242 cxxxiii. ORCHIDE^ (rolfe). [Habenaria 



as long as the stigmas. Rostellum triangular-subulate, curved, 1;^ lin. 

 long. — Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. iii. 583 ; Kranzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 

 87. H. atumiala, Lindl. ex Kranzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 206. 



Xrile Iiand. Abyssinia : Shire prov., Quartin- Billon Sf Petit, 106 ! Semen ; near 

 Jenausa, Schimper (ex A. Richard). Tigre ; near Jomara, Schimpery 1210! and 

 without precise locality, Plowden ! Schimper, 1378 ! Schimper, 703 ! 



H. anomala, Lindl., which Kriinzlin refers to a distinct section of the genus, is simply 

 an abnormal peloriate state of this species. The original specimen has a trilobed dorsal 

 sepal and a simple lip, which suggests a displacement of the parts. The petals also are 

 broad and very shortly bilobed. A second specimen in Sir William Hooker's 

 Herbarium, authenticated by Lindley, is in au intermediate state. Kranzlin's section, 

 Anomalce, therefore falls to the ground. 



87. H, genuflexa, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1895, 279. Plant If ft. 

 high, with several leaves below. Leaves lanceolate, acute, amplexicaul, 

 the uppermost decreasing into the bracts, basal leaves not seen. Racemes 

 10 in. long, many-flowered. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 5-10 lin. 

 long. Pedicels 8-14 lin. long. Dorsal sepal elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 

 ?>\ lin. long ; lateral obliquely and broadly obovate, laterally apiculate, 

 4 lin. long. Petals bipartite ; posterior lobe subulate, 3J lin. long ; 

 anterior lobe linear-lanceolate, acuminate, subfalcate, 7J lin. long. 

 Lip tripartite ; lobes linear ; side lobes 4^^ lin. long ; front lobe 6 lin. 

 long, rather broader than the side lobes ; spur 4J lin. long, inflated 

 above, spirally twisted below the inflated part, bent at right angles 

 below the middle. Stigmatic processes slender, capitate, 3 lin. long. 

 Anther channels curved, slender, about as long as the stigmas. 

 Rostellum subulate, 1 lin. long. 



Wile Xiand. British East Africa : East side of Ruwenzori, at Wimi, 7000 ft., 

 Scotf-miiot, 7922 ! 



Near H. schimperiana, Hochst., but distinguished by its sbarply geniculate spur, 

 in which character it recalls H. wnapUxjsema, Reichb. f. 



88. H. Thomsoni, Reichb. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxi. 404. 

 Plant 9—15 in. high. Leaves basal, oblong-lanceolate, subacute, 2-4 in. 

 long, the upper reduced to acute sheaths. Racemes rather dense, 

 2-3 J in. long. Bracts oblong, acute, as long as the pedicels, margin 

 and disc muriculate outside. Pedicels 7-9 lin. long. Dorsal sepal 

 elliptic -lanceolate, obtuse, 3 lin. long ; lateral very oblique, obtuse, 

 strongly apiculate above the middle, 4 lin. long. Petals bipartite; 

 posterior lobe linear, muriculate, as long as the dorsal sepal ; anterior 

 lobe obliquely lanceolate, rather longer than the posterior; margin 

 minutely muriculate. Lip ti-i partite ; side lobes lanceolate, acute, 4 

 lin. long ; front lobe linear-filiform, somewhat curved in front, 5^ lin. 

 long ; spur 5 lin. long, cylindrical at the base, clavate above, apiculate. 

 Stigmatic processes clavate, 2 lin. long. Anther channels subulate, 

 curved at the apex, longer than the stigmas. Rostellum triangular- 

 subulate, 1 lin. long. 



Wile Iiand. British East Africa : Lykipia Plateau, 6000-8000 ft., Thomson .' 



