238 cxxxiii. ORCHiDE^ (rolfe). l^Habenarla. 



thickened, capitate. Anther channels a little longer than the stigmas. 

 — Kranzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 70. 



Ibower Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; between LopoUo and OUay, in humid 

 wooded pastures, Welwitsch, ^2,2, ! Morro de Monnino, Weltvitsch, 743 ! 



75. H. Peltastes, Reichh. /. Otia Bot. Ilamb., ii. 99. Plant tall. 

 Stem over 3 ft. high, with two sheaths at the base. Leaves 6-7 on the 

 lower part of the stem, lanceolate, acuminate, nerved below. Racemes 

 elongate, lax, many-flowered. Bracts ligulate, apiculate, scarcely half 

 as long as the pedicellate ovaries. Dorsal sepal ligulate, subacute ; 

 lateral obliquely obovate, apiculate in the superior angle. Petals 

 bipartite ; posterior lobe lanceolate, 2-nerved ; anterior lobe narrower 

 than the posterior, short, nerveless. Lip tripartite ; lobes lanceolate ; 

 side lobes semioblong, shorter than the front ; spur filiform, clavate, 

 nearly as ' long as the pedicels. Stigmatic processes verrucose ; apex 

 peltate, truncate. Anther channels ascending. Rostellum uncinate. 

 — Kranzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 74. 



lO'ile ILand. Eritrea: Lalamba, near Keren, Steudner. 



Only known to me from the original description, Reichenbach says that the type 

 specimen is at Berlin, where, however, Krilnzlin has been unable to find it. 



76. H. chirensis, Reichh. f. Otia Bot. Hamh. ii. 99. Plant over 

 11 ft. high. Leaves 4, linear-lanceolate, distant, elongate, the upper 

 decreasing to the bracts. Racemes rather long, lax-flowered. Bracts 

 lanceolate, shorter than the pedicels. Dorsal sepal oblong; lateral 

 cuneate-obovate, apiculate on the upper margin. Petals bipartite; 

 posterior lobe linear ; anterior lobe linear-lanceolate, nearly as long as 

 the posterior. Lip with filiform-subulate, subequal lobes; spur fili- 

 form, a little broader at the apex, not as long as the pedicels. Anther 

 channels slender, arcuate. Stigmatic processes produced, straight ; 

 apex much broader and retuse. — Kranzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 107. 



ITile Xiand. Abyssinia : Shire District, Quartin-Billon. 

 Only known to me from the original description. 



77. H. Holstii, Krdnd. in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 246. Plant slender, 

 about 2 ft. high, base squamate, densely foliate above. Leaves about 

 10, oblong or lanceolate, more or less acuminate, with large loose 

 sheaths, the largest 6 in. long, 1 J-2 in. broad. Racemes 10 in. long, 

 lax ; apex slightly nodding. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, shorter 

 than the pedicel. Flowers yellowish-green, 1 in. diameter. Dorsal 

 sepal oblong, obtuse, cucuUate; lateral deflexed, ovate, obtuse, sub- 

 oblique. Petals bipartite ; posterior lobe ligulate, obtuse, hidden under 

 the dorsal sepal ; anterior lobe filiform, porrect, distinctly longer than 

 the posterior. Lip tripartite, with very narrow equal lobes ; spur 

 filiform, curved, acute, as long as the pedicel, 5 lin. long. Stigmatic 

 processes laterally compressed. Anther channels ascending, as long as 

 the stigmas. Rostellum acuminate, much hidden under the anther. 



Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Usambara, in forests, Hohf, 528. 

 Only known to me from the original description. 



