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FIGURES, WITH DESCRIPTIONS
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EXTRA-TROPICAL

SOUTH AFRICAN ORCHIDS

BY

HARRY BOLUS, F.L.S., Hon. D.Sc. (Cape)

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PREFACE

Fifteen years have elapsed since the publication, in 1896
of the first volume of this work; and, although this delay has
arisen from causes entirely beyond my own control, viz., from
advancing years and ill-health, yet I feel that some explanation
is due to the purchasers of the previous volume who may wish

,

to have what they would call and consider a “ complete” work.

This wish is very natural. But in the present instance |
fear that from the very nature of the case it can hardly be
fulfilled by myself. In a country like the South African Union,
so imperfectly explored and so dificult of exploration by
botanical collectors, some years must elapse before the same
proportion of the existing vegetation can be known, as is the
case in older and more populous countries, such as Great Britain.
Still the work goes on though it continues slowly, and many
new species have been added to the list of known South
African Orchids during the last twenty years.

As I have endeavoured to draw the Orchids here figured
from living plants only, and have succeeded in a large proportion
of cases in doing so, yet this naturally presents many difficulties.
At seventy-seven years of age one cannot be constantly travelling,
and one is therefore dependent to a great extent on the good-will
and kind assistance of friends and others interested in the subject,
often living at a distance or travelling in other parts of the
Colony. Amongst these, and in addition to those mentioned
in the preface to the first volume, must now be named, first
and foremost, with my expression of the warmest gratitude,
Miss ALICE PEGLER, of Kentani, Tembuland, who, in spite of
delicate health, has been indefatigable in exploring the Flora
of her neighbourhood, of which she has sent a large collection,
amongst which are numerous Orchids, some of which will be
found figured in this volume.

Also, Iam greatly indebted to Miss C. B. NEWDIGATE, of
Forest Hall, near Plettenberg Bay and Knysna, who has most

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kindly sent me excellent living specimens of several rare species
of Orchids, such as Disa excelsa, Swartz, long lost to science,
first collected by Thunberg about 1773, and scarcely known
since ; also of Disa Forficaria mihi (see Vol. I. of this work,
Tab. 87), first found by Drége in Du Toit’s Kloof, and only
once since, by Zeyher, according to Sonder’s determination.
It was first published by Lindley, who regarded it as a
distinct genus, as Forficaria graminifolia, Gen. & Sp. Orch.
1838), 362.

To Mr. N.S. PILLANS, of Rosebank, near Cape Town, a
very successful cultivator, especially of succulent plants, I am
indebted for frequent assistance in procuring for me living
specimens of Orchids for the purpose of figuring. His name
is commemorated under Tab, 27.

Last, but not the least, I must express my gratitude to
Miss H. M. L. KENsIT, B.A., for several years my devoted
and very capable helper in botanical and all other work, and a
frequent companion in botanical excursions. Her re-discovery,
during a violent rain-storm, of Disa Telipogonis Reichenbach f.,
on the summit of Table Mountain, was a great delight to us,
and formed quite a red-letter day in our experience. This
small Orchid had been practically lost for seventy years, and I
hope that its modest size and the quiet colour of its flowers
may now save it from the extinction by ruthless flower-
gatherers which has overtaken so many other flowers.

I fear I may seem to have been too prolix in the foregoing
remarks. I would plead in excuse that the feelings of those
who are colonists and explorers of the natural history of a new
country are not strictly limited to scientific delights, but are
closely united with a certain pride and interest in the discovery
of the numerous new forms of nature in the country of their

loving adoption.
H.W:

KENILWORTH,
Near CAPE TOWN.
April, 1911.

TAB. 1.

Tribe VANDER.
Sub-tribe SARCANTHEA.
Genus LISTROSTACHYS.

Listrostachys arcuata, Reichd. f. in Walp. Ann., vol. vi.,
~. 907 (1864).—Herba epiphytica robusta glabra, radicibus ad
0°6 cm. diam. ; caulis adscendens foliosus ad 30 cm. longus, 1 cm.
diam.; folia disticha lineari-oblonga apice obliqua obtusissima
biloba, ad 14 cm. longa, 1°5-2°5 cm. lata; racemi 5-9 flori,
5-10 cm. longi, bracteis subrotundo-ovatis concavis membranaceis
brunneis conspicuis, 1-1-2 cm. longis; sepala lanceolata longe
acuminata patenti-recurvata, 2-2°5 cm. longa; petala sepalis
simillima sed breviora, 1°5-2 cm. longa; labelli limbus petalis
conformis, 1:°8-2°3 cm. longus, calcare arcuato-infundibuliformi
apice uncinato-revoluto, limbo paullo longiore ; columna nana,
0-2 cm. longa; operculum cucullatum rostratum ; rostellum sub-
panduriforme apice attenuatum incurvatum; pollinia 2, sub-
spherica; stipites 2, oblique lineari-oblanceolati cartilaginei,
glandulea communi cartilagineee adnati; capsula cylindrica 6
angulata, angulis alatis, 3°5 cm. longa, 1°3 cm. diam., pedicellis
2-25 cm. longis.—(Zx exempll. plur. viv. exsiccatisque.)—
Angraecum arcuatum, Lindley, 11 Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag., wol. ii.,
p. 204 (1836). -

Hab: South-eastern Region; Care Cotony: Uitenhage:
hills at Coega River, fl. Dec., Zeyher, 3890! ; near Port Elizabeth,
Mrs. Holland; Trans-VaaL: Golden Valley,; Sheba Hill, near
Barberton, alt. 1050 meters, fl. March, 2. 2. Galpin, 850!; W.

Culver, 73!; Natal: Mrs. K. Saunders !

Plate 1. Fig. 1, flower, side view ; 2, ditto, the sepals and
petals removed; 8, column, side view ; 4, ditto, front view shewing
the pollinarium in situ; 5, pollinarium, spread out; 6, ditto,
shewing the pollinia and stipites revolute after withdrawal of
the gland.

An epiphytic robust glabrous herb, with the roots attaining
0°6 cm. in diam. ; stem ascending leafy up to 380 cm. long, 1 cm.
diam. ; leaves distichous linear-oblong oblique at the apex very
obtuse bilobed, up to 14 cm. long, 1°5-2°5 cm. broad ; racemes

VL ass

5-9flowered, 5-10 cm. long, with somewhat rotund-ovate concave
membranous brown conspicuous bracts, 1-1°2 cm. long ; sepals lan-
ceolate long acuminate spreading-recurved, 2-2°5 cm. long;
petals very like the sepals but shorter 1°45-2 cm. long; limb of the
labellum like the petals, 1°8-2°3 cm. long, the spur arcuate-
infundibuliform uncinate-revolute at the apex, a little longer than
the limb; column short, 0°2 cm. long; operculum cucullate
beaked ; rostellum somewhat panduriform attenuate and incurved
at the apex; pollinia 2, somewhat spherical; caudicles 2, obliquely
linear-oblanceolate cartilaginous adnate to a common cartilaginous
gland ; capsule cylindrical 6 angled, angles winged 3°5 cm. long,
1°3.c.m. diam., with pedicels 2-2°5 cm long.

Described from several living and dried specimens.

TAB. 2.

Tribe VANDE.
Sub-tribe SARCANTHE.
Genus ANGR-KCUM.

Angrzcum Saundersiz, o/us, in Hook. Icon. Pl., tab.
1728 (1887).—Herba epiphytica glabra; caulis brevis simplex
herbaceus ; folia disticha ligulata, basi angustata, apice oblique
biloba, coriacea obscure reticulata, 8-16 cm. longa; racemi soli-
tarii penduli vel adscendentes foliis longiores, pauciflori (5-7 flori),
_ interstitiis circa 1:5 cm. longis; flores albi; sepala et petala
lateralia lanceolato-oblonga subconformia, sepalo postico declinato,
petalis demum reflexis, 1°2 cm. longis; labellum oblongum ob-
tusissimum parum majis, patens, basi in calcar filiforme pendulum
costatum incurvum, 6-7 cm. longum, productum ; columna sub-
tetragona, apice triloba declinata, 0°4-0°5 cm. longa; rostellum
porrectum diaphanum, ungue lineari, lamina ovata, gracile curva-
tum; operculum ecristatum, antice in rostrum breve triangulare
productum ; glandula stipesque rostello exacte conformes eoque
arcte adpressi; ovarium filiforme gracile, cum pedicello 1°5-2°2 cm.
longum. (£x exemplo unico vivo plurtbusque exsiccatts).

Hab: South-eastern Region ; Care Cotony: near Komgha,
in woods, alt. 540 met., fl. March, 4. G. Flanagan, 825!; near
Kentani, alt. 450 met., fl. Feb., Alice Pegler, 471!; Natal: Mrs.
RK. Saunders! ,; Palmiet and Umbilo Rivers, March, 1865, /. San-
derson, 892!

Plate 2. Fig. 1, odd sepal; 2, side sepal; 38, one of the

petals; 4, lip; 5, 6, column, side view; 7, ditto, front view;
8, pollinarium ; 9, anther-case—all variously magnified.

A glabrous epiphytic herb ; stem short unbranched herbaceous ;
leaves distichous ligulate, narrowed at the base, obliquely bilobed
at the apex, coriaceous obscurely netted-veined, 8-16 cm. long.
racemes solitary pendulous or ascending longer than the leaves,
5-7flowered, flowers about 1°5 cm. apart, white; sepals and
lateral petals lanceolate-oblong somewhat similar in form and
texture, odd sepal declinate, petals finally reflexed, 1°2 cm. long ;
labellum oblong very obtuse, a little larger, spreading, produced
at the base into a filiform pendulous costate incurved spur, 6-7 cm.

long; column somewhat tetragonous, 8lobed at the apex,
declinate, 0°4-0°5 cm. long; rostellum directed forward diaphanous,
claw linear, limb ovate, slightly curved; operculum uncrested,
produced in front into a short triangular beak ; gland and caudicle
of the same shape as, and closely appressed to, the rostellum; ovary
filiform slender, with the pedicel 1°5-2°2 cm. long.

Described from one living and several dried specimens. Very
closely allied to A. Mystacidit Reichb. f. from which it differs in
having a very obtuse lip and the spur not at all thickened in the
lower part.

TAB. 3.

Tribe VANDEZ.
Sub-tribe SARCANTHE.
Genus ANGRACUM.

Angrzcum bicaudatum, Lzndley tn Hook, Comp. Bot. Mag.,
vol. ii., p. 205 (1836).—Herba epiphytica glabra caulescens, caule
erecto simplice folioso, 8-22 cm. alto, 0°8 cm. diam. ; folia disticha
lineari-oblonga, apice oblique biloba, 6-14 cm. longa, 1-1°5 cm.
lata; racemi multiflori, floribus brevissime pedicellatis, foliis
breviores vel rarius longiores; bractez cucullatz obtusissime
membranacee minute; sepala ovata acuta vel obtusiuscula, 0-4
cm. longa; petala lineari-lanceolate acuta vel acuminata, sepalis
zqualia; labellum 3partitum, lobis lateralibus patentibus linearibus,
apice multifidis vel bifidis, laciniis multifidis, lobo intermedio
subovato equalibus vel longioribus, calcare cylindraceo leviter
incurvato, ad 1:1 cm. longo; columna_ brevissima;_ rostellum
declinatum apice incurvatum ; glandula unica sphzeroidea, stipite
basi rhomboideo-cuneato, polliniis approximatis ovatis. (Ax
exempll, plur. viv. exsiccatisque.)

Hab: South-western Region; CAPE Cotony: Knysna, fl.,
Jan., 2. Marloth, (No. 6209 in my herb.) ; South-eastern Region ;
near the Zwartkops River, Drege; Coega, fl. Dec., Zeyher,
8888!; Amos Kloof, near Grahamstown, alt. 600 meters, fl.
Nov.-Dec., &. E. Galpin, 297!; woods near Komgha, alt. 600
meters, fl. Dec., H. G. Flanagan, 686!; Zululand: Etshowe,
Mrs. K. Saunders!

Plate 3. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, ditto, side view ;
3, odd sepal; 4, side sepals ; 5, petals; 6, column and lip, side
view ; 7, ditto, front view ; 8, column; 9, pollinarium.

An epiphytic glabrous caulescent herb, the stem erect un-
branched leafy, 8-22 cm. high, 0°8 cm. diam. ; leaves distichous
linear-oblong, obliquely bilobed at the apex, 6-14 cm. long, 1-15
cm. wide ; racemes many flowered, flowers very shortly pedicellate,
shorter, or more rarely longer, than the leaves ; bracts cucullate
very obtuse membranous minute; sepals ovate acute or rather
obtuse, 0-4 cm. long; petals linear-lanceolate acute or acuminate,

equalling the sepals, lip 8partite, the lateral lobes spreading
linear, multifid at the apex or bifid, with the segments multifid,
equal to, or longer than, the somewhat ovate intermediate lobe,
the spur cylindrical slightly incurved, up to 1-1 cm. long; column
very short; rostellum declinate incurved at the apex ; gland
solitary spheroid; caudicle rhomboid-cuneate at base ; pollinia
approximate ovate.

Described from several living and dried specimens.

TAB. 4.

Tribe VANDEA.
Sub-tribe SARCANTHEA.
Genus ANGRAECUM.

Angrzcum conchiferum, Zzvdley in Hook, Comp. Bot. Mag.,
vol. ii., p. 205 (1836).—Herba epiphytica caulescens, caule adscen-
dente, 10-20 cm. longo ; folia disticha linéaria inzqualiter biloba,
vaginis verrucosis, 8-5 cm. longa, 0°3-0°6 cm. lata; pedunculi
axillares filiformes 1- vel rarius 2flori; bracteze late ovate acute,
0-4 cm. long; sepala lineari-lanceolata acuminata vel setaceo-
acuminata, 2°5-3°5 cm. longa; petala sepalis simillima sed paullo
breviora; labellum semi-infundibulare, conchez simulans, apice
setaceo-cuspidatum, 1-1°3 cm. diametro, calcare late patente fili-
formi, 4-5 cm. longo; columna subquadrata ; pollinia 2; stipes
glandulaque non visi. (2x. exempl. unico vivo pluribusque
exsiccatts. )

Hab : South-western Region ; Care CoLony: near Knysna,
fl. Oct., 7. #& Beck’; South-eastern Region ; Perie Forest,
near King William’s Town, alt. 600-900 meters, fl. Nov.-Jan.,
H. G. Flanagan, 2233!; 7. R. Sim, 261!; 19!; Natal: without
station, flowered in Botanic Gardens, Cape Town, Oct., 1884.

Plate 4. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, ditto, back view;
3, column ; 4, anther-case,—all variously magnified.

A glabrous epiphytic caulescent herb, stem ascending 10-20 cm.
long ; leaves distichous linear unequally bilobed, sheaths verru-
cose, 3-5 cm. long, 0°3-0°6 cm. wide ; peduncles axillary filiform
1 or more rarely 2flowered ; bracts broadly ovate acute, 0-4 cm.
long ; sepals linear lanceolate acuminate or setaceous-acuminate,
2-5-3°5 cm. long ; petals very like the sepals but a little shorter ;
lip semi-infundibuliform, resembling a shell, setaceous-cuspidate
at the apex, 1-1°3 cm. diam., spur widely spreading, filiform,
4-5 cm. long; column rather square; pollinia 2; caudicle and
gland not seen.

Described from one living and several dried specimens. It is
one of the most beautiful and delicate of the Angrecums. If have
not been able to discover the caudicle and gland in any of the
specimens which I have examined.

TAB. 5.

Tribe VANDE.
Sub-tribe SARCANTHE.
Genus MYSTACIDIUM.

Mystacidium Millari, Bolus, in Trans. South African Philosoph.
Soc., vol. xvi., pt. 2, p. 147.—Epiphyta caulescens glabra; radices
zrales 0°23 cm. crassz; caulis validus, 0°4-0°5 cm. crassus;
folia 2-3, pleraque apice caulis conferta, erecto-patentia ligulata
subundulata inequaliter biloba, lobis angustatis subobtusis, medio
nervo depresso percursa, coriacea, 8°5 cm. longa, 1°4-1-6 cm. lata ;
racemi squarrosi suberecti rigidi 7-10flori, 2-4 cm. longi ; flores
plerique erecti albi; pedicelli cum ovario 0°8-0°9 cm. longi ; sepala
lateralia patentia oblongo-oblanceolata subacuta, 0°6 cm. longa,
parte latiore 0:22 cm. lata; sepalum impar erectum oblongum
obtusissimum subconcavum basi dente in utroque margine auctum,
0°6 cm. Jongum, 0:45 cm. latum; petala erecto-patentia, oblique
ovata subacuta, sepalis paullo breviora, 0°32 cm. lata; labelli
lamina ovata obtusa concava, apice decurva, petalis equilonga,
calcare basi inflata, deinde cylindrico incurvo, 2 cm. longo ;
columna decurva oblonga vel subrhomboidea infra medium dilatata ;
rostellum exappendiculatum ; pollinia lenticularia, stipitibus fili-
formibus, glandulis ovatis. (4x exempll. viventtbus. )

Hab : South-eastern Region ; Nara: near Durban, on trees,

alt. 150 meters, fl. Jan., A. D. Millar (Natal Gov. Herb., No.
$437 !)

