2J>2 cxxxiii. ORCHiDE^ (rolfe). [ffabenao'la . 



linear-lanceolate, acuminate, twice as long as the posterior lobe, 3J-4J 

 lin. long. Lip 4 lin. long, tripartite ; side lobes filiform ; front lobe 

 slightly longer and broader than the side; spur cylindrical below, 

 clavate above, 4 J lin. long. Stigmatic processes dilated above, cochleate, 

 excavate, 1| lin. long. »Anther channel slender, slightly longer than 

 the stigmas. Rostellum triangular-subulate, 1-1 J lin. long. — A. Rich. 

 Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 2'.)7 ; Kranzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 1)1. H. lepto- 

 brachiata, Ridl. in Journ. Bot. 188C, 298. 



IVlle Ziand. Abyssinia : Tigre ; Adowa, Q.uartin- Dillon (ex Richard). Bege- 

 meder ; Jan Meda, 8500 ft., on the border of copses, Schimjjer, 1321, in part ! Mount 

 Guna, 1000 ft., Schimper, 1333 ! 



59. H. cultrata, A. Rich. Tent. FL Abyss, ii. 297. Tuber oblong, 

 ]4 lin. long, 9 lin. broad. Stem strong, 2| ft. high, leafy from the 

 base to the middle. Leaves 3-5, oblong or elliptical, 10 in. long, 1| in. 

 broad. Racemes elongate, 7 in. long, dense, many-flowered ; rhachis 

 sparingly pilose ; bracts ovate, acute, longer than the ovary, sparingly 

 pilose or spinulose-ciliate on the margin, 7-8 lin. long. Flowers medium- 

 sized. Dorsal sepal oblong, acute, cucullnte, keeled at the back, small ; 

 lateral much larger than the dorsal, oval, laterally apiculate. Petals 

 bipartite, more or less densely pilose ; posterior lobe linear-lanceolate, 

 minute ; anterior lobe broadly ovate at the base, narrowed, linear and 

 curved above, more than twice as long as the posterior lobe. Lip 

 trilobed ; lobes linear-filiform ; front lobe twice as long and broad 

 as the side lobes ; spur filiform below, clavate and obtuse above, 

 7-8 lin. long, shorter than the pedicels. Stigmatic processes slightly 

 curved, parallel, cylindrical, rather long. Anther channels nearly as 

 long as the stigmas. Rostellum longer than the anther, acute. — Reichb. 

 f. in. Walp. Ann. iii. 584 ; Kranzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 88. 



Nile Ziand. Abyssinia : Tigre ; north side of the Semayata Mountain, 8500 ft., 

 Schimper, 554. 



Only known to me from the published descriptions. 



60. H. cultriformiSy Kranzl. ex Engl. Hochgeb. Fl. Trop. Afr. 

 181 {name only) ; Kranzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 89. Tuber ovate, 14 lin. 

 long, 9 lin. broad. Stem 2-J-2| ft. high, leafy. Leaves 4-5, subdis- 

 tichous, oblong, acute, plicate, canaliculate, 3J in. long, 8-14 lin. broad, 

 the upper decreasing to the bracts. Racemes lax, many-flowered. 

 Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, shorter than the pedicels. Pedicels 10 

 lin. long. Flowers conspicuous. Sepals 3J-4 lin. long. Petals bipar- 

 tite ; anterior lobe 5 lin. long, caudate from a rounded base, H-2 lin. 

 broad, suddenly contracted into a curved linear process. Lip with the 

 front lobe truncate at the apex, slightly longer than the spur ; spur 

 8 lin. long. Stigmatic processes deflexed, capitate. Anther channels as 

 long as the stigmas. Rostellum subulate, rather longer than the 

 anther. — Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 88. 



zrile ^anda Abyssinia : Tigre ; mountains at Mettgalo, 6600 ft., Schimper^ 



