ORCHIDACE/E (A. B. Eendle) 109 



Raceme 6-7 cm. long. Bracts 4 mm. long. Flowers 7' 5 cm. long 

 and broad. Sepals and j^^lals 4 cm. long by l"5-2 cm. broad; lip 

 3 cm. long, 1"5 cm. broad at base, 2*5 cm. at the mouth. Column 

 2 cm. long, adnate to the lip for 1"2 cm. of its length. Rostellum 

 4-5 mm. long. 



A very distinct species. 



Platylepis Talbotii Rendle sp. nov. Herba sesquipedalis 

 caule basi repente in sicco prominente quadrangular! glabro 

 foliato ; foliis e basi vaginante angusta petiolum simulante 

 inde latioribus ellipticis vel anguste obovatis subacutis 5-7- 

 nerviis glabris ; scapo bracteato, bracteis siccis papyraceis 

 acutis, inferioribus vaginantibus late ovatis, florentibus ellipticis 

 vel oblongis dorso glanduloso-pilosis ovarium subaequantibus ; 

 racemo dense multifloro ; fioribus in sicco erectis ; sepulis ligu- 

 latis, in vivo superne recurvatis, apice carnosulis et cucullatis, 

 dorso sparse glanduloso-pilosis ; petalis anguste linearibus superne 

 spathulatis sepalo dorsali adnatis ; lahello basi saccata bigibbo, 

 parte inferiore columnae adnato, limbo late oblongo, dorso sub 

 apice semiorbiculari recurvato callis geminis oblongis incrassato, 

 callis geminis dentiformibus in quoque sacculo instructo ; capsula 

 anguste ellipsoidea apice angustata. (PI. 15, figs. 8, 9.) 



Oban ; n. 1463. 



Plant about 5 dm. high. Stem 2 mm. thick. Leaves 15-20 cm. 

 long including the sheath (2-4 cm. long) and the narrow petiole-like 

 portion (2-5 cm. long), 3 '5-5 cm. broad ; at the base of the scape is a 

 much smaller leaf. Scape, including raceme (to 10 cm. long), about 

 2' 5 dm. long, sheathed at the base by the small uppermost leaf. 

 Lowest bract 3"5 cm. long, the upper gradually shorter ; fertile bracts 

 10-12 mm. long. Flower, excluding ovary, 9 mm. long. Sepals 

 9 mm. long. Petals 8 mm. ; lip 7 mm., adnate for 4 mm. to the 

 front of the column. Rostellum with two long acuminate lobes 

 which are level with the top of the lip. Capstde 13 mm. long. 



At once distinguished from P. glandulosa Reichb. til. by the 

 longer and larger leaves, the slightly larger flower, the lip-structure, 

 and the longer fruit. 



There is in Herb. Kew. an apparently identical specimen in fruit, 

 collected in Uganda (Mawokate, 3900 ft.) by E. Brown (n. 169). 



Habenaria Buntingii Rendle sp. nov. Planta pedalis ad 

 sesquipedalis rhizomate repente et radicibus dense villosis ; caule 

 debile basi supra vestigia foliorum vaginis foliorum 2 oblongo- 

 ellipticorum subacutorum laxe vestito ; foliis caulinis parvis 

 in bracteas amplexicaules acuminatas transeuntibus ; spica 

 sublaxiflora ; bracteis lanceolatis acuminatis 3-nerviis ovarium 

 subaequantibus vel excedentibus ; sepalo dorsali ovali obtuso 

 quam sepp. lateralia falcato-ovata paullo breviore ; petalis integris 

 lineari-angustatis sepala lateralia subaequantibus ; lahello tripartito 

 segmentis e basi latiore lineari-filiformibus ; calcare geniculato 