Plate 5. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, side sepal; 8, odd
sepal ; 4, one of the petals ; 5, lip, back view ; 6, ditto, side view ;
7, column, side view; 8, ditto, front view ; 9, ditto, with the
pollinarium in situ ; 10, pollinarium,—all variously magnified.

A glabrous caulescent epiphyte; roots 0:23 cm. in diam;
stem stout, O°4-0°5 cm. in diam.; leaves 2-3, mostly crowded
at the apex of the stem, erect-spreading ligulate somewhat
undulate unequally bilobed, the lobes somewhat obtuse, the
medial nerve depressed, coriaceous, 8°5 cm. long, 1°4-1°6 cm.
wide ; racemes horizontally spreading or somewhat ascending, rigid
7-10flowered, 2-4 cm. long ; flowers usually erect white ; pedicels

with the ovaries 0:8-0°9 cm. long ; lateral sepals spreading oblong-
oblanceolate subacute 0°6 cm. long, 0:22 cm. wide in the broader
part ; odd sepal erect oblong obtuse somewhat concave, provided
at the base on each side of the margin with a tooth, 0°6 cm. long,
0:45 cm. wide; petals erect-spreading obliquely ovate somewhat
acute, a little shorter than the sepals, 0°32 cm. wide; limb of the
lip ovate obtuse concave recurved at the apex, as long as the
petals ; spur inflated at the base, then cylindrical, incurved 2 cm.
long ; column incurved oblong or somewhat rhomboidal dilated
below the middle; rostellum without bearded appendages, pol-
linia lenticular attached by filiform caudicles to the ovate glands.

Described from fresh specimens; flowers white. In the general
appearance of the flowers this resembles MZ. gracile Harv. ; but
the shape of the perianth segments and the nude rostellum shew it
to be quite distinct.

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TAB 6.

Tribe VANDEZ.
Sub-tribe SARCANTHEZ.
Genus MYSTACIDIUM.

Mystacidium Peglerae, Bolus, tn Trans. South African
Phitlosoph. Soc., vol. xvi., pl. 2, p. 146.—Epiphyta glabra ; radices
zrales filiformes, 0-15 cm. crass; caulis validus foliamne) 5-6 cm
longus; folia disticha erecto-patentia ligulata inzequaliter biloba,
lobulis obtusis, basi angustata semiamplexcaulia coriacea, 8-5 cm.
longa, 0-7-1 cm. lata; racemi squarroso-patentes ; rhachis fracti-
flexa, 5-Gflora, 4-5 cm. longa; flores erecti, albi; sepala lateralia
patentia oblanceolata acuta, 0°25 cm. longa; sepalum impar
erectum oblongum ovatumve obtusum, quam lateralia paullo
brevius ; petala erecto-patentia rhomboidea angulis rotundatis,
0-18 cm. longa, 0°17 cm. lata; labellum arcuato-deflexum, subflabel-
liforme, angulis rotundatis, margine antico obcure 3lobo, lateralibus
subundulatis, tota lamina manu explanata 0°35-0'4 cm. longa, basi
in calcar dependens subincurvum cylindricum, 0°5 cm. longum,
0-075 cm. crassum productum; columna decurva, oblonga, emar-
ginata ; rostellum deflexum lanceolatum acutum ; pollinia globosa
in stipitibus capillaceis affixa; glandule ovate minima. (Ax
exempll, exsicc., flortbusque tn formal. servatis.)

Hab: South-eastern Region; Carre Cotony: in a forest
near Kentani, alt., 360 meters, fl. Feb., Alzce Pegler, 993!

Plate 6. A. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2 ditto, side view ;
3, odd sepal; 4, side sepal; 5, one of the petals; 6, lip, front
view; 7, ditto, side view; 8, column, front view shewing the
pollinarium in situ; 9, ditto, side view; 10, pollinarium,—all
variously magnified.

A glabrous epiphyte; erial roots filiform, 0°15 cm. thick ;
stem stout leafy, 5-6 cm. long; leaves distichous erect-spreading
ligulate unequally bilobed, the lobes obtuse, narrowed at the base,
semiamplexicaul coriaceous, 3-5 cm. long, 0°7-1 cm. wide ; racemes
squarrosely spreading 5-Gflowered, 4-5 cm. long; flowers erect
white ; side sepals spreading oblanceolate acute 0°25 cm. long ; odd
sepal erect oblong or ovate obtuse a little shorter than the lateral
sepals ; petals erect-spreading, rhomboidal with rounded angles,
0-18 cm. long, 0°17 cm. wide; lip arcuate-deflexed somewhat
flabelliform with the angles rounded, the anterior margin
obscurely d8lobed, the lateral margins somewhat undulate, the
whole lamina flattened out 0°385-0°4 cm. long, produced at the
base into a pendant somewhat incurved cylindrical spur 0°5 cm.
long, 0°075 cm. in diam. ; column incurved oblong emarginate ;
Pacielhan deflexed lanceolate acute ; pollinia globose afhxed by
filiform stalks to the very small ovate glands.

Described from dried specimens and fresh flowers preserved in
formalin. In general appearance this most nearly resembles
Caffrum mihi, but is well distinguished by its smaller flowers,
different sepals and petals and more especially the lip.

Mystacidium Aliciz, n. sp.— Epiphytica acaulis pusilla
glabra ; radices erales filiformes 0°08-0°09 cm. crassz; folia 2-4
patentia obovato-oblonga inzqualiter obtuseque biloba coriacea
2-2°5 cm. longa; racemi patentes graciles sublaxe 3-5flori, 0°8-1
cm. longi ; rhachis flexuosa; pedicelli gracillimi, cum ovariis 0°6
cm. longi; sepala lateralia patenti-decurva, oblonga, acuta, 0.4
cm. longa; sepalum impar erectum conforme; petala erecto-
patentia ovata acuta sepalis wquilonga; labelli lamina arcuato-
decurva lanceolata acuta marginibus incurvis petalis subequilonga,
calcare pendulo cylindrico subrecto, apicem versus sensim atten-
uato, acuto, 0°8-0°9 cm. longo, medio 0°06 cm. diametiente ;
rostellum porrectum deflexum subulatum acutum, appendice
lineari barbata in utroque latere ornatum; pollinia lenticularia,
in stipitibus filiformibus tenuissimis affixa; glandule lanceolate
minime.

Hab: South-eastern Region; Care CoLony: in a forest
near Kentani, alt. 805 meters, fl. Feb., Alzce Pegler, 886!

Plate 6. B. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, ditto, side view ;
8, odd sepal; 4, side sepal; 5, one of the petals; 6, upper
portion of lip, side view; 7, column, side view; 8, ditto, front
view, shewing the pollinarium in situ; 9, rostellum; 10, pol-
linarium.

A small glabrous acaulescent epiphyte; aerial roots filiform
0:08-0:09 cm. in diameter; leaves 2-4 spreading obovate-oblong
unequally and obtusely bilobed coriaceous, 2-2°5 cm. long ; racemes
spreading slender somewhat laxly 3-5flowered, 0°8-1 cm. long ;
rhachis flexuose ; pedicels very slender, together with the ovaries
0°6 cm. long ; side sepals spreading-decurved oblong acute, O°4
cm. long ; odd sepal erect similar in shape ; petals erect-spreading
ovate acute, as long as the sepals; limb of the lip arcuate-de-
curved lanceolate acute, with the margins incurved, as long as
the petals; spur pendulous cylindrical almost straight, gradually
attenuated towards the apex, acute 0°8-0°9 cm. long, at the middle
0-06 cm. in diameter ; rostellum projecting forward then deflexed
subulate acute, furnished with a bearded linear appendage on each
side ; pollinia lenticular attached by very slender filiform stalks
to the lanceolate glands.

Described from fresh specimens. The flowers are white or
pale cream and the leaves dark olive green, not glossy, paler and
subglaucous below. Allied to M4. puszllum Harv., but the flowers
are larger, the perianth segments are differently shaped and equal
in length, while the spur of the lip is much shorter. The column
and rostellum also are different.

TAB. 7.

Tribe EPIDENDREA,
Sub-tribe Ca:LOGYNEA,
Genus CALANTHE.

Calanthe natalensis, Rezchd. 7, in Bonplandta (1856), p. 322.
—Herba erecta, circa 45 cm. alta; folia 5-6, oblongo-lanceolata
nervoso-plicata, basi angustata, glabra vel minute pubescentia,
25-35 cm. longa, 6-8 cm. lata; scapus strictus, teres pubescens,
vaginis 2-3 distantibus preditus, 35-45 cm. longus; spica laxe
15-18flora, bracteis ovario parum brevioribus, persistentibus;
flores expansi, 83 cm. lati; sepala lanceolata acuta 1°5 cm. longa,
extus pubescentia; petala oblanceolata glabra, equilonga ;
labellum 3lobatum subzquilongum, lobo medio antice subtruncato
emarginato sub apice mucronato, lobis lateralibus cuneatis multo
brevioribus subobtusis, disco seriebus tribus callorum instructo,
basi in calcar filiforme arcuatum plerumque ovario longius pro-
ductum ; ovarium gracile arcuatum pubescens, 2°5 cm. longum.
(Hx exempll. viv. duobus cultis sub num, 6101 exstccatis.) Bot.
Mag., ¢. 6844; @. sylvatica, var. natalensis, Retchb. /. in Linnea,
xix., ~. S74.

Hab: South-eastern Region ; Care CoLony: woods, Perie
Bush near King William’s Town, fl. Dec.-Jan., 4A. Walsh, after-
wards cultivated in botanic gardens at Port Elizabeth and Cape
Town, Bolus, 6101 !; ‘‘ thickest and rockiest part of Perie Bush,”
D’ Urban, 108; Natar: Kirkman’s Cutting, Maritzburg Road,
450-610 meters, Sanderson, 1047; ‘‘ Bush Swamp, The Bluff, head
of Natal Bay,” Sanderson, 1003.

Plate 7. Fig. 1, odd sepal ; 2, petal; 3, lip; 4, column, side
view ;_ 5, ditto, front view; 6, ditto, shewing the pollinarium in
situ ; 7, 8, pollinarium.

An erect herb, about 45 cm. high; leaves 5-6, oblong-lanceo-
late, plicately nerved, narrowed at the base, glabrous or minutely
pubescent 25-35 cm. long, 6-8 cm. wide ; scape straight, terete, pub-
escent, robust, furnished with two or three sheaths, 35-45 cm. long ;
spike laxly 15-18flowered, with the bracts a little shorter than the
ovary, persistent ; flowers expanded, 3 cm. wide ; sepals lanceolate

acute 1°5 cm. long pubescent on the outside ; petals oblanceolate
glabrous, as long as the sepals; lip 3lobed, the intermediate lobe
somewhat truncate, emarginate, mucronate, lateral lobes cuneate,
much shorter, rather obtuse, disk furnished with three rows of
fleshy tubercles, produced at base into a filiform arcuate spur,
usually longer than the ovary ; ovary slender arcuate pubescent,
2°5 cm. long.

Described from two living cultivated specimens. The flowers
are lilac, the labellum showing a tendency towards a salmon-
colour as they advance in age. The Perie Bush is the only station
in Cape Colony from which it has been recorded.

TAB. 8.

Tribe VANDEA.
Sub-tribe EULOPHIA.
Genus ACROLOPHIA.

Acrolophia micrantha, Schlechter and Bolus, in Journ. Bot.,
vol. Xxxil., p. 332 (1894).—Herba erecta caulescens ramosa glabra
robusta, ad 70 cm. alta; caulis foliosus, 28 cm. longus; folia
erecto-patentia equitantia ensiformia acuta complicata margine
carinaque serrulata rigida 15-25 cm. longa; panicula terminalis,
pedunculo ramulisque vaginis lanceolatis submembranaceis, 7-10
cm. longis vestitis; bracteze lanceolate vel ovato-lanceolate,
ovariis pedicellatis parum breviores vel equilonge ; sepala ovata
obtusiuscula minute pellucido -punctata, 0°5 cm. longa; petala
oblique ovata obtusiuscula, 0°4 cm. longa ; labellum cochleari-
concavum circuitu oblongum, lineis 2 caruncularum e basi labelli
in lobo intermedio in lineas 4 dissolutis, 0°4 cm. longum a calcaris
ostio usque ad apicem lobi intermedii, 8lobum, lobis lateralibus
erectis rotundatis vel subacutis lineatis vix 0°2 cm. longis, inter-
medio valde concavo rotundato vel subtruncato margine undulato-
crispato, calcare brevi subgloboso, vix 0°2 cm. longo; columna
apoda 0°3 cm. longa; pollinia subglobosa stipite late lineari ;
elandula subquadrata; capsula pendula ovoidea ad 2 cm. longa
15cm. diam. (2x exempll. 2, exsiccatis). Eulophia micrantha,
Lindley Gen. & Sp. Orch, p. 184; Acrolophia fimbriata, Schltr.
in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. vol. xxvi., p. 3840 (1899).

Hab. : South-western Region ; Care CoLony: in pockets
of rocks, Rietfontein-Poort, near Elim, alt. 40 meters, fl. Dec.,
R. Schlechter, 9103! South=eastern Region; between Coega
and Sunday’s River; between Bethelsdorp and Van Staaden’s
River, Drége.

Plate 8. Fig. 1, whole plant reduced; 2, branch of panicle,
natural size; 3, flower, side view; 4, ditto, front view; 5, odd
sepal ; 6, side sepal; 7, one of the petals; 8, lip and column,
front view ; 9, ditto, side view ; 10, column and ovary, front view;
11, ditto, side view; 12, pollinarium, front view; 13, ditto, side
view,—all variously magnified.

An erect caulescent branched glabrous robust herb, 70 cm.
high; stem leafy, 28 cm. long; leaves erect-spreading equitant

ensiform acute complicate serrulate on the margin and carina,
rigid, 15-25 cm. long ; panicle terminal, the peduncle and branches
clothed with lanceolate submembranous sheaths, 7-10 cm. long ;
bracts lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, a little shorter than, or equal
to, the pedicellate ovaries in length; sepals ovate, rather obtuse,
minutely pellucid-punctate, 0°5 cm. long ; petals obliquely ovate,
rather obtuse, 0°'4 cm. long ; lip spoon-shaped, oblong in outline
when flattened, provided with two fleshy ridges rising at the base
of the lip which divide up into 4 ridges in the intermediate lobe,
0°4 cm. long (from the mouth of the spur to the apex of the
intermediate lobe), 8lobed, the lateral lobes erect rotundate or
subacute lineate, not quite 0°2 cm. long, intermediate lobe strongly
concave, rotundate or subtruncate undulate —crisped on the
margin, the spur short subglobose, scarcely 0°2 cm. long ; column
without a foot, 0°3 cm. long; pollinia subglobose, the caudicle
broadly linear ; gland subquadrate ; capsule pendulous ovoid up to
2 cm. long, 1°5 cm. diam.

Described from two dried specimens. I am indebted to Mr.
R. A. Rolfe for calling my attention to the fact that Acrolophia
jimbriata, Schitr. is identical with A. micrantha, Schitr. & Bolus
(Eulophia micrantha Lindl.) and that the commoner species
figured by me in the first volume of this work under Tab. 4, as
Eulophia micrantha, Lindl. is A. cochlearts, Schltr. & Bolus,
while the plant figured under Tab. 5, as Eulophia cochlearis Lindl,
(A. cochlearis Schitr. & Bolus) was really an undescribed species
and quite distinct from the latter.

TAB. 9.

Tribe VANDEZ.
Sub-tribe EULOPHIEA.
Genus EULOPHIA.

