132 ORCHIDE (Rolfe). [ Habenaria. 
26. H. cornuta (Lindl. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 208) ; 
1-1} ft. high, with stout leafy stems ; leaves piiiiosbieee or 
oblong-lanceolate, acute or subacute, 1}—4 in. long, subcoriaceous, 
decreasing up es 3-5 in. long, dense, many-fiowered 
racts ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, } 
pedicels 7— ; flo green and white; dorsal sepal 
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lower lobe strongly incurved, more than twice as long as the upper 
ay and tapering upwards from a broader base; lip 3-partite, 
4 in. long, with tapering lobes, the lateral pair distinctly broader 
at the base ; rae 3 in. long, slender below, strongly clavate above ; 
column over 2 lin, long, subobtuse ; ; side lobes of rostellum 2 lin. 
long ; stigmas 1} lin. long, very stout and cag oer Drege, Zwei 
. Documente, 154; Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 190 ; Durand 
& Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v.75 ; Kra nara i Biot Jahrb. xvi. (a 
and Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 206 ; Schlechter in Saat Jahrb. xx. Beibl. 
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tH Arrica: Kaffirland ; Brownlee, 4! Trim 
ARI REGION: Transvaal ; marshe es at Hoctbosch (Woodbush), 6600 it., 
GION: Transkei ; “Tsomo, Barber & sora 839! 855! Pondo- 
land ; Umtentu River, near the poe uth, and near Um iver, Drége, 4570 ! 
Griqualand East ; near Kokstad, 5 0 ét., aah wral near r Clydesdale, 3500 ft 
Tyson, 2857 ! Natal ; haere Wood, 997! Oliviers Hoek, sources of the 
Tugela River, 5000 ft., Allison, 21! near  Dlainncit 5000-6000 ft., Wood, 
5529! 
27. H. involuta (Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 165, 166, fig. 3) ; 
lant 2 ft. or more high, with rather stout stems and ovoid tubers ; 
leaves 2-4, basal or subbasal, linear-lanceolate or elongate-linear, 
3-1} , 4-4 in upper leaves mu cemes 
oblong, about 6 long, somewhat dense, many-flowered ; bracts 
lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 3 lin. long 
pedicels about ? in. long ; flowers light green ; dorsal sepal elliptic- 
oblong, obtuse, 2} lin. long ; lateral : sepals obliquely obovate-elliptic, 
lanceolate-oblong, longer than the upper lobe and about four times 
road ; ip -partite, about 5 lin. long, with linear curved lobes, 
the lateral pair shorter and broader than the front lobe ; spur about 
3 in. long, nearly straight, slender below, subclavate above ; column 
about 1 lin. long, obtuse, side lobes of rostellum curved, 2 lin. ong ; 
stigmas = we ge straight, neg tet at the apex. Bolus in Journ. 
Linn. Soe 192; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 80; 
Krénal. in " Bngl Jahrb. xvi. 87, and Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 229. 
Eastern REGION : ‘beaone Durban Bay, near the mouth of the Umhlatuzaan 
River, Sanderson, 833 
Bolus cviaiaally dosattbad the petals as undivided, but this is a mistake. 
