Ilabenaria.] cxxxm. oRCHiDEiE (rolfe). 241 



84. H. confusa, Rolfe. Plant 1J-2J ft. high. Leaves 3-4, on 

 the lower part of the stem, lanceolate-linear, subacute, 3-G in. long^ 

 0-4 lin. broad. Racemes o in. long, lax. Bracts oblong-lanceolate, 

 subacute, 8-5 lin. long. Pedicels 6-8 lin. long. Flowers green. 

 Dorsal sepal elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 2^ lin. long; lateral obliquely 

 cuneate-obovate, apiculate above the middle, 3 J lin. long. Petals bipar- 

 tite ; posterior lobe linear, subobtuse, 2 lin. long ; anterior lobe lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, 4 J lin. long. Lip tripartite; lobes linear; side lobes 

 curved at the apex, 3J lin. long ; front lobe stouter than and neai'ly 

 twice as long as the side lobes ; spur 4-6 lin. long, clavate with a 

 narrow base. Stigmatic processes clavate, 2 lin. long. Anther channels 

 slender, 2|- lin. long. Rostellum subulate, 1—1 J lin. long; apex re- 

 curved. — £[. ichneumonea, Reichb. f. in Flora, 1865, 179 (not Lindl.) ; 

 Kranzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 136. 



Iiower Guinea. Gaboon : Sibange Farm, Soyaux, 346 ! Anjjola : Pungo 

 Adongo; near the River Pedra de Sougue, in fissures of rocks, Welwitsch, 6S1 ! 



A more robust plant than H. ichneumonea, Lindl., with which it has been confused ; 

 the leaves broader, the flowers much larger, and the spur much more strongly 

 clavate. 



85. H. Vogelii, Ridl. in Journ. Bot. 1886, 295. Tubers 2, 

 rather large, globose, pedicelled, 7-11 lin. long. Plant strict, erect, 

 l|-2^ ft. high. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, strict, acuminate, 6-7 in. 

 long, J in. broad, remote. Racemes lax, 6-10 in. long. Flowei*s 

 many, pedicelled, nearly white. Bracts lanceolate, acute, 4-6 lin. long. 

 Pedicels 7-9 lin. long. Dorsal sepal erect, short, lanceolate, cucuUate ; 

 lateral reflexed, as long as the ovary, obcuneate, oblique, obtuse ; 

 apex slightly hooked. Petals bifid ; lobes short, linear-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate; posterior lobe slightly longer than the anterior. Lip trilobed^ 

 short, scarcely as long as the stigmas ; lobes narrowly linear, obtuse ; 

 front lobe a little longer and broader than the side lobes ; spur 

 pendulous, scarcely longer than the ovary, J in. long, cylindrical, 

 filiform, truncate, obtuse, scarcely clavate. Stigmatic processes 4-5 

 lin. long, porrect; apex clavate-incrassate, truncate. Anther channels 

 short, narrow from a broader base. — Kranzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 65. 



Upper Guinea. Bornu ; Mandara Dist., in a marshy mountain meadow near 

 Mora, Soutli of Lake Chad, Vorjel, 40 ! 



86. H. schimperiana, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 

 295. Plant about \\ ft. high. Leaves cauline, linear or oblong-linear, 

 acute, 3-6 in. long. Racemes 6 in. long, lax. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, 

 subacuminate, 7-9 lin. long. Pedicels 10-18 lin. long. Dorsal sepal 

 elliptic-oblong, subobtuse, 2J-4 lin. long; lateral obliquely cuneate- 

 oblong, apiculate above the middle, 3J-5 lin. long. Petals bipartite ; 

 posterior lobe Knear-filiform, 2 J-3 J lin. long ; anterior lobe subulate- 

 linear, a little broader, 5-9 lin. long. Lip tripartite ; lobes linear- 

 filiform, 4J-7 lin. long ; front lobe rather longer and broader than the 

 side lobes ; spur 7 lin. long, filiform below, clavate above. Stigmatic 

 processes clavate-capitate, 2^-3J lin. long. Anther channels slender, 



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