Habenaria. | ORCHIDEZ (Rolfe), 121 
long, decreasing upwards into the bracts; racemes oblong, about 
3 in. long, dense, many-flowered ;_ bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute, 
4-8 in. long; pedicels about 5 lin. long; flowers medium-sized ; 
dorsal sepal broadly ovate, obtuse, concave, about 24 lin. long ; 
lateral sepals obliquely semiovate-oblong, obtuse, about 3 lin. long ; 
petals simple, semiovate-oblong, obtuse, nearly as long as the dorsal 
sepal; lip simple, linear-oblong, obtuse, fleshy, about 4 lin. long ; 
} lin. long, oblong, obtuse. Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 
73; Kriénzl. in Enal. Jahrb. xvi. 216, Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 438, and 
in Ann. Naturhist. Hofmus. Wien, xx. 3. 
Coast RrGron: Uitenhage Div. ; Van Stadens River, Mackie. Albany Div. ; 
Brookhuizens Poort, Grahamstown, 2250 ft., Bolus, 7312! 
Katanart Recion: Orange River Colony ; near Harrismith, rook, Penther, 123. 
Eastern Recon: Natal; Van Reenen, Penther, 87. 
in. long 
somewhat fleshy ; pedicels 4-} in. long ; flower: ; 
sepal broadly ovate, obtuse, very concave, 21 lin. long ; lateral sepals 
narrowly and obliquely ovate-oblong, obtuse, 24 lin. long; petals 
simple, narrowly and obliquely ovate-oblong, obtuse, about 2 lin 
long ; lip simple, oblong-linear, obtuse, rather broader at the base, 
fleshy, about 3 lin. long; spur about 4 lin. long, clavate from a 
narrow base, somewhat curved ; column very short and broad ; side 
lobes of rostellum short ; stigmas oblong, about } lin. long. 
Coast Recon: Albany Div. ; Fullers, Reade, 130! 
6. H. foliosa (Reichb. f. in Flora, 1865, 180) ; plant $-1} ft. high, 
with large oblong tubers and stout densely leafy stems; leaves 
sessile, ovate-oblong or oblong, obtuse or subacute, rather fleshy, 
imbri i in. b 
, 1-3 in. long, 3-1 in. broad, gradually decreasing 
1-1} in. long; flowers rather large, green or 
dorsal sepal elliptic-ovate, obtuse, cucullate, 44-6 lin. long ; lateral 
sepals obliquely semiovate, obtuse, concave, 43-6 lin. long ; petals 
simple, very broadly ovate or orbicular-ovate, obtuse, about as long 
h als, sometimes broader than long ; lip linear-oblong, obtuse, 
very fleshy, revolute at the margin, 5-7 lin. long, with a pair 
short slender lateral teeth near the base ; spur 1-1} in. long, 
Slender below, clavate at the apex; column about 2} lin. long, 
obtuse ; side lobes of rostellum short and broad ; stigmas oblong, 
