124 ORCHIDE& (Rolfe). | Habenaria. 
10. H. Schlechteri (Kriinzl. ex Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 
Beibl. 50, 35); plant 14-2 ft. high, with stout leafy stem, turning 
fleshy ; disal gear broadly rhea aicuintis about 7 lin. 
long; lateral sepals oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, about 7 lin. long ; ; 
petals simple, oblong-lanceolate, slvr i nearly as long as the 
dorsal sepal ; lip deeply 3-lobed, about ? in. long ; front lobe oblong- 
lanceolate, subacute ; side lobes slightly broader ‘than the front lobe 
apiculate ; eo lobes of rostellum much curved, abot 4 lin. long ; 
stigmas 3 lin. long, clavate-capitate and ery, broad at the apex. 
Krinzl. in “Rei chb. f. Xen. Orch, iii. 148, ¢. 286, fig. 5-9, and 
ch. Gen. et Sp. i. 244; Schlechter in ‘Engl Jahrb. xx. Beibl. 
oe 35 
HARI ReGion: Transvaal; near Wilge River, 4600 ft., Schlechter, 4121! 
Some 6500 ft., Doidge, 4794! 
A striking species, closely resembling H. occultans, Welw., in habit, but 
differing i in having simple petals. 
11. H. Culveri (Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xx. Beibl. 50, 14, 32); 
plant 14-1} ft. high, with rather stout leafy stems ; leaves 4 or 5, 
saiecen elliptic or enolate eee: subacute, very membranous, 
23-4} in. long, 1-1} in. broad; racemes 43-6 in. long, lax, many- 
hea ; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, }-} in. long; pedicels 5-6 
Bs 
, br 
of rostellum iil 3 lin. ong i A stigmas clavate-oblong, 1 lin, lon 
Krénzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 
KaLaHaRI Region: Transvaal; Rimers Creek, Barberton, 3000 ft., Culver, 
47! 
tridens (Lindl. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 208); plant 
ia & high, with rather slender leafy stems; leaves 3— 6, sessile, 
oblong-lanceolate, acute, somewhat fleshy, suberect, 1-4 in. long, 
= lin. broad, with a few reduced sheaths above; racemes 1—4 
long, usually lax, few- to many-flowered ; bracts lanceolate or 
oii ong-lanceolate, acuminate, 3-6 lin. long ; Seto 5-6 lin. long ; 