Eulophia Dregeana, Zzvdley i Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag.,
vol. ii., p. 202 (1836).—Herba erecta glabra robusta, ad 40 cm.
alta; folia 4-10 erecto-patentia demum recurva ensiformia acu-
minata, ad 40 cm., szpius 15-20 cm. longa, 0°8-2 cm. lata; scapus
erectus vaginis imbricantibus, vel subdistantibus acuminatis
membranaceis vestitus ; racemus 5-llflorus, floribus patentibus ;
bractez lanceolatee membranacee acutz ovaria + equantes ; sepala
lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata, acuta vel interdum acuminata,
1:6-2°6 cm. longa ; petala oblonga vel ovata acuta, sepalis latiora,
sed eis subequilonga; labellum oblongum 8lobum petala sub-
zequans, lobis lateralibus multo minoribus rotundatis, intermedio
semi-orbiculari plano cristato, basi in calcar cylindricum obtusum
0:4-0°6 cm. longum productum ; columna oblonga, basi in pedem
porrectum productum ; pollinia in stipitem oblongum per filum
extensivum affixa. (2x exempll. plur. vivis exsiccatisque).

Hab : South-eastern Region ; Care Cotony: Lower Albany;
mouth of Kleinemund R., P. MacOwan ; Round Hill alt. circ. 300
meters, fl. Dec., Bolus, 7368; near Komgha, alt. 600 meters, fl.
Dec., H. G. Flanagan, 2254!; Griqualand East, mt. sides near
Matatiele, alt. 1650 meters, fl. Jan., W. Zyson, 1596! Stockenstrom
district, Chumie Peak, fl. Dec., W. Scully, 173!; Queenstown
district, fl. Nov., Zeyher, 6; NATAL: near Camperdown, Wood,
1960 ; TRANS-VAAL, grassy hill slopes, near Barberton, alt. 600-1200
meters, fl. Dec., 2. #. Galpin, 719!; W. Culver, 17!; hills near
Klein Olifant’s R., alt. 1500 meters, fl. Dec., R. Schlechter, 4049 !—
Wonderfontein, Middelburg district, alt. 1830 meters, fl. Jan.,
Bolus, 12306.

Plate 9. Figs. 1 and 3, flower, front view; 2, ditto, side
view ; 4, lip; 5, column, side view; 6, ditto, front view; 7, pol-
linarium ; 8, ditto, shewing the extensile threads ; 9, section of the
ovary; 10, a larger flower from a different plant; 11, 12, sepals
from the last; 15, one of the petals ; 14, lip from the same plant ;
15, 16, column, ditto.

An erect glabrous robust herb from 1-14 feet high; leaves
4-10, well evolute during the flowering period, erect-spreading,
finally recurved, ensiform, acuminate, up to 40 cm. long (usually
15-20), 0-8-2 cm. broad ; scape erect, clothed with imbricating or
somewhat distant acuminate membranous sheaths ; raceme 5-11
flowered, flowers spreading ; bracts lanceolate membranous acute,
more or less equalling the ovary; sepals lanceolate or oblong-
lanceolate, acute or sometimes acuminate 1°6-2°6 cm. long ; petals
oblong or ovate acute, about as long as the sepals but always
broader; lip oblong 8lobed, about as long as the petals, the
lateral lobes, much smaller than the intermediate lobe which is
semi-orbicular flat, crested, produced at base into a cylindrical
obtuse spur about 0°4-0°6 cm. long ; column oblong, produced at
base into a projecting foot ; pollinia affixed to the oblong stipe by
an extensile thread.

Described from many dried and fresh specimens, the drawing
from arather small one sent by Dr. Schonland from Grahamstown.
The analyses of the figs. 1-9 were made from living plants (but in
poor condition) received from P. MacOwan, who received them
from H. Hutton, Kowie. The flowers were smaller than usual.
This is one of the commonest of the Eulophiz in the Eastern
Region, but appears to be entirely absent in the West.

TAB. 10.

Tribe VANDEA.
Sub-tribe EULOPHIEA.
Genus EULOPHIA.

Eulophia Oliveriana, Bolus, 7x Journ. Linn. Soc., vol. xxv.
(1890), ». 185.—Herba valida, erecta, glabra, ad 50 cm. alta ; folia 2,
vel rarius 1, per anthesin evoluta, erecta linearia, acuminata, rigida,
prominenter nervata, ad 30 cm. longa, ('4-1 cm. lata; scapus
vaginis lanceolatis acuminatis membranaceis imbricatis ad. 8 cm.
longis arcte vestitus ; raczmus sub-abbreviatus, 9-15fl. 2°5-5 cm.
longus; bractew lanceolata membranacez ovaria zquantes vel
superantes ; flores nutantes vel rarius patentes; sepala oblonga
acuta vel obtusa 1-1°5 cm. longa; petala paullulo latiora, sub-
obovata; labellum suborbiculare, 8lobum, ('8-1°2 cm. longum,
lobis obtusissimis subzequalibus vel lobo intermedio rarius parum
majore, lineis callosis duabus cristato; columna basi in pedem
porrectum productum. (2x exempll. plur. vivis exsiccatisque.)
—Cyrtopera Oliveriana, Reichd. f. in‘ Flora” (1881), 329.

Hab. : South-eastern Region; CApe Cotony: Pirie, near
King William’s Town, alt. 1,200 meters, fl. Nov., 7. &. Szm,
1268!; Katberg summit, alt. 1500 met., fl. Dec., & 2. Galpin,
1684! ; Griqualand East, Vaal Bank, fl. Dec., W. Haygarth, in
herb. Wood No. 4202! Nara: Liddesdale, alt. 1500 met., fl.
Dec., /. M. Wood, 4259! ; Van Renen’s Pass, alt. 1500-1800 met.,
fl., Dec., /. M4. Wood, 7545!—Orance FREE STATE: Eland’s
River Valley, and Bester’s Vallei, district Harrismith, alt. 1800
met., fl. Dec.-Jan. Flanagan, 1986! H. Bolus, 88300.—TRANS-VAAL:
Hooge Veld, between Middelburg and Eland’s-Spruit-bergen, near
Bergendal, alt. 2040 met., fl. Dec., &. Schlechter !

A robust erect glabrous herb up to 30 cm. high ; leaves 2, or
more rarely 1, evolute during the flowering period, erect linear
acuminate rigid prominently nerved, up to 80 cm. long, 0:4-1 cm.
wide, scape closely clothed with lanceolate acuminate imbricating
membranous sheaths about 8cm. long ; bracts lanceolate equalling
or exceeding the ovaries ; flowers nodding or more rarely spreading ;
sepals oblong obtuse or acute 1-1°5 cm. long; petals a little
broader subovate ; lip suborbicular 8lobed 0°8-1°2 cm, long, lobes

very obtuse subequal, or the intermediate lobe more rarely a little
larger, crested with two lines of tubercles ; column produced at
base into a projecting foot.

Plate 10. Figs. 1, 2, flowers enlarged ; 3, odd sepal; 4, 4,
side sepals; 5, 5, petals; 6, lip, all natural size ; 7, lip, enlarged ;
8, lip, with column, side view, enlarged; 9, column, side view,
enlarged; 10, ditto, front view, ditto; 11, pollinarium, enlarged ;

12, operculum.

A stout plant generally recognizable in the field by its dull
mauve-coloured flowers. It is pretty frequent in the mountains on
the South-east of Southern Africa, but there is no record of its
occurrence west of King William’s Town.

TAB. 11.

Tribe VANDE.
Sub-tribe EULOPHIEA.
Genus EULOPHIA.

Eulophia nutans? Sonder, in ‘‘ Linnea,” vol. xix., p. 73
(1847).—Herba erecta glabra, 20-50 cm. alta; folia 3-4, fasciculata,
per anthesin bene evoluta, lineari-ensiformia erecta, 12-47 cm.
longa ; scapus foliis parum brevior, vaginis 4-5 acuminatis, mem-
branaceis saepe imbricantibus vestitus; racemus laxe 5-16florus,
floribus adscendentibus, vel demum nutantibus ; bractez lanceo-
latee acuminate pedicello cum ovario equilongz ; sepala patentia
lanceolata vel sepius oblonga acuta 0°8-0°9 cm. longa; petala
oblonga, vel late elliptica, 0°7-0°8 cm. longa; labellum circum-
scriptione late ovatum basi rotundatum, 0°9 cm. longum, 3lobum,
lobis lateralibus rotundatis, intermedio sub-quadrato, angulis
rotundatis, emarginato, e basi fere ad apicem tuberculato-cristato
0-4 cm. longo, calcare cylindrico, 0°3-0°4 cm. longo ; columna
subtetragona apoda, 0°4 cm. longa; ovarium cum pedicello 1°5 cm.
longum ; capsula clavata angulata subalata. (2x exempll. plur.
vivis exsiccatisque.)

Hab: South-eastern Region ; Care Cotony: Coldstream,
near Grahamstown, alt. 690 meters, fl. Dec., Bolus, 7866 ; same
place, fl. Jan., /. Glass; Kentant, alt. 450 met., fl. Dec., Alice
Pegler, 290!

Plate 11. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, odd sepal ; 3, 3, lateral
sepals; 4, 4, petals; 5, lip with column and ovary; 6, lip with
spur; 7, column; 8, operculum; 9, pollinarium, front view ; 10,
ditto, side view.

An erect glabrous herb 20-50 cm. high; leaves 3-4 fasciculate,
well developed during flowering time, linear-ensiform erect, 12-47
cm. long; scape somewhat shorter than the leaves, clothed with
4-5 membranous acuminate usually imbricating sheaths ; raceme
laxly 5-16flowered, flowers ascending or at length nodding ;
bracts lanceolate acuminate about as long as the pedicel and
ovary ; sepals spreading lanceolate or more often oblong acute,
0°8-0°9 cm. long; petals oblong or broadly elliptical 0°7-0°8 cm.
long; lip in outline broad ovate, rounded at base, 8lobed, side

lobes rounded, the intermediate lobe somewhat square with
rounded angles, retuse, 0°3-0°4 cm. long, crested from the base
nearly to the apex; spur cylindrical 0°3-0-4 cm. long, column
subtetragonous, without any projecting foot; ovary with pedicel
1-5 cm. long ; capsule clavate angled or slightly winged.

Described from several living and dried specimens ; the plate
drawn from one received in a living state, kindly sent to me by
Mr. Glass, from Coldstream.

I have not been able to see Dr. Sonder’s type of this species,
and identification from old and dried specimens must always
remain a little doubtful. The specimens I have seen agree fairly
well with Sonder’s original description, nevertheless I feel bound
to cite his name with a mark of doubt.

TAB. 12.
Tribe VANDEZ.
Sub-tribe EULOPHIEA,
Genus EULOPHIA,

Eulophia streptopetala, Zzzdley, i Bot. Reg. vol. xii., 2.
1002 (1826).—Herba erecta robusta glabra, °35-1 met. alta;
folia 4-6, basin bulbosam vaginantia erecto-patentia lineari-
lanceolata acuta, paullo supra basin articulata, nervis primariis
subtus valde prominentibus, per anthesin bene evoluta, 15-385 cm.
longa, ad 2°5 cm. lata; scapus validus, vaginis subdistantibus
acuminatis membranaceis vestitus; racemus laxe 7-1l5florus,
floribus patentibus demum nutantibus; bractez oblongo-lanceolatz
ovario breviores ; sepala szpius patentia demum rarius reflexa
oblongo-oblanceolata subobliqua maculata, 1°2-1'4 cm. longa;
petala unguis torsione plus minus reversa, subrhomboideo-
orbicularia, sepalis equilonga; labellum petalis subaqui-longum
Blobum, lobis lateralibus erectis oblongo-obovatis 0°5-0°7 cm.
longis, intermedio convexo oblongo-obovato tuberculato-cristato,
carunculis inconspicuis, 0°8-1:1 cm. longo, calcare subobconico,
junctione loborum posito, circ. 0°3 cm. longo; columna oblonga
apoda, 0:6-0°9 cm. longa; pollinia oblonga in stipitem oblongum
0°3 cm. longum affixa; ovarium cum pedicello 1:5-2 cm. longum ;
capsula cylindrica basi angustata, 4 cm, longa. (x exempll.
plur. vtvts exstccatisque).— Lissochilus streptopetalus, Lindl.,
Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1833), p. 191; L. parviflorus, Lindl., cord. ;
Bot. Mag., ¢. 2981.

Hab. : South-eastern Region ; Care CoLony: woods near
Uitenhage, alt. 340 met., fl. Jan., Bolus, 1551; Coldstream, near
Grahamstown, fl. Dec., Schén/and, 444!; King William’s Town,
fl. Jan., Z. R. S2m, 28!; woods near Komgha, alt. 600 met., fl.
Dec., H. G. Flanagan, 245 !.—TRANS-VAAL : hillsides round
Barberton, alt. 840-990 met., fl. Nov.-Dec., 2. £. Galpin, 669!

Plate 12, Fig. 1, flower, front view, magnified 2 diameters ;
2, ditto, from another plant, back view, natural size; 8, column
and lip, side view ; 4, column; 4, pollinarium variously magnified,

An erect robust glabrous herb, ‘35-1 met. high; leaves 4-6,
sheathing at base the somewhat large pseudo-bulbs, erect-
spreading linear-lanceolate acute, articulate a little above the base.

the primary nerves very prominent below, well developed during
the flowering period, 15-35 cm. long, up to 2°5 cm. broad; scape
stout, clothed with rather distant acuminate membranous sheaths ;
raceme laxly 7-15flowered, flowers spreading, at length nodding ;
bracts oblong-lanceolate shorter than the ovary ; sepals more
usually spreading, afterwards more rarely reflexed, oblong-
lanceolate, somewhat oblique, spotted, 1:2-1-4 cm. long; petals
through the twisting of the claw more or less reversed, somewhat
rhomboid-orbicular, as long as the sepals; lip about as long as
the petals, 8lobed, lateral lobes erect, oblong-obovate, 0°5-0'7 cm.
long, intermediate convex oblong-obovate tuberculate-cristate,
the tubercles inconspicuous, 0°8-1'1 cm. long, spur somewhat
obconic, placed at the junction of the lobes, about 0°38 cm. long ;
column oblong without a projecting foot, 0°6-0°9 cm. long; pollinia
oblong, affixed to an oblong stipe 0°3 cm. long; ovary with the
pedicel 1°5-2 cm. long ; capsule cylindrical, narrowed at the base,
4 cm. long.

Described from several living and dried specimens; the figure
drawn from a plant which flowered in Mrs. C. E. Geard’s garden
at Graaff Reinet in November, 1890.

TAB. 13.

Tribe VANDEA.
Sub-tribe EULOPHIEA.
Genus EULOPHIA.

Eulophia speciosa, Bolus, in Journ. Linn. Soc., vol. xxv.,
p. 184 (1890).—Herba erecta glabra 50-90 cm. alta; folia 8-4,
erecto-patentia ensiformia crassiuscula rigida, arcte venosa, sepius
per anthesin bene evoluta, 20-35 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. lata ; scapus
validus, vaginis 2-8, distantibus acutis 8-5 cm. longis, vestitus ;
racemus laxe multi-florus, floribus patentibus ; bractez oblongo-
lanceolatz, ovario breviores ; sepala reflexa oblonga vel ovata
acuta vel rarius acuminata, 0°8-1°3 cm. longa; petala divaricata
ovata vel late elliptico-ovata obtusa vel acutiuscula, 1°3-2°4 cm.
longa; labellum circumscriptione ovato-oblongum, petalis cqui-
longum, 8lobum, lobis lateralibus rotundatis, parte inferiore
columne adnatis, apice libera patentibus, intermedio multo majore
oblongo emarginato, marginibus undulatis, convexo, apicem
versus arcuato-inflexo, subprominenter carunculorum lineis cris-
tato, calcare saccato obconico; columna oblonga apoda 0°5-0°7
cm. longa ; pollinia subovata ; ovarium cum pedicello 1°5-3°2 cm.
longum. (Ex exempll. plur. vivis exsiccatisque).—Satyrium
giganteum, Linn. f., Suppl. (1781), 402 ; Murr. Syst. Veg. ed xiv.
(1784), 1811; Limodorum giganteum, Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap.
(1794), 4; Cymbidium giganteum, Sw., in Kongl. Vet. Acad.
Handi. xxi, (1800), 288 ; Welld. Sp. Plant iv. (1805), 107; Thund.
Flor. Cap., 28; Lissochilus speciosus, R. Br., tn Lindley Coll.
Bot. (1821), ¢. 81; Bot. Reg. ¢. 573.

