16 III. oRCHiDEiE. [Ifabenaria 



{ChlorincE) and H. polyphylla in section 33 {Stenochilce), the former being 

 species No. 237, the latter No. 336. This however is only one of many- 

 instances which go to prove the artificial character of some of the 

 sections which he proposes for the genus. 



15. H. Guingangse Rehb. f. in Flora 1865, p. 179; Kriinzl., 

 I.e., p. 207 ; Duraud & Schinz, I.e., p. 78. 



PuNGo Andongo. — A herb 1 to 1| ft., with two tubers, the older 

 ovate-oblong, the younger much smaller, club-shaped, somewhat fleshy, 

 but only increasing perceptibly after flowering : stem very slender, 

 «traight, 2- to 3-leaved, the remaining leaves sheath-like. Spike ovate, 

 lax, flowers very deep orange, somewhat fleshy, wax-like. Two outer 

 perianth-segments deflexed, the third forming with the two inner 

 anteriorly one-toothed segments an erect helmet. Lip spreading, trifid, 

 mid-lobe longer and broader, spur subangled, long, descending ; ovary 

 acutely 6-angled, deeply furrowed, more or less hidden behind the 

 bracts. Rather rare in rich thicket-grown pastures at Barrancos de 

 Catete. A few specimens in flower beginning of Dec. 1856. No. 692. 



16. H. Protearum Rcbb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. p. 57 (1878); 

 Xranzl., I.e., p. 215; Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 84. 



H.paludosa Rchb. f. in Flora 1865, p. 178 (non Lindl). 



HuiLLA. — A slender herb with two tubers ; flowers greenish-white, 

 lip yellowish. In sandy rather shady short-grassed places among 

 Proteacese. Monino, Feb. 1860. No. 708. 



17. H. calcarata Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 622. 

 Stenoglottis ealcarata Rchb. f. in Flora 1865, p. 180 ; Durand k, 



Schinz, I.e., p. 68. Barlcea calcarata Rchb. f. in Linnaea xli. p. 54. 



HuiLLA. — A herb, 1 foot high, with cylindrical rather fleshy fascicled 

 roots ; spike deep rose-colour. Leaves herbaceous-green. Near rivers 

 in boggy places near the town of Huilla. In fl. end of Oct. 1859. 

 No. 733. 



The following numbers appear to belong to the genus, but the 

 material is insufficient for determination : — 



PuNGO Andongo. — Buds green, tubercles with a strong smell, like 

 a goat. Sporadic in rather damp steep places beneath the shade of 

 Cyathea angolensis near Catete on the presidium. One specimen 

 Jan. 1857. No. 687. Represented by a sketch of the plant, which is 

 only in bud. 



PuNGO Andongo. — A mutilated specimen. Buds whitish-green. 

 Terrestrial in rather deeply grassed damp pastures by the river Cuanza 

 near Sansamanda. One specimen Feb. 18.07. No. 688- Apparently 

 near the last. Represented only by a sketch of a damaged or diseased 

 plant which bears no flowers. 



15. SATYRIUM Sw. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PL iii. p. 629. 



1. S. trinerve Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. p. 344 (1838). 



Var. leucocomon Rendle. 



S. leucocomos Rchb. f. in Flora 1865, p. 182 ; Durand & Schinz, 

 Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 96. 



Of somewhat more robust habit than the Madagascar type, 

 and with shorter lip and lateral sepals. 



Huilla. — A herb 2 to 2i ft., with the habit of a European orchid, 

 bitubercled ; stem almost as thick as the little finger below, hollow, 



