126 ORCHIDE& (Rolfe). [| Habenaria. 
2 lin. long; petals 2-partite; upper lobe linear, obtuse, about as 
long as the dorsal sepal ; lower lobe lanceolate-linesr, obtuse, some- 
what falcate, a third longer than the upper lobe ; lip 3-partite, with 
oblong-linear obtuse lobes ; front lobe 2 lin. ‘long ; lateral pair 
diverging and rather shorter; spur $—} in. long, “slender below, 
somewhat thickened at the apex ; column 1 lin. long, obtuse ; side 
lobes of rostellum 4 lin. long ; stigmas } lin. Jong, clavate-oblong. 
oe bie jaoll eyctieit Ungoya, 1000-2000 ft., Wylie in Herb. Wood, 
7601, 946 
ay: as (Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. ii. 97); plant 
]- i ft. high, with ovoid tubers and rather stout leafy stems ; 
lentes 5-7, subsessile, elliptic aneeolte, acuminate, pOlabranih: 
2-6 in. long, 4-14 in. broad; racemes 24-9 in . long, lax ; bracts 
narrowly bvatelancecints. cath gg (-4 in. long ; pedicels }—} in. 
long ; flowers green ; dorsal sepal ov ate, “ obtuse, “galeate, about 24 
lin. long ; lateral sepals spreading , obliquely ovate-oblong , obtuse, 
bed subfiliform, the lateral pair spreading and 
Javan shorter than ee roti lobe ; spur rather stout, slightly curved, 
a 4 in. long ; column stout, 1 lin. long ; stigmas oblong, obtuse, about 
2 lin, long ; ; capsule elliptic-oblong, 4-5 lin. long. Bolus in Journ. 
YF Soc, xxv. 191; rk vais & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v.81; Rolfe 
in Dyer, Fl. T; yp. Afr. vil. 230 ; Krénzl. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 66, and 
Orch, Gen. et Sp. i. 198 ; Scktachter’¢ in Bho Jahrb. xx. Beibl. 50, 32, 
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mountain for th, ents “12! tine dno “Fast n damp woods at 
Malowe, near ” Clydeaiale, Dyson, 2043 ! rere a 4000-5000 ft., "Wood, 
4586! Alexandra District, at Ifafa, Rudatis, 
Also in East and West a Africs. 
16. H. transvaal mee ng 0 a in Engl. Jahrb. xx. Beibl. 50, 
6, 32); ‘plant about 1? ft. high, with stout leafy stem; leaves 
sessile, oblong or LB tee acute, membranous, 2-4 in. long, 
1 oad ; racemes oblong, about 5 in. long, rather lax, about 
10- flowered ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute, }-1 in. long ; pedicels 
1_3 in. in. long ; ; flowers medium-sized ; dorsal sepal ovate-oblong, sub- 
obtuse, about 5 lin. long ; lateral sepals semiovate, obliquely acute, 
about 4 in. long ; aa 2-partite ; upper lobe linear, acute, as long as 
the dorsal sepal ; lower lobe narrowly linear, acuminate, about 7 ‘lin. 
long ; re ba agye middle lobe linear, “ape about } in. long ; side 
lobes erging, bio — acumina ones 2 lin. long 5 spur 
rostellum 14 lin. see stigmas clava a trunca te, 2 lin. I ee _ Set 
Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 208, and in Ann. Naturhist. Hofmus. Wi y Rx. 2. 