Hab: South-eastern Region; CAPE CoLony: sand-dunes
near the mouth of the Coega R., fl. Dec., Ecklon & Zeyher, 38941;
sea-shore near Kei R. mouth, fl. Jan., 4. G. Flanagan, 1025!;
coast near Kentani, fl. Oct.-Dec., Alice Pegler, 782 !—TRANS-VAAL:
Pietersburg district, hills near Potgieter’s Rust, alt. 1080 met., fl.
Feb., Bolus, 11165 ; near Barberton, alt. 600-870 met., fl. Nov.-
Jan., £. £. Galpin, 668!—Ruovesia: Mazoe, alt. 1440 met., fl.
Nov., /. Zyles, 463 !

Plate 13. Fig. 1, lip and column, oblique view; 2, ditto,
flattened out ; 3, ditto, front view ; 4, column, side view; 5, pol-
linarium, back view; 6, ditto, side view ; 7, ditto, front view.

An erect glabrous herb 50-90 cm. high; leaves 83-4, erect-
spreading ensiform rather thick rigid closely veined, usually well
developed during the fiowering period, 20-35 cm. long, 2-3 cm.
wide ; scape stout furnished with 2 or 3, distant acute sheaths,
3-5 cm. long ; raceme laxly many-flowered, flowers spreading ;
bracts oblong-lanceolate, shorter than the ovary; sepals reflexed
oblong or ovate acute or more rarely acuminate, 0°8-1°3 cm.
long ; petals wide-spreading ovate or broadly elliptic ovate obtuse
or rather acute, 1°3-2°4 cm. long ; lip ovate-oblong in outline, as
long as the petals, 3lobed, the lateral lobes rounded, in the lower
part adnate to the column, the upper part free, spreading, the
intermediate lobe much larger oblong emarginate, margins undu-
late, convex, towards the apex arcuate inflexed, rather prominently
crested with lines of fleshy tubercles, the spur saccate obconic ;
column oblong without a projecting foot, 0°5-0°'7 cm. long ;
pollinia somewhat ovate ; ovary with the pedicel 1°5-3°2 cm. long.

TAB. 14.

Tribe VANDEA.
Sub-tribe EULOPHIEA.
Genus EULOPHIA.

Eulophia Flanaganii, Bolus, in Trans. South African Philosoph.
Soc., vol. xvi., Part ii., p. 143 (1905).—Herba gracilis erecta glabra,
1}-14-pedalis ; folia circiter 4, synanthia rigida lineari-ensiformia
acuminata multi-nervia, 25-385 cm. longa, 0°3-0°7 cm. (sepius 0°3-
0-4 cm.) lata; scapus rectus subflexuosusve, striatus, 0°2-0°25 cm.
diametro, foliis longior, vaginis 4 appressis acutis vel acuminatis
multinerviis rigidis, stramineis vestitus, inferioribus 5 cm. longis,
superioribus sensim brevioribus ; sepala patentia zqualia oblonga,
breviter acuta, glauco-virescentia, 0°9 cm. longa, 0°25 cm. lata ;
petala super labellum deflexa, oblonga, sepalis zquilonga sed
parum latiora apiculata, lilacina; labellum porrectum cuneatum
3lobum lilacinum sepalis equilongum, lobis lateralibus abbreviatis
lanceolatis acutis, lobo intermedio multo majore quadrato sub-
truncato vel leviter retuso, apice 0°5 cm. lato, infra apicem papillis
setiformibus acuminatis hyalinis, in fasciculo confertis, basin
versus papillis brevioribus in seriebus tribus dispositis ornatum ;
calcare ovato, 0°2 cm. longo; columna oblonga sessilis sub-
tetragona, nec in pedem basi producta, periantho brevior ; pollinia
in stipitibus discretis inter se parum distantibus per filum exten-
sivum affixa, glandulis ovatis discretis (an semper ?).

Hab.: South-eastern Region; CAPE CoLony: Komgha
Division, on grassy slopes, near the mouth of the Kei
River, alt. about 60 met., fl. Jan., A. G. Flanagan, 1029 (in
herbb. Kew, Bolus, etc.); Upper Region; mountain slopes
near Queenstown, alt. 1200 met., fl. Jan., &. £. Galpin, 1718},
Eland’s Hoek, near Aliwal North, fl. Nov.-Jan., #. Bolus, (10544
in my herb.).

Described and drawn from living specimens received from Mr,
H. G. Flanagan, in October, 1898. The colour of the flowers
varies somewhat: the sepals are usually cold grey-green, the
petals and lip lilac with purple edges near the apex. The
separation of the stipites and glands may be a sport. I found it
identical in two flowers of Flanagan’s 1029, but have not observed

it in any other species. In some of the Eulophiz the colours of
the flowers vary considerably, especially in the lip, and too much
reliance cannot be placed on it; in others, especially the uni-
coloured species, there is little variation. The present species
somewhat resembles £&. laxiflora Schlechter, but is readily dis-
tinguishable from that by the absence of any projecting foot at
the base of the column. From £. @mula Schlechter it may be
known by the broader sepals and petals and by the broad truncated
apex of the middle lobe of the lip.

TAB. 15.

Tribe VANDEZ.
Sub-tribe EULOPHIEA.
Genus EULOPHIA.

Eulophia laxiflora, Schlechter, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb., vol. xx.,
Betbl. 50, p. 4 (1895).—Herba erecta 20-40 cm. alta; folia 3-6,
fasciculata erecto-patentia anguste linearia acuminata 10-380 cm.
longa; scapus subflexuosus, vaginis 3-4 appressis distantibus
vel subimbricantibus acuminatis vestitus; racemus simplex vel
rarissime (in duobus exemplaribus) paniculatus, laxissime 6-15
florus, floribus seepissime adscendentibus ; bracteze ovatze acumin-
atze ovario pedicellato multo breviores; sepala lineari-oblonga
acuta 1:1-1°3 cm. longa; petala oblonga acuta vel obtusa, 1-1°2
cm. longa; labellum circuitu ovato-oblongum, petalis subzqui-
longum, 8lobum, lobis lateralibus semi-ovatis acutis, intermedio
duplo longiore, obovato, apice truncato vel rotundato, conspicue
tuberculato-cristato, calcare cylindricum leviter incurvo, labello
triplo breviore ; columna oblonga basi in pedem porrectum pro-
ducta, antice valde concava. (Ex exempll. duobus vivis multisque
exsiccatts. )

Hab: Care CoLtony: Upper Region ; Queenstown on Les-
seyton Nek, alt. 1200 met., fl. Jan., 2. #. Galpin, 1713! near
Aliwal North, alt. 1290 met., fl. Jan., 7 Bolus (No. 10548 in my
herb. )—South-eastern Region; near Komgha, alt. 600 met.,
fl. Feb., H. G. Flanagan, 1699!; near Kei R. Mouth, alt. 30 met.,
fi. Jan., zdem, 1031!—Narav: Blauw Krantz, fl. Dec., /. 1. Wood,
8480!; near Itafamasi, fl. Dec., zdem, 725.—TRANS-VAAL: near
Pretoria, alt. 1440 met., fl. Jan., &. Schlechter, 4143!; between
Rustenburg and Johannesburg, fl. Feb., Alice Pegler! ; Springbok
Flats, Waterberg Dist., fl. Dec., 7. Burtt Davy, 10241; between
Pietersburg and Houtbosch, alt. 1850 met., fl. Feb., Bolus, 11164.

Plate 15. Fig. 1, flower, side view; 2, ditto, front view ;
8, lip and column, side view ; 4, lip, front view ; 5, 5, side sepals ;
6, odd sepal; 7, one of the petals; 8, column, oblique view ; 9,

a transverse section of the column.

An erect herb, 20-40 cm. high; leaves 4-6, fasciculate erect-
spreading narrow-linear acuminate 10-80 cm. long; scape some-

what flexuous, with 8-4 appressed distant or slightly imbricating
acuminate bracts ; raceme simple or very rarely (in two specimens)
panicled, very laxly 6-15flowered, flowers usually ascending ;
bracts ovate acuminate, much shorter than the pedicellate ovary ;
sepals linear-oblong acute 1°1-1°3 cm. long; petals oblong acute
or obtuse, 1-1°2 cm. long ; labellum ovate-oblong in outline, about
as long as the petals, 8lobed, lateral lobes semi-ovate acute, the
middle lobe twice as long, obovate, rounded at the apex, con-
spicuously tuberculate-crested, spur cylindrical slightly incurved,
three times shorter than the lip ; column oblong produced at base
into a projecting foot.

Described from two living and many dried specimens. The
branched inflorescence, which occurs in two specimens sent by
Mr. Flanagan from Kei River Mouth, is very unusual in the genus.

TAB. 16.

Tribe VANDEZ.
Sub-tribe EULOPHIE.
Genus EULOPHIA.

Eulophia zmula, Schlechter, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb., vol. xx.
(1895), Berbl. No. 50, p. 26.—Herba erecta gracilis glabra ad
40 cm. alta; folia 3-4 fasciculata erecto-patentia linearia acuta
nervosa, scapo paullo breviora; scapus vaginis 4-6 acuminatis
imbricantibus vel subdistantibus vestitus; racemus laxe 6-12
florus, floribus in genere inter minores ; bractez lanceolate acute,
ovario pedicellato paullo breviores ; sepala patentia late linearia
acuta, 1:2-1°5 cm. longa; petala declinata oblongo-ovata acuta,
sepalis subzquilonga ; labellum petalis paullo brevius, circuitu
ovatum, 8lobum, lateralibus brevibus acutis, intermedio duplo
longiore oblongo rotundato tuberculato-cristato, basi in calcare
brevi apice ventricoso productum; columna apoda, labello vix
duplo brevior. (£x exempll. auobus vivis, pluribusque exsiccatis. )

Hab. : South-eastern Region ; Care CoLony: grassy hills,
near Komgha, alt. 600 met., fl. Feb., 4. G. Flanagan, 1117 !.—
NATAL: near Sevenfontein, alt. 1200 met., fl. Feb., /. Wylie
(J. M. Wood, 5372!).—SwaztELaAND: near Embabaan, alt. 1350
met., fl. Jan., Bolus, 12302.—Trans-VaaL: Moodie’s, near Bar-
berton, alt. 600-900 met., fl. Dec., W. Culver, 14!; Botsabelo,
near Middelburg, alt. 1500 met., fl. Dec., R. Schlechter, 4057! ;
near Johannesburg, alt. 1680 met., fl. Jan., C. Mainwaring (Burtt
Davy, 1044 !).

Plate 16. Fig. 1, flower, side view; 2, ditto, front view ;
3, 3, side sepals ; 4, odd sepal ; 5, 5, petals; 6, lip, flattened out ;
7, lip and column, side view ; 8, lip, front view ; 9, column, front
view ; 10, ditto, side view.

An erect slender glabrous herb, up to 40 cm. high; leaves 3-4
fasciculate, erect-spreading, narrow linear, acute nerved, a little
shorter than the scape, scape with 4-6 imbricating, or somewhat
distant sheaths ; raceme laxly 6-12flowered ; bracts lanceolate acute,
somewhat shorter than the pedicellate ovary ; flowers small in the

genus; sepals spreading linear acute, 1°2-1°5 cm. long; petals

declinate, oblong-ovate acute, as long as the sepals; lip a little
shorter than the petals, ovate in outline, 3lobed, lateral lobes
short acute, middle one twice as long, oblong rotundate tuber-
culate-cristate, produced at base into a short spur ventricose at
the apex ; column without a projecting foot, scarcely half as long
as the lip.

Described from two living specimens received from Mr. H. G.
Flanagan, from which also the drawing was made, and several
dried ones.

TAB. 17.

Tribe VANDE.
Sub-tribe EULOPHIE®.
Genus EULOPHIA.

Eulophia platypetala, Zzd/ey, in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag.,
vol. il., p. 202 (1836).—Herba erecta glabra ad 35 cm. alta; folia
5-6, per anthesin bene evoluta, erecto-patentia lineari-ensiformia
acuminata, crebre nervosa, 7-25 cm. longa; scapus rectus, vel
subflexuosus, vaginis 2-3 distantibus vestitus ; racemus laxe 10-138
florus, bracteze ovate acuminate ovario pedicellato multo breviores ;
sepala patentia oblonga acuta 1°8 cm. longa; petala declinata late
elliptica sepalis paullo breviora; labellum circuitu late ovatum
3lobum petalis aquilongum, lobis lateralibus ovatis obtusis inter-
medio duplo longiore, obovata, retuso conspicue ramentaceo-
cristato, calcare leviter incurvo apice bilobulato, 0°7 cm. longo ;
columna oblonga basi in pedem brevem porrectum producta, 0°9-1
cm. longa; ovarium cum pedicello 2°5-3 cm. longum. (2% exempl/
duobus vivis exsiccatisque. )

Hab: South-western Region; Care Cotony: Riversdale
division, Zoet Melks R., near Riversdale, fl. Nov., Bzrchel/,
6611!; near Forest Hall, Plettenberg Bay, fl. Nov., MWzss
Newdigate (No. 6888 in my herb.).

Plate 17. Fig. 1, flower; 2, one of the sepals; 3, one of the
petals ; 4, lip, viewed from above; 4, lip and column, side view ;

6, column, front view ; 7, pollinarium.

An erect glabrous herb, up to 35 cm. high; leaves 5-6 well
developed during the flowering period, erect-spreading, linear-
ensiform closely nerved, 7-25 cm. long ; scape straight or some-
what flexuose, with 2-3 distant sheaths ; raceme laxly 10-13 flowered;
bracts ovate acuminate much shorter than the pedicellate ovary ;
sepals spreading oblong acute 1°8 cm. long; petals declinate
broadly elliptical, a little shorter than the sepals ; lip broad ovate
in outline, as long as the petals, 3lobed, lateral lobes ovate-obtuse,

intermediate twice as long, obovate, retuse, conspicuously crested,
the tubercles multifid, the spur slightly incurved, bilobulate at the
apex 0°7 cm. long ; column oblong, produced at base into a short
projecting foot, 0°9-1 cm. long ; ovary with pedicel 2°5-3 cm. long.

Described, and the figure drawn, from living specimens received
from Miss C. Newdigate, Forest Hall, Nov. 28, 1895. I think it
probable that this is the same as & Ussochilotdes Lindl., which,
however, was described after this.

TAB. 18.

Tribe VANDEA.
Sub-tribe EULOPHIEA.
Genus EULOPHIA.

Eulophia hians, Sfvenge/, Syst. Veg. iii. (1826), 720.—Herba
erecta, 20-40 cm. alta; folia 4-5, erecto-patentia lineari-ensiformia
rigidula, per anthesin, ut videtur, nondum bene evoluta, 6-15 cm.
longa; scapus subflexuosus, vaginis 3, distantibus acutis mem-
branaceis vestitus ; racemus laxe, vel rarius, subdense 7-15florus;
bracteze ovate acute, ovario pedicellato breviores ; sepala sub-
patentia oblongo-lanceolata vel lanceolata acuta, 0°9-1°5 cm. longa;
petala declinata, sepe aut unum aut ambo columne margine
postico adnata, ovato-oblonga vel obovata obtusa sepalis subzequi-
longa; labellum circuitu ovato-oblongum sepalis equilongum
3lobum, lateralibus obtusis, intermedio circa duplo longiore,
obovato, apice truncato, leviter emarginato undulato ramentaceo-
tuberculato-cristato, calcare cylindrico, leviter incurvo, 0°5-0°7 cm.
longo; columna apoda, 0°‘5-0'7 cm. longa; stipes brevissimus ;
ovarium cum pedicello 1°5-2°5 cm. longum. (x exempll. multis
vivis exsiccatisgue).—Limodorum hians, Thunb., Prodr. Plant Cap.
(1794), 8; Flor. Cap. (1823), 80; £. clavicornis, Lindl., an Comp.
Bot. Mag. ii. (1886), 202; £, emarginata, Zzndi., ibid.

Hab.: South-western Region; Care CoLony: between
George and Mossel Bay, fl. Oct., Burchell, 6147! ;—South-
eastern Region ; near Grahamstown, alt. 540-750 met., fl. Sept.-
Oct., #. £. Galpin, 170!; near Kentani, alt. 600 met., fl. Sept.,
Alice Pegler, 781!; Egossa, fl. Aug., 7. R. Stm, 2453!; near
Kokstad, alt. 1500 met. fl. Oct., W. Tyson, 1602!—Narat:
near Ladismith, alt. 1260 met., fl. Sept., A. Schlechter, 34381 !—
TRANS-VAAL: near Barberton, alt. 1200-1500 met., fl. Sept.,
Bolus, 10675 ; E&. &. Galpin, 5501; Culver, 52!; near Pretoria,
J. MacLea (No. 5817 in my herb.) ; Miss Leenderis, 282!

