208 NOTES UPON SOME GENERA AND SPECIES OF ORCHIDACEX. — 
villosissime, leviter crenulate, ovate, acu- minatis subequalibus, calcare arcuatoa 
minate, ovario pauló longiores. Sepala ovarii longitudine. | 
ovata, acuta, subsqualia, apice pilosa. Inter Omtala et Omsamwubo, 
Petala membranacea, lineari-cuneata, la- Vix pedalis. Spica laxa. Flores pan 
ciniis tribus equalibus filiformibus, non Sepalum dorsale concavum subrotund 
Setaceis, parte indivis& pauló brevioribus. ovatum.—Next H. lancifolia. 
Labellum cucullatum, cuneatum, laciniis : 
9 proportione simili et magnitudine. Cal- BowaTEA. Gen. et Sp. Orch, 327. 
car a facie compressum et subsulcatum, 1. B. speciosa, W. 
obtusum, curvatum, labello dupló brevius. — Znter Greenevalei et Ruigtevalei, 
This new and most distinct species of . B. clavata; caule folioso, foliis lan- 
Scopularia has exactly the anther of that ceolatis sensim in vaginas oblongas acutas 
first described; it differs in the dense se- cucullatas mutatis, racemo multifloro com- 
cund arrangement of its flowers, in its pacto, floribus longé pedicellatis, b 
somewhat hispidly hairy bracts, and in the pedicellis longioribus convolutis acutis, 
size, number, and proportion of the lace- floribus galeatis, petalis bipartitis : le 
rations of the petals and labellum. filiformibus recurvis posteriore dupló t 
viore, labello 3-partito laciniis setaceo-hii 
formibus petalis brevioribus, rostello 
l. H. cornuta; caule basi folioso, fo- obtuso glabro antherâ breviore, canalibu 
liis oblongis abruptè in vaginas imbricatas stigmaticis longissimis acuminatis, proc 
acutas mutatis, racemo densissimo multi- subus carnosis clavatis emarginatis galee x 
floro, bracteis obovato-oblongis acutis ova- longitudine, calcare pedicello breviore a 
rio brevioribus, petalis bipartitis a gale& ce clavato obtusissimo. 
carinat liberis: laciniis posterioribus se- Inter Gekam et Basche. ; e 
taceis anterioribus rigidis carnosis cornutis Bipedalis et ultra, facie B. cirrhate, m 
HABENARIA. Gen. et Sp. Orch. 306. 
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recurvis multó brevioribus, labelli tripartiti ter quam et speciosam locum tenet que 
carnosi laciniis lateralibus convexis acu- medium ab utráque diversissima. 2 
minatis falcatis intermediá lineari-lanceo- 3. B. £etrapetala ; caule folioso, foliis 
laté deflex4 subequali, calcare clavato api- lanceolatis sensim in vaginas acuminatas : 
ce inflato pendulo ovarii longitudine. s: mutatis, racemo longo laxo multifloro, fo- l 
Prope Omsamculo. ribus longé pedicellatis, bracteis acumina- 
Sesquipedalis. Petala cornuta semun- tis pedicellis longioribus, sepalis o d i 4 
iam longa. Anthere steriles membrana- reflexis dorsali angustissimo, petalis Ac 
Cem emarginate. Processus carnosi crassi anticis ovatis convexis subunguiculatis " 
clavati truncati. Rostellum parvumovatum. carnosis posticis linearibus sepalo dorsali v 
A most remarkable species, with the an- eequalibus, labello 3-partito lacinus laton i 
terior segments of its petals long, fleshy, libus lineari-lanceolatis intermedia lineari 
recurved, and looking very like the horns brevioribus, rostello subulato erecto e p 
of some animal ; and broader, not narrower, there longitudine, processubus 
than the back segments. It must be placed clavatis petalis anticis brevioribus, calcare 
next H. vesiculosa. I think we have here clavato pedicello longiore. 
the most direct transition to Bonatea, but Inter Basche et Omtala. : 
the upper lip of the stigma is so little deye- Bi- tripedalis. Flores inter iE 
loped that the species agrees essentially A very curious species, with 1s 
with the character of Habenaria. so completely separated, each into bg 
ti z nt Mec folis lineari-lanceola- that the flower is really tetrapetalous. 
8 acuminatis basi subcordatis subito ; i 
bracteas foliaceas acuminatas (C adm TaPHnia. Gen. et Sp. Orch. as : 
ores mutatis, petalis bipartitis: lacinia ante- The parts of fructification 
riore setacoh. posteriori lanceolate equali, are so exceedingly delicate anc 
labelli tripartiti laciniis rectis angustis acu- ous, that in a dried state I find it 
