FkUycoryne.] cxxxiii. oRCHiDEiE (rolfe). 257 



below. Anther channels as long as the stigmas ; caudicles very long. 

 Rostellum small, linear, nearly as long as the anthers. — Habenaria 

 Wilfordii, Ridl. in Journ. Bot. 1886, 295; Kranzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi 

 210. 



Upper Ouinea. Sierra Leone : Freetowa, Wijford ! in grassy places among 

 bushes, Preuss (ex Krdnzlin). 



4. P. buchananiana, RolJ'e. Plant 1-1 J ft. high. Tuber oblong, 

 7-8 lin. long. Leaves 5-6, cauline, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 J-lJ in. long, decreasing upwards into the bracts. Racemes 1-2 J in. 

 long, few- to many-flowered. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute or acumi- 

 nate, 4-7 lin. long. Pedicels 6-9 lin. long. Flowers yellow. Dorsal 

 sepal elliptic-ovate, acute, 3-4 lin. long; lateral lanceolate-oblong, 

 acute, 3-4 lin. long. Petals oblong-lanceolate, acute, 2J-3 lin. long, 

 forming a galea with the dorsal sepal. Lip entire, triangular-lanceolate, 

 subobtuse, broader and obscurely angled at the base, 2 J-3 J lin. long ; 

 spur 5J-6J lin. long, slender below, subclavate above. Stigmatic pro- 

 cesses oblong, stout, connate, J lin. long. Anther channels erect, stout, 

 nearly as long as the stigmas. Bostellum triangular, subulate, 1 lin. 

 long. — Habenaria huchananiana, Kranzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 247 ; 

 Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1895, 295. 



Mozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa: Nyasaland, Buchanan, 7di) \ 1155! 

 Lake Nyasa, Simons ! Shire Highlands, plentiful in marshy places, Buchanan, 318! 

 Manganja Hills, Waller! Magomoro Mission Station, 3000 ft., Waller! Mt. Mlanje, 

 Scott-Elliot, 8617 J Urungu; Fwambo, South of Lake Tanganyika, 5250 ft., Nutt ! 

 German East Africa : Unyamwezi ; Msalala, Hannington ! Urambo, Hannington ! 



5. P. tenuicaiilis, Rolfe. Plant very slender, 1 ft. high. Leaves 

 about 5, linear, acute, distant, bract-like, 1-1 -J in. long, with sheathing 

 base (basal ones not seen). Racemes subcorymbose, 1 J in. long, few- 

 flowered. Bracts ovate, acute, 4-5 Hn. long. Pedicels 7 lin. long. 

 Flowers small. Dorsal sepal broadly ovate, acute, cucullate, 4J lin. 

 long ; lateral reflexed, narrowly linear-oblong from a short base, acute, 

 unequally plicate, 5 lin. long. Petals entire, falcate-linear, acute, 

 adnate to the sides of the dorsal sepal into a galea, 4 lin. long. 

 Lip ligulate, obtuse, obtusely angled on both sides above the base, with 

 much reflexed margin, 4 J lin. long ; spur slender, 7 lin. long, scarcely 

 dilated at the apex. Stigmatic processes ovate-subrhomboid, com- 

 pressed, with a slender base, IJ Un. long. Anther erect, strongly 

 apiculate; channels truncate, slightly longer than the stigmas. Ros- 

 tellum triangular, very apiculate, slightly longer than the anther, 2 lin. 

 long. — Habenaria tenuicaidis, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 396. 



Mozamb. 2>i8t. German East Africa : between Unyamwezi and the coast, 

 Taglor ! 



6. P. crocea, Rolfe. Plant slender, 1-1 J ft. high. Leaves about 

 7, cauline, lanceolate, acute or acuminate, f-1 J in. long, lJ-2 lin. broad, 

 decreasing upwards. Racemes short or subcapitate, 3-4-flowered. 

 Bracts ovate-oblong, acuminate, 3-6 lin. long. Pedicels 5-6 lin. long. 