Plate 18. Fig. 1, odd sepal; 2, 2, side sepals; 3, 3, petals ;
4, lip; 5, column, front view; 6, ditto, side view; 7, lip,

side view.

An erect herb, 20-40 cm. high; leaves 4-5, erect-spreading
linear-ensiform rigid, apparently not well developed during the

flowering period, 6-15 cm. long; scape somewhat flexuous, with
3 distant acute membranous sheaths; raceme laxly, or more
rarely, somewhat densely, 7-15flowered; bracts ovate acute,
shorter than the pedicellate ovary ; sepals rather spreading oblong-
lanceolate or lanceolate acute, 0°9-1°5 cm. long; petals declinate,
often either one or both adnate by the posticous margin to the
back of the column, ovate-oblong or obovate obtuse about as long
as the sepals; labellum in outline ovate-oblong, as long as the
sepals, 3lobed, the lateral lobes obtuse, the intermediate about
twice as long, obovate, truncate at the apex, slightly emarginate
undulate crested with branched tubercles, spur cylindrical, slightly
incurved, 0°5-0°7 cm. long; column without a projecting foot,
0:5-0'7 cm. long ; stipe very short ; ovary with the pedicel 1°5-2°5
cm. long.

I have not seen the type of this species, but have had the
advantage of seeing and examining several specimens from the
Kew Herbarium, named by Messrs. N. E. Brown and R. A.
Rolfe, of Kew, and one which had been compared by the former
with Thunberg’s specimen of Zimodorum hians and with Lindley’s
E. clavicornis. This species grows sometimes in the company
of £. tnequalis Schlechter from which it is distinguishable by its
purple, not yellowish, colour, and the absence of any projecting
foot to its column.

TAB. 19.

Tribe VANDEZ.
Sub-tribe EULOPHIEA.
Genus EULOPHIA

Eulophia Reichenbachiana, Bolus, in Journ. Linn. Soc.,
vol. xxv., p. 185 (1890).—Herba erecta glabra, robusta ad 55 cm.
alta; rhizoma magnum tuberosum; folia 8-4, per anthesin bene
evoluta, erecta lineari-vel lanceolato-ensiformia, longe acuminata,
nervis primariis subtus valde prominentibus, scapo longiora ;
scapus strictus, vel rarius subflexuosus, vaginis 3-4 rigidiusculis
imbricantibus ad 15 cm. longis vestitus; racemus oblongus
obtusus multiflorus, floribus confertis nutantibus, 6-15 cm. longus ;
bractez lineari-lanceolate setaceo-acuminate, ovario longiores ;
sepala declinata, lateralibus oblique ovatis acutis vel acuminatis,
impari lanceolato-oblongo, acuminato, 1°2-1°5 cm. longa; petala
oblique oblanceolata, nunc subobtusa, nunc acuta, sepalis brevi-
ora, 1-1°2 cm. longa; labellum ecalcaratum circuitu late obovatum
brevissime unguiculatum sepalis paullo brevius, 3lobum lateralibus
erectis rotundatis, intermedio apice subcochleariformi, inconspicue
tuberculato-cristato, lateralibus duplo longiore latioreque; columna
oblonga, apice attenuata subapiculata, basi in pedem porrectum
producta; pollinia ovoidea; stipes brevissimus ; ovarium cum
pedicello 0°7-1'1 cm. longum. (4x exempll. plur. vivis exsticca-
tisque.)—Cymbidium Buchanani, Retchb. f. tn ‘* Flora,” (1881), p.
829; E. Buchanani, Dur. & Sching., in Consp. Flor. Afr., vol. v.,
p. 19 (1895), not of Bolus.

Hab: South-eastern Region; Care Cotony: near Grahams-
town, alt. 660 met., fl. Nov., 2. W. Read (1281 in my herb.) ;
Chumie Peak, near Stockenstrom, fl. Dec., W. C. Scully, 172! ;
near Kokstad, alt. 1500 met., fl. Dec., W. Zyson, 1085! in Herd.
Norm. Austr.-Afr., 548!—NataL: /. Sanderson (in herb. Wood
1006!); Van Renen’s Pass, alt. 1500-1800 met., fl. Dec., Wood,
5863 !;—SwazieLanp: Devil’s Bridge, alt. 1200 ——, 1850 met.,
fl. Dec.-Jan., £. £. Galpin, 723!—Trans-VaaL: near Eland’s
Spruit-bergen, alt. 1950 met., fl. Dec., &. Schlechter, 4001!; near
Belfast, alt. 1950 met., fl. Dec., Bolus, 12805.

Plate 19. Fig. 1, flower, side view; 2, ditto, front view ;
8, 3, one of the side sepals; 4, one of the petals; 9, lip, flattened

out; 6, ditto, with column and ovary, side view; 7, column,
front view; 8, ditto, side view; 9, pollinarium, front view; 10,
ditto, side view ; all variously magnified.

An erect glabrous robust herb, up to 55 cm. high; rhizome large
tuberous ; leaves 8-4, well developed during the flowering period,
erect linear—or lanceolate-ensiform long-acuminate, the primary
nerves very prominent on the lower surface, longer than the scape;
scape straight or more rarely somewhat flexuous with 38-4 rather
rigid imbricating sheaths ; raceme oblong obtuse, with numerous
crowded nodding flowers, 6-15 cm. long; bracts linear-lanceolate
setaceous-acuminate, longer than the ovary ; sepals declinate, the
lateral obliquely ovate acute or acuminate, odd one lanceolate-
oblong acuminate, 1°2-1°5 cm. long; petals obliquely oblanceolate,
sometimes rather obtuse, sometimes acute, shorter than the sepals,
1-1°2 cm. long; lip spurless broadly obovate in outline, very
shortly clawed, a little shorter than the sepals, 3lobed, the lateral
erect rotundate, intermediate somewhat cochleariform at the apex,
inconspicuously tuberculate-crested, twice as long and broad as the
lateral lobes ; column oblong, attenuate at the apex, somewhat
apiculate, produced at base into a projecting foot ; pollinia ovoid ;
stipe very short ; ovary with the pedicel 0°7-1°1 cm. long.

Described from several living and dried specimens.

TAB. 20.

Tribe VANDE.
Sub-tribe EULOPHIEA.
Genus EULOPHIA.

Eulophia flaccida, Schlechter, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. v., 20,
Berbl. 50, p. 8 (1895).—Herba gracilis erecta glabra, 80-35 cm.
alta; folia 2-3, fasciculata erecto-patentia flaccida anguste linearia
acuta vel acuminata nervosa, scapo longiora vel breviora; scapus
flexuosus, vaginis 4, distantibus membranaceis acuminatis vestitus ;
racemus laxe 8-l8florus; bracteze lanceolate acuminate ovario
pedicellato breviores ; sepala patentia lanceolata vel oblonga acuta
0:7-0°8 cm. longa; petala ovato-vel elliptico-oblonga, sepalis
paullo breviora ; labellum circuitu oblongum vel obovatum, e basi
fere ad apicem caruncula trifurcata ornatum, marginibus undulatum
petalis zquilongum 8lobum, lateralibus erectis subtriangularibus
acutis, intermedio subquadrato, apicem versus dilatato, truncato
subexciso, calcare cylindrico, obtuso; columna_ subtetragona
brevis; anthera apice emarginata; polliniis subglobosis. (£x
exempll. plur. vivis et descriptione cl. Schlechtert).

Hab. : South=eastern Region; Cape CoLony: near Komgha,
alt. 600 met., fl. Jan., H. G. Flanagan, 1645!—Narac: ‘‘ The
Bluff,” near Durban, alt. 60 met., fl. July, R. Schlechter, 2860.

Plate 20. Fig. 1, flower, side view ; 2, 2, side sepals ; 3, odd
sepal ; 4, 5, petals; 6, lip ; 7, column; 8, pollinarium.

An erect slender glabrous herb, 30-85 cm. high; leaves 2-3,
fasciculate erect-spreading flaccid narrowly linear acute or
acuminate longer or, sometimes, shorter than the scape; scape
flexuous, clothed with 4 distant membranous acuminate sheaths ;
raceme laxly 8-13flowered ; bracts lanceolate acuminate, shorter
than the pedicellate ovary ; sepals spreading lanceolate or oblong
acute 0°7-0°8 cm. long; petals ovate- or elliptic-oblong, a little
shorter than the sepals; lip oblong or obovate in outline, furnished
with a trifurcated caruncle extending from the base almost to the
apex, undulate, as long as the petals, 3lobed, the lateral erect,
somewhat triangular acute, intermediate somewhat quadrate,
dilated towards the apex, truncate emarginate, spur cylindrical

obtuse ; column somewhat tetragonous short; anther emarginate
at the apex ; pollinia subglobose.

Described from several living specimens received trom Mr.
H. G. Flanagan. I have also made use of Dr. Schlechter’s
description, but have not seen his type. He, however, saw Mr.
Flanagan’s specimens and named them &. flaccida. 1 am inclined
to think that the plant I have figured as Tab. 11 of this volume
and the present plant are closely allied forms of the same species,
the latter having smaller flowers differently coloured and narrowet
leaves, but scarcely differing otherwise.

TAB. 21.

Tribe VANDEA.
Sub-tribe EULOPHIE.
Genus EULOPHIA.

Eulophia zqualis, Zolus, i Journ. Linn. Soc., vol. xxv.,
p. 184 (1890).—Herba erecta glabra 25-55 cm: alta; folia 6-8,
patentia, per anthesin bene evoluta, ensiformia, acuta, equitantia,
10-25 cm. longa; scapus validus flexuosus, vaginis 8-4, distantibus
membranaceis acutis, 3-8 cm. longis, vestitus ; racemus sublaxe
8-l4florus, floribus adscendentibus; bracteze magne _ ovato-
oblonge acute, ovario-pedicellato equilonge ; sepala sub-patentia
obovata, oblongo-ovata vel suborbicularia fintus colorata, 1-1°7
cm. longa; petala declinata sepalis simillima breviora rarius
subequilonga; labellum circuitu late ovatum, petalis paullo
brevius, 8lobum ; lateralibus erectis obtusis, intermedio oblongo
apice rotundato convexo tuberculato-cristato, calcare conico ;
columna brevis tetragona apoda ; ovarium cum pedicello 1°1-1°5
cm. longum. (x exempll. 2 vtvis pluribusque exsiccatis.)—
Lissochilus cequalis, Lindl., in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag., vol. iis
p. 204 (1886).

Hab: South-eastern Region ; Carpe CoLony: Zuurbergen,
between Enon and Driefontein, alt. 600-900 met., fl. Nov., Drége ;
near Grahamstown, MacOwan/ (No. 1284 in my herb.) ; near Kei
R. mouth, fl. Nov., H. G. Flanagan, 1299!—NatTaL: Krantz
Kloof, alt. 450 met., fl. Sept., 2. Schlechter, 3200! ;—TRANS-VAAL :
near Barberton, alt. 900-1200 met., fl. Sept., W. Culver, 1!

Plate 21. Fig. 1, flower, front view, enlarged ; 2, 2, sepals,
slightly reduced ; 3, 8, petals, ditto ; 4, lip and column, side view,
enlarged ; 5, lip, front view, ditto; 6, column, front view, ditto ;
7, pollinarium, ditto ; 8, flower, oblique view, ditto; 9, one of the
sepals from another plant, natural size ; 10, one of the petals,
ditto ; 11, lip flattened out, ditto.

An erect glabrous herb, 25-55 cm. high ; leaves 6-8, spreading,
equitant, well developed during the flowering period, ensiform
acute, 10-25 cm. long; scape stout flexuous, with 3-4 distant
membranous acute sheaths, 3-8 cm. long ; raceme somewhat laxly

8-14flowered, flowers ascending ; bracts large ovate-oblong acute,
as long as the pedicellate ovary ; sepals somewhat spreading obo-
vate, oblong-ovate or somewhat orbicular, coloured within, 1-1°7
cm. long; petals declinate very similar in shape to the sepals,
shorter or more rarely as long; lip broadly ovate in outline, a
little shorter than the petals, lateral lobes erect obtuse, inter-
mediate oblong rotundate at the apex, convex tuberculate-crested,
spur obconic; column short tetragonous, without a projecting
foot ; ovary with the pedicel 1°1-1°5 cm. long.

Described from several dried and two living specimens, sent by
Mr. H. G. Flanagan, from which the drawing was made.

TAB. 22.

Tribe VANDE.
Sub-tribe EULOPHIEA.
Genus EULOPHIA.

Eulophia tuberculata, Zo/us 2 Journ. Linn. Soc., vol. xxv.,
p. 184 (1890).—Herba erecta glabra, 25-385 cm. alta; folia 2-3
erecto-patentia demum recurva, per anthesin ut videtur nondum
bene evoluta, lanceolato-ensiformia, rigidula, crebre nervosa, 4-12
cm. longa, 1-1°5 cm. lata; scapus subflexuosus, vaginis 2-3
distantibus brevibus acutis vestitus; racemus laxe 6-15florus,
floribus adscendentibus; bracteze lanceolate acuminate, ovario
pedicellato multo breviores; sepala patentia demum _ reflexa
oblonga acuta, 0°8 cm. longa; petala late patentia late ovata
obtusa 0°9-1 cm. longa; labellum circuitu ovatum, juxta basin
levissime saccatum, tuberculis duobus ore sacci, 3lobum, later-
alibus erectis rotundatis, per totam fere longitudinem columne
adnatis, intermedio ovato acuto vel obtuso, arcuato-incurvo,
marginibus deflexis, tuberculato-cristato, tuberculis 3-5 seriebus
incrassatis ; columna tetragona apoda. (4x exempll. duobus vivts
pluribusque exstccatts).—Lissochilus platypetalus, Lindl. tin Hook
Comp. Bot. Mag., vol. ii., p. 204 (1886.)

Hab.: South-eastern Region; Care Cotony: Uitenhage
Div., dry hills near the Zwartkops R., fl. Nov., C. Zeyher, 1120!;
near Grahamstown, alt. 600 met., fl. Nov., WacOwan, 1046! ; Blue
Stone Quarry, near King William’s Town, fl. Dec., 7. 2. Szm,
2. !—Trans-VAAL: near Pretoria, alt. 1350 meters, fl. Sept., /. .
McLea (in my herb. No. 5819 partly).

Plate 22. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, lip and column,
oblique view; 8, one of the petals; 4, one of the sepals; 5,
column ; 6, pollinarium, back view; 7, ditto, side view; 8, lip
viewed from above; 9, lip, with column, side view ; 10, transverse
section through the anterior part of the middle lobe of the lip.

An erect glabrous herb, 25-35 cm. high; leaves 2-3, erect-
spreading, finally recurved, apparently not well developed during
the flowering period, lanceolate-ensiform, rigid, closely nerved,
4-12 cm. long, 1-1°5 cm. wide; scape somewhat flexuous, with

9-8 distant short acute sheaths; raceme laxly 6-15flowered,
flowers ascending ; bracts lanceolate acuminate, much shorter
than the pedicellate ovary; sepals spreading, finally reflexed
oblong acute, 0°8 cm. long; petals wide-spreading, broadly ovate
obtuse, 0°9-1 cm. long ; lip ovate in outline, near the base, with
a very shallow sac at the mouth of which are two tubercles,
Zlobed, lateral lobes erect, adnate to the column for almost their
whole length, the middle lobe ovate acute or obtuse, arcuate-
incurved, the margins deflexed, tuberculate-cristate, tubercles in
3-5 rows, very much thickened; column tetragonous, without a
projecting foot.

Described from two living, and several dried specimens. The
drawing was made from plants received from Grahamstown.

TAB. 23.

Tribe VANDE.
Sub-tribe EULOPHIEA.
Genus EULOPHIA.

