Habenaria.] cxxxiii. ORCHiDEiE (rolfe). 247 



deflexed, 1 in. long, 2 J lin. broad. Lip tripartite ; side lobes as long as 

 the anterior lobe of the petals ; front lobe slightly smaller than the side 

 lobes ; spur (5-6 J in. long, filiform, descending not into its own bract 

 hilt into the third or fourth below. Stigmatic processes fleshy, clavate 

 near the apex, cochleate, excavate. Anther channels uncinate. Stami- 

 nodes conspicuous, bi-tripartite. Rostellum narrow, acute, cucullate. 



]bo\irer Guinea. Gaboon : Kitamba, on marshy lowlands, Soyaux. 



Only known to me from the original description. 



100. H. zenkeriana, Krdnzl. in Enyl. Jahrh. xix. 247. Plant very 

 stout, 4 ft. or more long, 'l in. thick at the base. Leaves broadly ovate- 

 oblong, obtuse, 4-4| in. long, 2| in. broad, decreasing into the bracts. 

 Racemes lax. Bracts large. Pedicels 2J-3 in. long. Flowers yellow- 

 green, with a white lip. Dorsal sepal ovate, acute ; lateral deflexed, 

 obovate-cuneate, acute, revolute after flowering. Petals bipartite ; 

 posterior lobe triangular, acuminate, hidden in the dorsal sepal ; anterior 

 lobe J larger than the posterior, linear, very acuminate, 2 in. long. 

 Lip trilobed or tripartite; lobes very narrowly linear, subequal, 14 lin. 

 long; spur filiform, 6-6| in. long; apex scarcely inflated. Stigmatic 

 processes very strict. Anther channels a little shorter than the stigmas ; 

 gland very large ; all a little shorter than the lip. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Yaunde, in marshv places on the plains, Zenker^ 

 492. 



Only known to me from the original descinption, which was prepared from a 

 drawing. 



101. H. Walleri, Reichh. f. Otia Bot. Hamh. ii. 98. Plant tall. 

 Lower leaves not seen ; upper reduced, oblong-linear. Racemes with 

 about four large flowers. Bracts ovate or elliptic-ovate, shortly 

 acuminate, IJ-lJ in. long. Pedicels 3-4 in. long. Flowers white. 

 Dorsal sepal ovate, cucullate, obtuse, 6 lin. long ; lateral subobliquely 

 elliptic-oblong, subobtuse or apiculate, 8 lin. long. Petals bipartite ; 

 posterior lobe linear-lanceolate, subobtuse, appressed to the margin of 

 the dorsal sepal, 6 lin. long ; anterior lobe oblong-lanceolate, subobtuse, 

 6-7 lin. long. Lip trilobed ; lobes linear-oblong, subobtuse ; side lobes 

 I in. long ; front lobe a little shorter than the side lobes ; spur 3-4 in. 

 long, slender, thickened near the apex, which is generally concealed 

 within the bract. Stigmatic processes 4i-5 lin. long, dilated and 

 slightly recurved at the apex. Anther channels very stout, shorter by 

 1 lin. than the stigmas. Rostellum triangular, acute, 2 lin. long. — 

 Kriinzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 1)2. 



nCozamb. Bist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; at the foot of Mt. Mlanje, 

 Kirk ! Shire Highlands, near Blautyre, Last ! 



102. H. perbella, Reichh. f. Otia Bot. Hamh, ii. 08. Tuber 

 ovate. Stem 20 in. high, leafy below, sheathed above. Leaves oblong, 

 acute, 4-4| in. long, 1 in. broad, reduced to ovate, acute, ample sheaths 

 above. Bracts large, foliaceous, not half as long as the pedicels. 

 Pedicels 24 lin. long. Flowers 12-13 lin. diam. Dorsal sepal cucul- 



