Habenaria.] cxxxiii, ORCHiDE.f: (rolfe). 237 



slendei', scarcely as long as the stigmas. Rostellum subulate, \ lin. 

 long. 



N-He Iiand. British East Africa : Ruwenzori, 9000 ft., Scott-ElUot, 7l98, 

 in part ! 



72. H. culicifera, RendXe in Journ. Bot. 1895, 278. Plant 1-lJ 

 ft. high, with very few leaves below, and a few lax sheaths above. 

 Leaves linear from a sheathing base, 4-5 in. long, 4 lin. broad. Racemes 

 2J-3 in. long, rather lax. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute, 0-7 lin. long. 

 Pedicels 7-0 lin. long. Dorsal sepal ovate, subacute, 2J lin. long; 

 lateral reflexed, obliquely cuneate-oblong, laterally apiculate, 3 lin. 

 long. Petals bipartite; posterior lobe linear-filiform, 24 lin long; 

 anterior lobe linear-lanceolate, 4 lin. long. Lip tripartite; lobes 

 narrowly linear ; side lobes 4 lin. long ; front lobe 5 lin. long ; spur 

 8 lin. long, slender below, clavate above. Stigmatic processes clavate- 

 linear, 1^ lin. long. Anther channels slender, a little shorter than the 

 stigmas. Rostellum triangular, subacute, h lin. long. 



Wile I.and. British East Africa : Ruwenzori, 6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 7854 ! 



73. H. buettnerianag Krdnzl. in Engl. Jahrh. xvi. G8. Plant 

 slender, 20 in. or more high ; base not seen. Leaves cauline, lanceolate, 

 acute, 4J-G in. long, 1 J in. broad, very membranous, the upper decreas- 

 ing to the bracts. Racemes lax, about 20-flowered, Bracts ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, 4-5 lin. long. Pedicels 7-0 lin. long. Flowers 

 green, among the smallest of the genus. Dorsal sepal oblong, obtuse, 

 cucullate, reflexed, '2-2^ lin. long; lateral deflexed, as long as but 

 slightly narrower than the dorsal, suboblique. Petals bipartite from a 

 simple base ; posterior lobe linear, acute, subfalcate ; anterior lobe 

 half as broad as the posterior. Lip tripartite from an entire base ; 

 lobes subequal, much like the anterior lobe of the petals ; spur filiform 

 below, slightly thickened and acuminate above, J in. long. Stigmatic 

 processes flat, deflexed, excavated below, appressed to the lip, but free. 

 Anthers bipartite ; channels upright, as long as the stigmas. Rostellum 

 very minute, triangular. 



upper Guinea. Togo : Bismarckburg, Biittner, 213, 288. 

 Only known to me from the original description. 



74. H. cataphysema, Reichb. f. in Flora, 18G7, 101. Stem 

 12-22 in. high, leafy. Leaves hnear-lanceolate or linear, acuminate, 

 appressed to the stem, 3-6 in. long, 2-4 lin. broad, decreasing upwards. 

 Racemes elongate, many-flowered, 3-11 in. long, rather lax. Bracts 

 ovate, acute, 3-3J lin. long. Pedicels 5 lin. long. Flowers greenish, 

 somewhat red in" the bud. Dorsal sepal narrowly rhomboid; lateral 

 semiovate, suboblique, reflexed ; apiculus lateral. Petals bipartite ; lobes 

 linear, acute or acuminate ; anterior lobe a little longer than the pos- 

 terior. Lip tripartite ; lobes linear, acute ; side lobes shorter than 

 the front lobe ; spur filiform, inflated at the apex, enclosed within the 

 bract, about as long as the pedicel. Stigmatic processes straight, 