Eulophia Buchanani, 22us, 2 Journ. Linn. Soc., vol. xxv.,
p. 185 (1890), not of Rolfe tn Flor. Trop. Afr., vol. vii., p. G4
(1898).—Herba erecta glabra robusta ad 1°5 met. alta; folia 6,
per anthesin bene evoluta, erecta equitantia lanceolato-ensiformia
acuta, e medio in petiolum longum vaginatum deorsum attenuata,
interdum subplicata crassiuscula nervosa, ad 95 cm. longa, 2-6 cm.
lata ; scapus validissimus strictus, vaginis 4-5 distantibus appressis
foliaceis acutis vestitus ; racemus laxe 16-20florus, oblongus obtusus
15-830 cm. longus; bractez oblongo-lanceolate acute ovario
pedicellato multo breviores ; sepala erecto-patentia vel subreflexa
spathulato-oblonga obtusa petaloidea, 2-2°3 cm. longa; petala
declinata elliptico-oblonga obtusa, sepalis equilonga, lete lutea ;
labellum circuitu oblongo-ovatum valde convexum, marginibus
undulatis, tuberculato-cristatum, petalis parum longius, 3lobum
lateralibus erectis, intermedio subquadrato equilongo, marginibus
deflexis, calcare conico obtuso 0°5-0°6 cm. longo; columna
oblonga, labello duplo brevior, basi in pedem porrectum producta ;
pollinia subglobosa in stipite lato affixa; operculum apice argute
bilobum, lobis rubro-coloratis. (Hx exemplart unico vivo pluri-
busque exsiccatis.)—Lissochilus Buchanani, Retchenbach f. in Otia
Bot. Hamb. (1878), p. 64.

Hab : South-eastern Region ; Care Cotony: Near St. John’s
River mouth, in marshy places on the west bank, alt. about 20
met., fl. Feb., A. G. Flanagan, 2555! same station, fl. Dec.,
E. E. Galpin, 3414 !—NatTaL: swamp near Inanda, alt. 570 met.,
fl. Jan., /. Medley Wood, 845!—Zu.iuLanp: fl. Dec., W. /.
Haygarth, in herb. Wood, 7547!—Ruopesia, Morgenster Mt.,
near Victoria, fl. Jan., Wiss A. WM. Krige (No. 10715 in my herb.).

Plate 23. Fig. 1, lip and column, oblique view ; 2, column,
ditto ; 3, operculum ; 4, pollinarium.

An erect glabrous robust herb, up to 1°5 met. high ; leaves 6,
well developed during the flowering period, erect equitant lanceo-
late-ensiform acute, from the middle attenuated downwards into

a long sheathing petiole, sometimes somewhat plicate, rather
thick, nerved, up to 95 cm. long, 2-6 cm. wide ; scape very stout
straight clothed with 4-5 distant appressed foliaceous acute
sheaths; raceme laxly 16-20flowered, oblong obtuse, 15-30 cm. long ;
bracts oblong-lanceolate acute, much shorter than the pedicellate
ovary ; sepals erect-spreading or somewhat reflexed, spathulate-
oblong obtuse petaloid, 2-2°3 cm. long; petals declinate elliptic-
oblong obtuse, as long as the sepals, clear yellow ; labellum
oblong-ovate in outline, convex, margins undulate, tuberculate-
crested, a little longer than the petals, 3lobed, the lateral erect,
intermediate as long, somewhat quadrate, the margins deflexed,
spur conical obtuse, 0°5-0°6 cm. long; column oblong, half as
long as the lip, produced at base into a projecting foot ; pollinia
subglobose, affixed to a broad caudicle; operculum sharply bilobed
at the apex, the lobes coloured red.

Described from several dried specimens and one living one
collected by Mr. H. G. Flanagan, from which the drawing was
made.

TAB. 24,

Tribe VANDEZ.
Sub-tribe EULOPHIEA.
Genus EULOPHIA.

Eulophia Zeyheri, Hook f. in Bot. Mag. ¢. 73830 (1893).—
Herba erecta glabra, 30-40 cm. alta; folia 2-3, fasciculata erecta,
per anthesin bene evoluta, linearia vel lanceolata acuminata rigida
subplicata nervis primariis subtus prominentibus, scapo nunc
breviora nunc longiora ; scapus strictus, vaginis 3-4 imbricantibus
vel subdistantibus vestitus; racemus subabbreviatus subcorym-
bosus, ad 15 fl.; bractez lineari-lanceolatez, ovario pedicellato
longiores ; sepala cum petalis patentia oblongo-elliptica acuminata
3-3°5 cm. longa; petala conformia paullo breviora; labellum
circuitu. ovatum B8lobum, lobis lateralibus erectis rotundatis,
intermedio triplo longiore obovato tuberculato-cristato, tuberculis
setaceis tomentellis, basi in calcar breve cylindrico productum ;
columna oblonga, fronte excavata, basi in pedem porrectum pro-
ductum ; ovaria cum pedicello, 1°-2°2 cm. longa. (Ax exempll/.
unico vivo pluribusque exsiccatts).—E, bicolor, Reichb, f. & Sonder
ex Retchenb. f tn ‘ Flora,” vol. x\viii. (1865), p. 186 partim (non
Blume).

Hab. ; South-eastern Region ; Carpe Cotony: Damp places
on the road between Maclear and Umtata near the Chwenka R.,
Membuland:., alt., T110 met., fl. jJan., Bolus, 8756; near
Kokstad ; GRIQUALAND East, alt., 750-1500 met., fl. Jan., W.
Tyson, 1591!—TrRans-VaaL: near Lydenburg, alt. 1440 met., fl.
Dec., R. Schlechter 3940!; near Heidelburg; fl. Dec., Mass
Leendertz, 1038!; Elands’ Fontein, near Johannesburg, alt. 1650
met., fl. Nov., D. #. Gilfillan (1428! in herb. Galpin).

Plate 24. Fig. 1, side sepal; 2, odd sepal; 3, one of the
petals ; 4, lip; 5, column; 6, pollinarium.

An erect glabrous herb, 30-40 cm. high; leaves 2-3, fasciculate
erect, well developed during the flowering period, linear or lanceo-
late acuminate rigid subplicate, the primary nerves prominent
beneath, longer or shorter than the scape; scape straight clothed
with 8-4 imbricating or somewhat distant bracts; raceme some-

what abbreviated and corymbose, up to 15 flowered ; bracts linear-
lanceolate, longer than the pedicellate ovary; sepals and petals
spreading oblong-elliptical acuminate 8-3°5 cm. long, petals a Ilttle
shorter ; lip ovate in outline, crimson at the base and on the side
lobes, 8lobed, lateral lobes erect rounded, intermediate three
times as long, obovate crested with setaceous tubercles, produced
at base into a short cylindrical spur ; ovary with the pedicel 1-22
cm. long.

Described from several dried specimens and a living one which
I collected in Tembuland and from which the drawing was made.

TAB. 25.

Tribe VANDEA.
Sub-tribe EULOPHIE.
Genus EULOPHIA.

Eulophia Capensis, 2o/us am Journ. Linn. Soc., vol. xix.,
p. 836 (1882).—Herba erecta glabra 7-60 cm., seepius 20 cm. alta ;
folia 1-2, erecta lineari-ensiformia nervosa scapo nunc longiora,
nunc breviora ; scapus strictus vel subflexuosus, vaginis 38-4 dist-
antibus vel imbricantibus vestitus; racemus abbreviatus 3-14florus,
1-3°5 cm. longus ; bractez lineari-lanceolatze acuminatissimz
ovario pedicellato szpius longiores; sepala declinata oblongo-
lanceolata acuta, 0°8-1 cm. longa; petala oblonga sepalis sub-
zequilonga sed angustiora ; labellum ecalcaratum, circuitu obovatum,
sepalis aquilongum, 8lobum, lobis lateralibus erectis rotundatis
intermedio majore tuberculis ramentaceis cristato, truncato leviter
undulato totum concavum et quodammoda_ cochleariforme ;
columna oblonga, acuta labello duplo brevior, basi in pedem
porrectum breviter productum. (2x exempll. plur. vivis exstc-
catisque.)—Satyrium capense, Linn., Pl. Rar. Afr. p. 27 (1760) ;
S. aculeatum, Linn. f. Suppl. (1781), p. 402; 8. pedicellatum,
Linn. f. tbid.; Serapias aculeata, Thunb. Prodr. (1794), p. 3;
S. pedicellata, Thunb. Prodr., ibid. ; Cymbidium aculeatum, Siwzés.
in Schrad. Journ. 2 (1799), p. 225; C. pedicellatum, Swts. zbid.,
p. 224; Eulophia aculeata, Spreng. Syst. Veg. 8 (1826), p. 720;
Cyrtopera pedicellata, Lindl., Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1833), p. 190;
Cymbidium plicatum, % Comp. Bot. Mag. 2 (1836), p. 208; and
Hook. Icon. Plant., t. 104; Eulophia odontoglossa, Rezchb., f. i
‘* Zinnea,” vol. xix. (1847), p. 873; and vol. xx., p. 684; (ex
kKetchb. f. in ‘‘ Flora”’ (1883), p. 463); E. plicata, Bolus in Journ.
Linn. Soc., vol. xix. (1882), p. 336.

Hab.: South-western Region ; Cape CoLony: frequent on
mts., hills and flats near Cape Town, fl. Dec.-Feb., many collectors.
—South-eastern Region; Uitenhage, Zeyher, 300!; near
Grahamstown, Ga/pzn, 3087! ; Engcobo Mt., alt. 1850 met., Bolus,
10294; Frankfort Hill, $v7, 9!—TRANS-VAAL: near Barberton,
alt. 1200 met., fl. March, W. Culver, 86!

Plate 25. Fig. 1, flower, side view ; 2, lip and column,
ditto ; 38, odd sepal ; 4, 4, side sepals ; 5, 5, petals ; 6, lip, flattened

out ; 7, ditto, side view; 8, column, oblique view ; 9, 10, polli-
narium ; 11, column, front view.

An erect glabrous herb, 7-60 cm., usually 20 cm. high ; leaves
1-2, erect linear-ensiform nerved sometimes longer, sometimes
shorter than the scape ; scape straight or somewhat flexuous, clothed
with 38-4 distant or imbricating sheaths; raceme abbreviated 3-14-
flowered, 1-3°5 cm. long ; bracts linear-lanceolate very acuminate,
usually longer than the pedicellate ovary ; sepals declinate oblong-
lanceolate acute, 0°8-1 cm. long ; petals oblong, about as long as
the sepals, but narrower ; lip spurless, obovata in outline, about
as long as the sepals, 8lobed, the lateral erect rounded, inter-
mediate larger crested with branched tubercles, truncate, slightly
undulate, the whole concave and somewhat cochleariform ; column
oblong acute, half as long as the lip, shortly produced at base
into a projecting foot.

Described from several living and dried specimens. This is
nearly allied to #. Rezchenbachiana mihi and to &. Olvertana
Reichb. f. Flowers entirely white.

TAB. 26.

Tribe VANDEA.
Sub-tribe EULOPHIEA.
Genus EULOPHIA.

Eulophia ensata, Z7nd/., 7 Lot. Reg. (1828), ¢ 1147.—
Herba erecta glabra 40-60 cm. alta; rhizoma magnum tuberosum ;
folia 8-4 fasciculata erecta linearia acuminata, per anthesin bene
evoluta, scapo sapissime longiora, nervis subtus prominentibus ;
scapus subflexuosus, vaginis 4-6 imbricantibus vel subdistantibus
paleaceis acuminatis vestitus ; racemus abbreviatus, specie sub-
corymbosus, 11-20florus; bractez lineari-lanceolatz, sapissime
ovarium pedicellatum excedentes ; sepala patentia oblique-ovata
acuminata, basi oblique cordata, 1°8-2°4 cm. longa; petala
subpatentia oblonga acuta, sepalis paullo breviores ; labellum
circuitu ovale concolor, petalis equilongum 8lobum, lateralibus
erectis apice rotundatis, intermedio fere 3 plo longiore obovato-
oblongo subtruncato, tuberculis setaceis cristato, calcare cylindrico
tenui recto, 0°6-0°7 cm. longo; columna oblonga, supra medium
dilatata, acuta, basi in pedem porrectum producta, 0°6-0°9 cm.
longa; operculum apice apiculatum; ovarium cum _ pedicello
1°5-2°5 cm. longum. (Ex exemplart unico vivo pluribus ex-
siccatisque.)

Hab.: South-eastern Region; CAreE CoLony: district of
Albany, near the Kareiga R., alt. 150 met., fl. Jan., Zeyher, 2! ;
near Kei R. mouth, alt. 60 met., fl. Jan., #. G. Flanagan, 1030! ;
Egossa Forest, fi. Jan., alt. 300 met.; W. Tyson, 2842 !—
SWAZIELAND: near Bremersdorp, alt., 690 met., fl. Jan., Bolus,
12304.

Plate 26. Fig. 1, flower, side view; 2, lip and column, side
view ; 3, column, side view ; 4, ditto, front view ; 5, pollinarium.

An erect glabrous herb, 40-60 cm. high; rhizome large
tuberous; leaves 38-4, fasciculate erect linear acuminate, well
developed during the flowering period, usually longer than the
scape, the nerves prominent below ; scape somewhat flexuous ;
clothed with 4-6 imbricating or somewhat distant paleaceous
acuminato sheaths; raceme abbreviated, somewhat corymbose in

appearance, 11-20flowered ; bracts linear-lanceolate, usually
longer than the pedicellate ovary ; sepals spreading obliquely
ovate acuminate obliquely cordate at the base, 1°8-2°4 cm. long ;
petals somewhat spreading oblong acute, a little shorter than the
sepals; lip oval in outline concolorous, as long as the petals,
Blobed, the lateral lobes erect rounded at the apex, the inter-
mediate almost three times longer cbovate-oblong, somewhat
truncate, crested with setaceous tubercles, spur cylindrical slender
straight, 0°6-0°7 cm. long; column oblong, widened above the
middle, acute, produced at base into a projecting foot, 0°6-0°9 cm.
long ; operculum apiculate at the apex; ovary with the pedicel
1°5-2°5 cm. long.

Described from several dried specimens and a living one
received from Mr. H. G. Flanagan, from which the drawing
was made.

TAB. 27.

Tribe VANDE.
Sub-tribe EULOPHIEA.
Genus EULOPHIA.

Eulophia Pillansii, ”. sf.—Herba erecta glabra ad 25 cm.
alta; folia 6, erecto-patentia demum recurva equitantia per
anthesin nondum evoluta, ensiformia acuminata, 9-15 cm. longa,
1-1°2 cm. lata; scapus sub-flexuosus vagina unica bractei-form'
preditus ; racemus laxe 10-11florus floribus patentibus ; bractee
oblongo-lanceolatee acutz ovario pedicellato duplo breviores ;
sepala declinata apicem versus patenti-recurva oblonga acuta 1°6
cm. longa; petala conformia 1:2 cm. longa; labellum circuitu
ovatum acutum conspicue 3lamellatum marginibus undulatis,
sepalis zquilongum, 3lobum lateralibus erectis semi-orbicularibus,
intermedio ovato-lanceolata acuto toto labello triplo breviore, cal-
care infundibulari-cylindrico obtuso incurvo 0°5-0°7 cm. longo ;
columna oblonga basi in pedem porrectum producta, apice apicu-
lato. (x exemplari vivo unico.)

Hab: Karroo Region ; Care CoLtony: near Cookhouse, alt
about 490 met., fl. in garden Jan., leafing Feb., coll V. S. Pzllans
No. 10479 in my herb.

Plate 27. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, lip, oblique view
8, ditto, side view; 4, operculum ; 5, column, side view ; 6, ditto,
front view ; 7, pollinarium ; 8, transverse section of lower part of
lip (hypochilium), to shew the arrangement of the lamelle; 9,
ditto, through the upper part of the lip (epichilium).

An erect glabrous herb 25 cm. alta; leaves 6, erect-spreading
finally recurved, equitant, not developed during the flowering
period, ensiform, acuminate, 9-15 cm. long, 1-12 cm. broad ;
scape somewhat flexuose, with one bract-like sheath ; raceme laxly
10-11flowered, flowers spreading ; bracts oblong-lanceolate acute,
half as long as the pedicellate ovary ; sepals declinate towards the
apex spreading-recurved, oblong-acute, 1°6 cm. long ; petals
similar 1:2 cm. long; lip in outline ovate-acute, conspicuously
ridged with 8 erect plates, margins undulate, as long as the sepals,
Blobed, the lateral lobes erect, semi orbicular, the intermediate

ovate-lanceolate acute, one-third the length of the whole lip, spur
funnel shaped—cylindrical obtuse incurved, 0°5-0°7 cm. long; column
oblong, produced at base into a projecting foot, apiculate at the
apex.

