Eahenaria.'] cxxxiii. orchidejs (rodfe). 245 



linear, curved, 2| lin. long ; anterior lobe broader than and about twice 

 as long as the posterior. Lip tripartite; lobes linear, about C lin. 

 long ; spur 1 lin. long, filiform, with a broadly clavate apex. Stigmatic 

 processes 3 lin. long, with a clavate-capitate apex. Anther channels 

 slightly curved, as long as the stigmas. Rostellum subulate, 1 lin. long. 

 Capsules narrowly oblong, | in. long, pedicelled. — Kranzl. in Engl, 

 Jahrb. xvi. 72. 



Mozamb. Bist. Portuguese East Africa : mouth of the Zambesi River, Kirk ! 

 Nyika Island, Kirlc, drawing, 43 ! 



95. H, altior, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 394. Plant 15 in. 

 high, stem leafy below the middle. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, 

 amplexicaul, 2|^-3 in. long, 2-3 lin. broad, the upper decreasing to the 

 bracts. Spikes somewhat ovate, rather densely flowered, 3 in. long. 

 Bracts oval, acuminate, sparsely ciliolate, the lower 10-11 lin. long. 

 Pedicels 1 in. long, slightly verrucose. Flowers medium-sized. Doisal 

 sepal oval, with a narrow base, and thickened, spathulate apex, 3 lin. 

 long; lateral very obliquely obovate, 4 lin. long ; apex a little thickened. 

 Petals bipartite, margin and upper face hispidulous; posterior lobe 

 filiform, 3 J lin. long; anterior lobe lanceolate-subulate, 6 lin. long. 

 Lip tripartite, linear ; side lobes subacute, 6 lin. long ; front lobe obtuse, 

 7 lin. long; spur | in. long, slightly dilated above the middle, where it 

 is somewhat twisted. Stigmatic processes long, straight, thickened, 

 capitate, 2 J lin. long. Anther channels slender, curved above, nearly 

 as long as the stigmas. E-ostellum narrowly triangular, obtuse, as long 

 as the anther cells. Staminodes bilobed. 



Mozaxnb. Sist. German East Africa : hig}ier slopes of Mount KiUmanjaro, 

 above Morang, 10,000 ft., Tai/lor ! 



Near H. schimperiana. Hochst., but the flower-spike is short and dense, and the 

 bracts larger, broader, and ciliolate. 



96. H. plectroxnaniaca, Reichh. f. <h S. MooQ'e in Journ. Bot. 

 1878, 136 (plectomaniaca, by error). Plant 2-3 ft. high. Leaves 

 cauline, linear or oblong-linear, acute, 5-9 in. long. Racemes 6-12 

 in. long, lax, many-flowered. Bracts lanceolate or ovate-lanceolai/c, 

 acuminate, 8-12 lin. long. Pedicels Ij-l^ lin. long. Dorsal sepal 

 elliptic-lanceolate, subobtuse, 4 lin. long ; lateral obliquely cuneate- 

 oblong, apiculate slightly above the middle, 6 lin. long. Petals bipartite ; 

 posterior lobe linear-filiform, 3 J lin. long; anterior lobe lanceolate, sub- 

 obtuse, 4 J lin. long. Lip tripartite ; lobes linear ; side lobes about 6 

 lin. long; front lobe 8J-9 lin. long; spur If in. long, slender below, 

 subclavate near the apex. Stigmatic processes 4 lin. long, slender, with 

 a clavate-capitate apex. Anther channels slender, as long as the stigmas. 

 Rostellum narrowly subulate, 1-| lin. long. — Kranzl. in Engl. Jahrb. 

 xvi. 87. 



Kile Iiand. British East Africa : Nyika Country, near Mombasa, Wakefield ! 

 Mozamb. Bist. German East Africa : Usambara ; Amboni, on the Sigi River, 

 Hoist, 2%\^x\ 



