.572 ADDENDA. 



3-lobed ; lobes linear ; front lobe 7-8 lin. long ; spur filiform, clavate 

 at the apex, 10 lin. long. Stigmatic processes triangular-attenuate, 

 laterally compressed, as long as the anther channels. Rostellum small, 

 acute. 



wile Iiand. Abyssinia: Samen ; Woiua, near Debra Eski, 6900-7500 ft., 

 Schimper. 



Only known tx) me from the original description, in which it is compared with H, 

 cultrata, A. Rich, and H. cultriformis, Kranzl. 



Cla. Habenaria Rivse, Kranzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. 238. Plant 

 very robust, 4 ft. high. Stem leafy. Leaves 6, oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute, 1 ft. long, 2 in. broad, decreasing upwards. Spike rather short, 

 dense, many-flowered. Bracts exceeding the flowers, ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, j in. long or the lower longer, upper hairy. Pedicels 

 7 lin. long. Flowers 3 lin. long. Dorsal sepal cucullate, oblong, acute, 

 lateral subobliquely ovate, more than twice as broad as the dorsal, 

 setose at the margin. Petals ovate, acute, nearly simple, but extended 

 in front into an acute angle, as if indicating a nearly suppressed front 

 lobe. Lip as long as the petals, simple, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 with a broad thickened line or callus from base to apex ; spur filiform, 

 inflated at the apex, 8 lin. long. Column punctate-scaberulous through- 

 out ; stigmatic processes long, arcuate, cochleate at the apex ; anther 

 channels as long as and parallel to the stigmatic processes ; rostellum 

 linear, acute, reflexed, a little longer than the anther. 



Wile Sjand. Locality not specified, probably Somaliland, Ruspoli Sf Miva, 1382. 



A very distinct species, only known to me from the original description. 



64. Habenaria insignis, Eolfe. The name Habenaria insignia 

 having been applied by Schlechter to a South African species (Engl. 

 Jahrh. xx. Beihlait, 32), I propose re-naming the present one H." 

 mirabilisy Rolfe. 



105. Habenaria rhopalostigma, Rolfe^ add ex Kranzl. Orch. 

 Gen. ct Sp. p. 342. 



4. Platycoryne bucbananiana, Rolfe. To this must be referred 

 HahenaHa buchwaldianaj Kranzl. in. Engl. Jahrb. xxiv. 503. See 

 Kranzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. 452. 



Srt. Satyrium Buchananii, ScJdechter in Engl. Jahrh. xxiv. 422. 

 Plant glabrous, rather strong, 14-22 in. high. Leaves radical, 2, 

 .arising from distinct buds at the base of the stem, suberect, lanceolate, 

 subacute, narrowed at the base, 4-10 in. long, 1 J-2 in. broad. Scape 

 straight or slightly flexuose, with numerous loose cucullate acuminate 

 or acute sheaths. Spike cylindrical, rather dense, 3J-4J in. long, 1 in. 

 broad, many-flowered. Bracts leafy, lanceolate, acuminate, more or less 

 exceeding the flowers, gradually decreasing upwards, ultimately deflexed. 

 Pedicels 6-7 lin. long. Sepals and petals spreading, connate only at the 

 \ase; the former linear-ligulate, obtuse, with the lateral subfalcate and 