This species is interesting owing to the fact of its being the
solitary instance, so far as I know, of a Eulophia growing in that
dry part of the Colony known as the Karroo. It was found by
Mr. N. S. Pillans, who has very kindly helped me in my work in
many ways, and whose name I am glad to associate with what
appears to me to be a very distinct species.

TAB. 28.

Tribe OPHRYDEA.
Sub-tribe HABENARIE.
Genus CYNORCHIS.

Cynorchis compacta, Rezchenbach, f in ‘‘ Flora,” 1888,
p. 149.—Herba terrestis erecta glabra, palmaris vel spithamea ;
tubera ovoidea vel fusiformia 1°7-5 cm. longa, caulis validus brevis
monophyllus basi vaginis laxis tectus ; folia erecto-patentia ovata
acuta basi scapum laxe vaginantia 4-9 cm. longa ; racemus laxe
3-10florus vel in speciminibus cultis multifloris, floribus albis labelli
disco roseo-punctatis ; bracteze lanceolate acuminate ovario pedi-
cellato multo breviore ; sepala erecto-patentia obovata subacuta
0°4-0°5 cm. longa; petala erecta oblique ovata obtusa, 0°4 cm.
longa ; labellum circuitu late obovatum 8lobum 0°8-1 cm. longum,
lopis obovatis obtusissimis lamellis binis minimis obscure cris-
tatum, basi in calcare cylindricum incurvum 0°5 cm. longum
productum. (£x icone a beato Sandersont delineata.)

Hab. : South-eastern Region; NaraL: without locality,
J. Sanderson! on rocks near Emberton, alt. 600 met., fl. Aug.
J. M. Wood, 5765!

Plate 28. Fig. 1, odd sepal ; 2, 2, side sepals ; 3, 3, petals ;
4, lip and column; 5, ditto, shewing spur; 6, column; 7, column,
with stigma—all variously magnified.

A terrestrial erect glabrous herb, about a span high ; tubers
ovoid or fusiform, 1°7-5 cm. long; stem stout short, bearing one
leaf, at the base covered with loose sheaths; leaves erect-spreading,
ovate acute, at the base loosely sheathing the scape, 4-9 cm. long ;
raceme laxly 3-10flowered, or in cultivated specimens with many
flowers, flowers white with reddish spots on the disc of the lip ;
bracts lanceolate acuminate, much shorter than the pedicellate ovary ;
sepals erect-spreading obovate subacute, 0°4-0°5 cm. long ; petals
erect obliquely ovate obtuse, 0°4 cm. long; lip in outline broadly
obovate 3lobed, 0°8-1 cm. long, lobes obovate very obtuse,
obscurely crested with two very small lamella, produced at base
into a cylindrical incurved spur 0°5 cm. long.

Described from a drawing made by the late Mr. J. Sanderson

TAB. 29.

Tribe VANDEA.
Sub-tribe EULOPHIEA.
Genus ANSELLIA.

Ansellia Africana, Zivdley, Bot. Reg. 1844, sub, ¢. 12, e¢ 1845,
¢, 80.-—-Herba epiphytica glabra, 30-70 cm. alta; caulis erectus
elongatus, vaginis foliorum delapsorum vestitus, apice foliatus,
20-40 cm. longus; folia erecto-patentia equitantia, basi caulem
vaginantia articulataque, ligulata acuta rigida subcoriacea, nervis
primariis 38-5, subtus valde prominentibus, 26-30 cm. longa ;
panicula terminalis pedunculata laxe multiflora floribus adscen-
dentibus ; bracteze ovatee membranaceze minute; sepala cum
petalis patentia oblonga obtusa vel subacuta, 1°7-2°1 cm. longa ;
petala sepalis conformia sed paullo latiora brevioraque ; labellum
circuitu orbicularis 2-3lamellatum, petalis equilongum, 3lobum,
lateralibus erectis ovatis obtusis, intermedio obovato obtusissimo
subrecurvo; columna oblonga acuta, basi in pedem porrectum
producta; operculum 3lobulata; pollinia spheroidea, stipite
brevissimo glandule late affixa; ovarium cum pedicello 2-3°5 cm.
longum. (2x exemplari unico culto vivo pluribusque exsiccutts. )—
A. gigantea, Rezchd. f. in Linnea, vol. xx., p. 673.

Hab: Natat: Mrs. K. Saunders! (No. 6060 in my herb.)—
Trans-VaaL: near Barberton, alt. 540 met., fl. Aug.-Sept., 2. £.
Galpin, 1004! ; Avoca, alt. 600 met., fl. Aug., W. Culver, 55 !—
PortucuEsE S.E. Arrica: near Lourengo Marques, fl. Aug.,
Bolus, 9786. Very common.

Plate 29. Sketch of the whole plant reduced in size by about
4 diameters. Fig. 1, flower, side view ; 2, ditto, front view—natural
size; 8, lip and column, side view ; 4, lip, viewed from above ;
5, column, front view ; 6, do., side view ; 7, pollinarium ; 8, oper-
culum—variously magnified.

An epiphytic glabrous herb, 80-70 cm. high ; stem erect
elongate, clothed with the sheaths of fallen leaves, leafy at the
apex, 20-40 cm. long ; leaves erect-spreading equitant, sheathing
the stem at the base and articulate, ligulate acute rigid rather
coriaceous, primary nerves 38-9, strongly prominent below, 26-30

cm. long; panicle terminal pedunculate laxly many-flowered,
flowers ascending ; bracts ovate membranaceous minute ; sepals
with the petals spreading, oblong obtuse or sub-acute, 1°7-2°1 cm.
long ; petals like the sepals but a little broader and shorter ; lip
orbicular in outline, 2-3lamellate, as long as the petals ; 3lobed,
lateral erect ovate obtuse, intermediate obovate very obtuse, some-
what recurved; column oblong acute, produced at base into a
projecting foot; operculum 3lobulate ; pollinia spheroid, affixed
by a very short stipe to the broad gland ; ovary with the pedicel
2-3°5 cm. long.

Described from one living specimen which flowered in the
Botanic Gardens, Cape Town, and several dried ones. The
markings on the perianth are very variable—being present in a
greater or less degree, and sometimes, as in the case of the plant
drawn, being quite absent.

TAB. 30.

Tribe VANDEA.
Sub-tribe CYMBIDIE.
Genus POLYSTACHYA.

Polystachya pubescens, ezchd. /. 21 Walp. Ann., vol. vi.,
p. 648.—Herba epiphytica, 10-20 cm. alta, pseudobulbis pluribus
subovatis vaginatis, 2-8 cm. longis; folia bina erecto-patentia,
lineari-oblonga, obtusissima, glaberrima 7-12 cm. longa, 1-2 cm.
lata ; pedunculus terminalis pubescens, folia ezquans vel excedens,
racemo simplice 8-ldflorus ; bractez late ovate cuspidate, glabres-
centes 0°4-0°7 cm. longe ; perianthium explanatum, sepalis con-
cavis, lateralibus oblongo-ovatis acutis, 0°8-1'1 cm. longis, impari
paullo breviore ; petala plana obovata obtusa, 0°7-0°9 cm. longa ;
labellum concavum subrhomboideum supra medium 8lobum, lobis
ovatis terminali majore, pagina superiore hispida, 0°6-0°7 cm.
longum, 0°5-0°6 cm. latum ; columna abbreviata, stigmate concavo,
margine 8tuberculato; pollinia 4, per paria connata. (Ax
exempll. plur. vivis exstccatisque.) Epiphora pubescens, Lindi.
wn Comp. Bot. Mag., vol. ii., p. 201 ; P, Lindleyana, Harv. tn Thes.
Cap:, vol. i1., p. BO, 2. VW18.

Hab. : South-eastern Region ; Care CoLtony: Grahamstown,
Stone’s Hill Range, on trees and rocks, alt., 550-760 met., fl. Nov.-
Dec., £. £. Galpin, 298! near Kentani, alt. 370 met., fl. Nov.,
Alice Pegler, 619!; Narat: Town Bush Valley, near Pietermaritz-
burg, alt. 854-914 met., fl. Nov., &. W. Adlam, 4! Deepdene,
Richmond, alt. 914 met., fl. Nov., 7. Sanderson, 891 !

Plate 30. Fig. 1, one of the side sepals; 2, odd sepal; 3,
one of the petals; 4, lip and column, side view; 5, ditto, front
view ; 6, anther shewing the pollinarium in situ ; 7, pollinarium—
all variously magnified.

An epiphytic herb, 10-20 cm. high, with several subovate
vaginate pseudobulbs, 2-8 cm. long ; leaves 2 nate erect-spreading
linear-oblong very obtuse glabrous, 7-12 cm. long, 1°2 cm. broad ;
peduncle terminal pubescent, equalling or exceeding the leaves,
raceme simple 8:'ldflowered; bracts broadly ovate cuspidate
glabrescent, 0°4-0°7 cm. long ; perianth spread out ; sepals concave,

the lateral oblong-ovate acute, 0°8-1'1 cm. long, odd one a little
shorter ; petals flat obovate obtuse, 0°7-0°9 cm. long; labellum
concave somewhat rhomboidal 3lobed above the middle, lobes ovate,
the terminal larger, hispid on the upper surface, 0°6-0°7 cm. long,
0°5-0°6 cm. broad; column abbreviated, stigma concave with 3
tubercles on the margin; pollinia 4, connate in pairs.

Described from several living and dried specimens.

TAB. 31.

Tribe VANDEZ.
Sub-tribe CYMBIDIEA.
Genus POLYSTACHYA.

Polystachya Sandersonii, Harvey, 7 Thesaurus Capensis,
vol, ii, (1868), p. 49, Zab. 177.—Herba epiphytica, 10-13 cm. alta;
pseudo-bulbi plures, ovati, apice angustati, membranaceo-vaginati,
1°5-2 cm. longi; folia bina, rarissime 8na, erecto-patentia, basi
articulata, late linearia vel oblonga obtusa vel subacuta, 4-10 cm.
longa ; bracteze ovate cuspidate cum scapo pedicellisque pubes-
centes, ovario pedicellato breviores ; scapus terminalis simplex vel
rarius paniculatus sublaxe 5-15florus ; sepala patentia, extus pubes-
centia, lateralibus late ovatis acuminatis, pedi columnz producto
adnatis, 0°9 cm. longis, impari oblongo acuminato paullo breviore ;
petala declinata lineari-spathulata 0°7 cm. longa ; labellum circuitu
ovatum, petalis equilongum 8lobum, lateralibus erectis rotundatis,
intermedio majore ovato arcuato-recurvo superficie verrucoso ;
columna brevis basi longe producta ; pollinia 4, per paria connata.
(Ex exemplari unico vivo pluribusque exsticcatts.)

Hab: South-eastern Region ; CAPE CoLtony: near Komgha,
fl. Nov., H. G. Flanagan/, near Kentani, fl. Nov., Alzce Pegler
No. 203! ;—Naratc: Attercliffe, alt. 180 met., 7. Sanderson, N. 134;
Etshowe, 2. Maxwell!

Plate 31. Fig. 1,1, side sepals; 2, odd sepals; 3, 8, petals ;
4, flower, front view; 5, ditto, the sepals removed; 6, lip and
column, oblique view; 7, column; 8, pollinarium—all variously
magnified.

An epiphytic herb, 10-13 cm. high; pseudo-bulbs several,
ovate, narrowed at the apex, with membranaceous sheaths, 1°5-2
cm. long ; leaves 2 nate, very rarely 3 nate, erect-spreading, articu-
late at base, broadly linear or oblong obtuse or rather acute, 4-10
cm. long ; bracts ovate cuspidate, with the scape and pedicels pub-
escent, shorter than the pedicellate ovary ; scape terminal simple
or more rarely paniculate, somewhat laxly 5-18flowered ; sepals
spreading pubescent on the outer surface, lateral broadly ovate
acuminate, adnate to the produced foot of the column, 0°9 cm.

long, odd, oblong acuminate, a little shorter; petals declinate
linear-spathulate, 0°7 cm. long; lip ovate in outline, as long as
the petals, 3lobed, lateral erect rotundate, intermediate larger,
ovate arcuate-recurved warted on the surface ; column short pro-
duced at base ; pollinia 4, connate in pairs.

Described from one living specimen and several dried ones.

TAB; 32.

Tribe VANDE.
Sub-tribe CYMBIDIEA.
Genus POLYSTACHYA.

Polystachya Ottoniana, fezchenbach, fil. in Hamburg
Gartensettung vol. xi., p. 249 (1859).—Herba epiphytica, 5-15 cm.
alta; pseudobulbi plures ovati, apice attenuati, vaginati, 1°2-2°5
cm. longi ; folia bina, erecta, basi articulata, ligulata, obtusa, saepe
bilobulata, 3-13 cm. longa; scapus erectus gracilis, cum pedicellis
pubescens, laxe 2-3florus; bractee minute; sepalum impar
lanceolato-oblongum, lateralibus ovato-oblongis acutis declinatis
pedi columne producto adnatis, 1°38 cm. longis; petala oblanceolata
acuta 1:1 cm. longa; labellum circuitu. ovatum acutum vel
acuminatum, petalis aquilongum, 38lobum, lobis lateralibus erectis
subacutis intermedio oblongo apice recurvo subacuto, vel acuminato
columna oblonga basi angustata, in pedem porrectum producta ;
pollinia 4, per paria connata. (x exempll. plur. vivis exstic-
catisque.) P. capensis Sond., tn Harv. Thes. Cap. ii. (1863),
poole 2 lids

Hab. : South-eastern Region ; CAPE Cotony: near Grahams-
town, fl. Dec., MacOwan, 1526! same station, fl. Nov., C. A. Pym!;
Transkei, alt. 1200-1360 met., fl. September, 2. Baur, 238! ; near
Kentani, alt. 310 met., fl. Nov., Alice Pegler, 617! near Komgha,
fl. Nov., H. G. Flanagan!; Nata: J. Sanderson!; TRANS-VAAL:
near Barberton, alt., 1060-1330 met., fl. Nov., 4. &. Galpin, 671!;
near Haenertsburg, fl. Oct., /. Burtt Davy! in Trans. Col.
Herb., 3026.

Plate 32. I., three plants of the yellow-flowered form. I1.,
flower and dissections made from the white and pink-flowered
form. Fig. 1, flower, oblique view; 2, ditto, front view; 38, one
of the petals ; 4, lip and column ; 5, lip, posterior view ; 6, column,
front view; 7, anther, shewing the pollinarium in situ; 8,
pollinarium.

An epiphytic herb, 5-15 cm. high; pseudobulbs several, ovate,
attenuate at the apex ; vaginate, 1°2-2°5 cm. long; leaves 2 nate
erect, articulate at the base, ligulate obtuse, often bilobulate, 38-13cm.

long; scape erect slender, with the vedicels pubescent, laxly
2-3flowered ; bracts minute ; odd sepal lanceolate-oblong, the lateral
ovate-oblong acute declinate, attached to the produced foot of
the column, 1°3 cm. long ; petals oblanceolate acute, 1:1 cm. long ;
lip ovate in outline, acute or acuminate, as long as the petals,
Blobed, lateral lobes erect subacute, intermediate oblong, recurved
at the apex, subacute or acuminate; column oblong narrowed
towards the base and produced into a projecting foot; pollinia 4,
connate in pairs.

Described from several living and dried specimens.

TAB. 33.

Tribe VANDEA,
Sub-tribe CYMBIDIEA.
Genus POLYSTACHYA,

Polystachya similis, Reichenbach fil., in Ota Bol. Hamb.
(1881), A. 112.—Herba erecta terrestris, (an semper?) glabra preter
rhachillas puberulas ramulorum lateralium, 15-50 cm. alta; caulis
anceps validus, basi vaginis foliorum delapsorum vestitus ; folia
5-5 erecto-patentia oblonga obtusa, minute biloba, sub-coriacea mul-
tinervia, basi vaginantia articulataque, 8-20 cm. longa ; pedunculus
vaginis membranaceis vestitus; panicula interrupta internodiis
3-6 cm. longis, e racemulis alternis adscendentibus vel erectis
brevibus 5-10floris ; bracteae ovatee cuspidate parve ; sepala sub-
patentia lateralibus subtriangularibus acutis vel obtusis, columnz
pedi adnatis 0°5 cm. longis, impari ovato, 0-4 cm. longo; petala
porrecto-incurva oblanceolata, obtusa, 0°4 cm. longa; labellum
circuitu obovatum, sepalis lateralibus aquilongum 8lobum, lobis
lateralibus subfalcatis acutis, intermedio paullo longiore, sub-
orbiculari, apice leviter recurvo, lamella unica cristato ; columna
brevis basi in pedem porrectum producta. (4x exemplartbus
pluribus vivis exsiccatisque.)

