Habenaria .] 
OBCHiDEiE. (S. Moore.) 
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sheathing scales clothing its lower portion. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 
narrowed towards the base, 2-5 in. long, £ in. broad, with a short 
entire sheathing base. Eaceme 2 in. long, few-flowered ; bracts lanceo- 
late i in. or more in length ; pedicel and ovary nearly £ in. long. 
Sepals about -J- in. long, ovate, obtuse. Petals about as long, narrowly 
spathulate, each with an appendage springing from its base and twice 
its own length. Labellum about i in. long, deeply 3-lobed ; lobes 
linear, obtuse, the median one a little the broader; spur clavate, about 
•g- in. long. Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. 310. 
Mauritius, Commerson (fide Richard). Description) taken from Richard’s figure. 
Endemic. 
2. H. vesiculosa, Rich. Orch. Maur. 20, t. 2. Tuber ovoid-oblong, 
more than \ in. in length. Stem about | foot high, erect, leafy, clothed 
with numerous sheathing scales below the leaves. Leaves lanceolate, 
narrowed towards the base, 2-4 in. long, |-f in. broad, with shortly- 
sheathing bases. Eaceme about \ foot long when full-grown, with 
numerous sparsely -set greenish flowers ; bracts lanceolate, ^ in. long ; 
pedicel and ovary about -^in. in length. Upper sepal ovate, about ^in. 
long ; lateral a little longer, lanceolate. Petals lanceolate. Labellum 
£ in. long, 5-partite ; segments linear, obtuse, the two basal the nar- 
rower ; mid-lobe somewhat shorter and broader than its lateral fellows ; 
spur -i- in. long, dilated at its extremity into a wide pouch. Lindl. Gen. 
and Sp. Orch. 310. 
Mauritius, Flacq, and Nouvelle Decouverte, Bojer ! Herb. Blackburn ! Endemic. 
3. H. ? prsealta, Rich. Orch. Maur. 22 ( Habenaria ). Root of 
numerous unbranched woolly fibres. Stem 2-3 feet high, erect, stout, 
leafy. Leaves linear-lanceolate, \ foot long, nearly \ in. broad, with a 
long entire sheathing base. Eaceme 1 foot long, bearing a dense mass of 
greenish flow'ers ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, usually about f in. in length. 
Sepals ovate, obtuse. Petals a little smaller, obovate-oblong. Labellum 
deeply 3- (occasionally irregularly) 2-lobed ; lobes subequal, linear, 
obtuse; spur clavate, arching forwards, about in. long. Lindl. Gen. 
and Sp. Orch. 321. Satyrium prsealtum, Thouars , Orch. Afr. t. 11. 
Mauritius, Piton du Milieu de file, La Savanne, and Riviere Noire, Bojer. 
Also Bourbon . I have had no flower for examination, and have seen no specimen 
from Mauritius. 
4. H. ? Sigillum, Thouars , Orch. Afr. t. 20. Stem erect, 1\ foot 
high, leafy near the top, with a few tight sheathing scales below. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 4-5 in. long, less than 1^ in. broad, with 
short, entire sheathing bases. Eaceme about 10 in. long, sparsely 
flowered ; bracts ovate, in. in length ; pedicel and ovary 1 in. long. 
Upper sepal ovate, cuspidate, about as long as the ovate-lanceolate 
lateral ones. Petals broadly spathulate, obliquely^ bifid. Labellum 
5-lobed, the two basal lobes short, the lateral terminal ones obtuse ; 
mid -lobe shortly rotundate, with a long, linear cusp ; spur f in. long, 
almost straight, obtuse. 
