14 III. ORCHiDE.'E. [Habenaria 



7. H. ichneumonea Lindl, Gen. & Sp. Orch. p. 313 (1835); 

 Durand k Schinz, I.e., p. 79 ; Kninzl., I.e., p. 320. 



PuNCO Andongo. — A liei'b growing on rocks and on the earth, 1^ to 

 2f t.high,root 2- to 3-tubercled, mother-tubercle ovate-oblong or obovate- 

 conical, new ones spherical, long-stalked. Stem cylindrical 2- to 

 3-kneed and like the leaves erect subflaccid herbaceous-green. Flowers 

 herbaceous-green, except the column and the inner perianth-segments 

 which are white and petaloid. In crannies of lofty gneiss-rocks near 

 streams, Pedra de Songue, middle of Jan. 1856. No. 681. 



8. H. chlorotica Echb. f., I.e.,; Kranzl. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 

 xvi. p. 145 ; Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 75. 



HtTiLLA. — Herbaceous, 1 or 1^ ft. high, the whole plant including 

 flowers herbaceous-green, the lips alone tending slightly towards a 

 dull yellow. Root with two elongated oblong tubers. Stem slender 

 cylindrical, distantly leaved, leaves linear, sheathing, plicate, erect to 

 spreading. Bracts scarcely different from the uppermost cauline leaves. 

 Ovary scarcely furrowed, with raised ribs. Outer lateral perianth- 

 segments lanceolate reflexed above the ovary, the posterior much 

 shorter, ovate, erect, embracing the two inner lanceolate segments ; 

 lip with a very long linear-subulate spur, lobes linear, the middle a 

 little longer than the lateral, all hanging down, rather fleshy, green 

 to yellowish. Sandy rather dry thickets near the large hippopotamus 

 lake, but very sporadic. In fl. Feb. 1860. No. 725. 



9. H. Lregeana Lindl. Ann. Nat. Hist. \v. p. 314 (1840); 

 Kranzl., I.e., p. 149. 



Var. calva Rchb. f.. I.e., p. 179 ; Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 77. 



HuiLLA. — A herb with two tubers, the younger shortly stalked, 

 scarcely 1 ft. long, leaves radical, in an opposite pair, fleshy, stiff", 

 cordate, bright green, appressed to the ground ; stem straight, clothed 

 for its whole length with small long-acuminate bract-like leaves. 

 Flowers in a cylindrical spike, greenish, smelling like CoimiUaria 

 majalis but less sweet. Bracts slightly exceeding the ovary. Perianth 

 hooded, external segments herbaceous, the lateral semi-ovate reflexed, 

 the uppermost ovate, erect, the inner wlaite, deeply bifid. Lip hanging, 

 white, deeply trifid, the middle segment the longest, spur long 

 flattened-conical, with club-shaped apex. Column short, obtuse. 

 Ovary sessile subclavate with three raised ribs, shorter than the spur. 

 Very rare in woods on sandy soil with little shade and crowded with 

 Leguminosae, between Monino and lake Ivantala. 9 April 1860. 

 No. 732. 



10. H. macrandra Lindl. in Journ. Linn. See. vi. p. 139 (1862) ; 

 Kchb. f., I.e., Kranzl., I.e., p. 160; Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 81. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — The whole herb glaucous-green, fragile ; leaves 

 with a regular wavy margin, resplendent above, pale subglaucous 

 beneath. Nectary very long and pendulous. In specially shady 

 primasval woods on the mountains of Queta but rare. May and 

 beginning of June 1855. No. 663. 



11. H. Spiranthes Rchb. f.. I.e., p. 178; Kranzl., I.e., p. 165; 

 Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 86. 



PuNGO Andongo. — A herb about 1 foot long, narrowly erect, the 

 whole plant herbaceous-green. Leaves carinate, subglaucous beneath. 

 Outer lateral perianth-segments reflexed, the third forming with the 



