truncate, 2 lin. long. Anther 

 channels slender, slightly longer than the stigmas, curved at the apex. 

 Rostellum tooth-like, \ lin. long. — A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 295, 

 t. 88 ; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. iii. 583 ; Kranzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 73. 



Xrile Xiand. Abyssinia: Tigre; Adowa, Quart in- Dillon {ax Richard). Bege- 

 meder ; Gerra Abuna Tekla Haimanot, on the river Reb, 7000-8000 ft., Sc7iimper, 

 1176 ! without locality, Parkinson ! 



58. H. antennifera, A. Rich, in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 2, xiv. 2(;8, 

 t. 11, fig. 1. Tuber ovate. Stem 10-12 in. long, leafy below, sheathed 

 above. Leaves ovate-lanceolate or ovate-oblong, subacute, the upper 

 ovate, acute, 2^-4 in. long, 12-15 lin. broad. Sheaths of scape 

 ovate, acute, densely arranged. Racemes many-flowered, 3^-4 J in. 

 long. Bracts ovate, or ovate-oblong, acute, pilose, 7-9 lin. long; 

 margin ciliate. Pedicels G lin. long. Flowers medium-sized, 2^, lin. 

 long. Dorsal sepal small, oblong-lanceolate, recurved at the apex, 

 obtuse, ciliate, l|-2 lin. long ; lateral reflexed, semiovate-oblong, acute, 

 apiculate, 'Ih lin. long. Petals bipartite ; posterior lobe ligulate, obtuse, 

 ciliate, as long as the dorsal sepal, oppressed to its margin ; anterior lobe 