Hab: South-eastern Region ; Care CoLony: on the moun-
tain on the west side of the mouth of St. John’s River, alt. circ.
300 met., fl. Feb., 4. G. Flanagan, 2551! in my herb.—NatTac:
Tongaat, fl. Jan.-Feb., W/rs. K. Saunders, 6117! in my herb. ; Riet
Valley, Mrs. Rathbone! in herb., Kew.

Plate 33. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, ditto, side view ;
3, one of the side sepals; 4, odd sepal; 5, one of the petals ;
6, lip, flattened out; 7, lip and column, side view, shewing the
line of attachment of the near side sepal; 8, pollinarium ; 9, section
of stem—all variously enlarged.

An erect terrestrial (as far as the specimens under examination
go) herb, glabrous, except for the pubescent rhachilla, 15-50 cm.
high ; stem ancipital stout, at the base clothed with the sheaths of
fallen leaves ; leaves 8-5, erect-spreading oblong obtuse, minutely
bilobed, subcoriaceous many-nerved, sheathing and articulate at
base, 8-20 cm. long ; peduncle clothed with membranous sheaths ;

panicle interrupted, internodes 3-6 cm. long; consisting of alternate
ascending or erect short 5-10flowered racemules; bracts ovate
cuspidate small; sepals somewhat spreading, the lateral subtri-
angular acute or obtuse, adnate to the foot of the column, 0°5 cm.
long, odd sepal ovate, 0-4 cm. long; petals projecting incurved
oblanceolate obtuse, 0°4 cm. long ; lip obovate in outline, equal to
the lateral sepals, 3lobed, lateral lobes subfalcate acute, inter-
mediate a little longer, suborbicular, slightly recurved, crested
vith one raised ridge; column short, produced at base into a
projecting foot.

Described from several living and dried specimens. The drawing
was made from a plant collected by Mr. H. G. Flanagan at St.
John’s River mouth, and, together with several others he got at
the same place, clearly appears to be terrestrial.

TAB. 34.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe HABENARIE.
Genus HOLOTHRIX.

Holothrix orthoceras, Reichenbach, fil. in Otia Bot. Hamb.
(1881), f. 119.—Herba terrestris erecta 8-25 cm. alta; folia 2
radicalia humistrata ovata acuta reticulato-venosa inequalia,
2-7 cm. longa; scapus strictus vel flexuosus gracilis nudus
pubescens; spica sublaxe 5-16flora, floribus secundis, 2-6 cm. longa;
bracteze lanceolate setaceo-cuspidatz, ovario paullo breviores ;
sepala ovata acuminata, 0°25 cm. longa; petala duplo longiora,
nunc oblique lanceolata acuminata nunc ovata acuminata; labellum
circuitu obovatum B8lobum, lobis lateralibus oblongis acutis
patentibus integris vel rarius bilobis, intermedio multo latiore
tri-vel-multilobulato, 0°9 cm. longum, calcare recto cylindrico-
conico 0°4 cm. longo; glandule duz discrete. (Hx exempll.
plur. viv. exsiccatisque.)—Tryphia orthoceras, Harv. in Thes. Cap.
ii., p. 4, Zab. 105.

Hab. : South-eastern Region ; Carpe Cotony: rocky places
in woods near Grahamstown. P. MacOwan, No. 1288 in my herb. ;
ditto fl. March, B. South/ Perie, alt. 1200 met., fl. Nov., 7. R
Sim, 947!—TrRaAns-VaAAL: Barberton, alt. 1080 met., fl. March,
Culver, 50!; Houtboschberg, alt. 1650 met., fl. March, &.
Schlechter, 4738!

Plate 34. Fig. 1, flower, side view ; 2, 2, side sepals; 3,
odd sepal ; 4, 4, petals; 5, one of the petals from another flower ;
6, lip ; 7, ditto from another flower; 8, 9, 10, column; 11, pollinia.

An erect terrestrial herb, 8-25 cm. high; leaves 2, radical
appressed to the ground, ovate acute netted-veined unequal, 2-7
cm. long ; scape straight or flexuose slender nude pubescent ; spike
rather laxly 5-16flowered, flowers secund, 2-6 cm. long ; bracts
lanceolate cuspidate, a little shorter than the ovary ; sepals ovate
acuminate, 0°25 cm. long ; petals twice as long, obliquely lanceo-
late acuminate or ovate acuminate ; lip obovate in outline 3lobed,
lateral lobes oblong acute spreading entire or more rarely bilobed,
intermediate much broader, 8- or many-lobulate, 0°9 cm. long,
spur straight cylindrical-conical, 0°4 cm. long; glands 2, distinct.

Described from several living and dried specimens.

,

TAB. 35.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe HABENARIE.
Genus HOLOTHRIX.

Holothrix Lindleyana, Rezchenbach fil, in Otia Bot., Ham-
burg (1881), ~. 119.—Herba erecta preter scapum pubescentem,
glabra, 7-18 cm. alta; folia dua humistrata, ovata vel ovato-
oblonga acuta subzequalia, 1°5-5°5 cm longa: scapus gracilis
flexuosus nudus pubescens vel glabrescens; spica laxe 6-14flora,
floribus sapius secundis ; bractez lanceolate cuspidate, ovario
breviores; sepalum impar ovatum acutum, lateralibus falcatis
acuminatis valde concavis, 0°3 cm. longis ; petala erecto-recurva
oblonga obtusa 2-3 plo sepalis longiora; labellum circuitu orbicu-
lare, tripartitum, laciniis lateralibus oblongis vel obovatis obtusis,
intermedio trifido laciniis oblongis, 0°9 cm. longum, calcare
cylindrico szpissime spiraliter recurvo, labello duplo breviore ;
pollinia nune discreta nunc glandulis per filum transversum junctis.
(Ax exempll. plur. vivis exsiccatisque). Tryphia secunda, Lindl. in
Comp. Bot. Mag., ii. (1836), p. 209; Harvey, Thes. Cap., ii. (1868),
tab. 105.

Hab: South-eastern Region ; Care Cotony: Port Elizabeth.
fl. July, AZzss West, 216!; Uitenhage, Zwartkops River, amongst
mosses in a forest, fl. Sept., Zeyher, 187! Signal Hill, Grahams-
town, 730 met., fl, Sept., #. £. Galpin, 162!; Botha’s Hill, fi.
Nov., MacOwan, 627!—Karroo Region ; near Steytlerville, Dr.
Lawrence! Mts. near Swanepoels’ Poort, under shady rocks, 1200
met., fl. Sept., &. Marloth, 4130!

Plate 35. Fig. 1, flower, side view; 2, ditto, from another
plant; 3, sepals; 4, one of the petals; 5, lip; 6, ditto, from
another plant; 7, column, side view ; 8, ditto, front view, 7”, ros-
tellum, ¢, gland, s, stigma; 9, pollinium ; 10, pollinarium, from
another plant.

An erect herb, glabrous, except for the pubescent scape, 7-18
cm. high ; leaves two, flat on the ground, ovate or ovate-oblong
acute subequal, 1°5-5°5 cm. long; scape slender flexuous nude
pubescent or glabrescent ; spike laxly 6-14flowered, flowers usually
secund ; bracts lanceolate cuspidate, shorter than the ovary ; odd

sepals ovate acute, lateral falcate acuminate very concave, 0-3 cm.
long ; petals erect-recurved oblong obtuse, 2-3 times longer than
the sepals ; lip orbicular in outline, tripartite, the lateral segments
oblong or obovate obtuse, the intermediate trifid with the lobes
oblong, 0°9 cm. long, spur cylindrical, usually spirally recurved,
half as long as the lip; pollinia sometimes distinct, sometimes
having the glands united by a transverse thread.

Described from several dried and living specimens. Drawing
made from several living specimens—the larger plant figured was
collected by Mr. J. Glass, near Grahamstown, the smaller one was
sent from near the Knysna. Figs. 2 and 6 were drawn from
flowers of a plant sent by Mr. J. Mackie from Port Elizabeth ;
Fig. 10 from the Knysna specimens—all the rest from the
Grahamstown plants.

Colour of the petals, lip and spur pure white ; scape reddish ;
sepals and bracts green.

TAB. 36.

Tribe OPHRYDE®.
Sub-tribe HABENARIE.
Genus HOLOTHRIX.

Holothrix condensata, Souder zn ‘‘ Linnea” xix. (1847),
p. 76. Herba erecta, perianthii segmentis exceptis, pilis patentibus
hirsuta, 7-20 cm. alta; folia dua humistrata radicalia late ovata
vel orbicularia, valde inzqualia 8-6 cm. longa; scapus nudus
szepissime supra basin late arcuato-decurvus ; spica secunda dense
multiflora 8-10 cm. longa; bractew lanceolate ovario breviores ;
sepala ovata acuta, vel sepalo impari acuminato, 0°4 cm. longa;
petala patenti-recurva, oblonga obtusa 0°7 cm. longa; labellum
circuitu late obovatum apice trifidum, laciniis zequalibus vel
intermedio paullo majore, lateralibus patentibus, petalis edqui-
longum, calcare cylindrico recto sepalis zquilongo ; pollinium
caudicule in glandula transversa unica insedentes. (Hx exempll.
plur. viv. exsiccatisque.) Bolus Orch. Cape Penins, (1888), p. 115,
tab. 22, fig. 8-11, anal.

Hab.: South-western Region ; Care Corony: in fissures
of rocks Table Mt., alt. 840 met., fl. Dec., Bolus 4905; Constantia-
berg, fl. Nov., Wolley-Dod, 2139! Waai Vlei, fl. Dec., zd. 2306!
near Swellendam, Mund (ex Sonder).

Plate 36. Fig. 1, flower, side view, x3; 2, parts of ditto,
x6 ; 3, ovary, column and labellum, x6; 4, column, anterior view
and somewhat from beneath; 5, ditto, inclined forward, the
clinandrium partially opened to shew the pollinia zu sztu; 6,
pollinarium.

An erect herb, except for the perianth segments, hirsute with
spreading pilose hairs, 7-20 cm. high; leaves two, appressed to
the ground, radical broadly ovate or orbicular, very unequal 38-6
cm. long ; scape nude, usually from above the base widely arcuate-
decurved ; spike secund densely many-flowered, 3-10 cm. long ;
bracts lanceolate, shorter than the ovary ; sepals ovate acute or

the odd sepal acuminate, 0°4 cm. long; petals spreading-recurved
oblong obtuse, 0°7 cm. long; lip as long as the petals broadly
obovate in outline, trifid at the apex, the segments equal or the
intermediate larger, spur cylindrical straight, as long as the
sepals; caudicles of the pollinia attached to a single transverse

gland.

Described from several dried and living specimens. Drawing
made from my No. 4905 gathered on Table Mt.

TAB. 37.

Tribe OPHRYDE®.
Sub-tribe HABENARIEA.
Genus HOLOTHRIX.

Holothrix secunda, Reichenbach fil, in Otia Bot. Hamb. Fasc.
ii., pars. 1, p. 119 (1881).—Herba erecta gracilis glabra, 10-25 cm.
alta; folia radicalia dua humistrata ovata vel suborbicularia sepe
carnosa inzqualia, 2-45 cm. longa; scapus nudus flexuosus ;
spica laxe 3-20flora secunda, 8-10 cm. longa; bractew lanceolate
cuspidate ovario breviores; sepala ovata acuta 0°3 cm. longa ;
petala labello adnata, lanceolata sursum attenuata, 0-7 cm. longa ;
labellum circuitu. orbiculare apice dfidum, laciniis patentibus
linearibus inter se subzequalibus, totum petalis equilongum,
calcare leviter recurvo cylindrico obtuso, labello duplo breviore ;
glandulez pollinium 2, discrete. (4x exempll. plur. viv. exsicca-
tisque).—Orchis secunda, Thunb. Prodr. pl. Cap. (AT94), p. 4;
Flor. Cap., ed. 1823, ~. 6; Tryphia major, Sonder, in ‘« Tinnea,”
xix. (1847). Z. 82.

Hab : South-western Region ; CLANWILL1AM, alt. 100 met., fl.
August, &. Schlechter, 8599! same place, C. LZ. Leipoldt! near
Wupperthal, alt. 900 met., fl. Oct., Bolus, 9094.—NAMALAND,
near Ookiep, alt. 960 met., fl. Sept., G. MWarden, No. 6570
in my herb,; near Ashton, distr. Worcester, alt. 200 met.,
R. Marloth, 3234!

Plate 37. Fig. 1, flower, side view; 2, ditto, front view ;
3, 3, side sepals; 4, odd sepal; 5, 5, petals; 6, lip; 7, column,
“front view, the flaps of the anther cells pulled open to shew the
pollinia zz sz¢z ; 8, one of the pollinia—all variously magnified.

An erect slender glabrous herb, 10-25 cm. high ; leaves 2, radical,
appressed to the ground, ovate or suborbicular, often fleshy, unequal,
2-4°5 cm. long ; scape nude flexuous ; spike laxly 8-20flowered
secund, 3-10 cm. long; bracts lanceolate cuspidate shorter than
the ovary ; sepals ovate acute 0°3 cm. long ; petals adnate to the
lip, lanceolate, attenuate upwards, 0°7 cm. long ; lip orbicular in
outline, 5fid at the apex, the segments spreading linear subequal,

the whole as long as the petals, spur slightly recurved cylindrical
obtuse, half as long as the lip; glands of the pollinia 2, distinct.

Described from several dried and living specimens. Drawing
made from a plant collected by Mr. C. L. Leipoldt, near Clan-
william. Colour of the sepals dull greenish, petals and lip cream
colour, stem dull purple.

TAB. 38.

Tribe OPHRYDEA.
Sub-tribe HABENARIEA.
Genus HOLOTHRIX.

Holothrix Scopularia, Reichenbach, fil. in Otia Bot. Hamob.
Fasc ii., part 1, (1881).—Herba erecta, petalis exceptis pilis
patentibus hirsuta, 20-35 cm. alta; folia 1-2 radicalia, humistrata,
1°5-3°5 cm. longa; scapus nudus in genere. subvalidus, sub-
flexuosus, rarius substrictus ; spica sub-secunda dense multiflora,
bracteis ovato-lanceolatis acutis longe ciliatis ; sepala lanceolata
acuminata, 0°4-0°5 cm. longa; petala erecta basi oblonga, apice
Bfida, laciniis linearibus, O°7-1 cm. longa; Jabellum circuitu
cuneatum apice multifidum, laciniis inter se similibus subzquali-
busque, petalis equilongum, calcare cylindrico obtuso apice
recurvo, labello triplo breviore; pollinia clavata caudiculis in
glandula unica filiformi transversa insidentibus. (Ax exemfpll.
plur. vivis exsiccautisque). —Scopularia secunda Lindl. in Comp.
Bot. Mag. ii., p. 207 (1836); H. multisecta, Bol. in Journ. Linn.
Soc., vol. xxv., p. 170 (1890) ; H. pleistodactyla, Kranzlin tn Engl.
Pflanzw. Ost. Afr., pars c., p. 151 (1895); R. A. Rolfe in Flor.
Trop. Afr., v. 6, p. 198 (1898); H. Nyassce, Rolfe in Lc. fide
Schlechter.

Hab. : South-eastern Region; Care CoLony: summit of
Elandsberg Stockenstrom, alt. 1820 met., fl. Jan., W. C. Scully,
391, zn herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 1371; Witteberg Mts., alt. circ.
1800-2400 met. Drége ; Mt. Currie, 1615 met., fl. Oct., W. Tyson,
1542 !; OrancE FREE STATE: Mont aux Sources, 2700 met., fl.
Jan., 1. G. Flanagan, 1980!; Trans-VaaL: near Barberton, alt.
1370 met., fl. Sept.-Oct., £. Galpin, 585!; same station,
W. Culver, 72! also in Tropical Africa.

Plate 38. Fig. 1, flower with bract; 2, ditto, side view ;
3, 3, side sepals ; 4, odd sepal ; 5, one of the petals ;:-G) lipeay.
column, front view ; 8, ditto with the flaps pulled aside to shew
the pollinia 27 széu ; 9, pollinarium ; 10, bract.

An erect herb, except the petals hirsute with spreading pilose
hairs, 20-85 cm. high; leaves 1-2, radical, appressed to the

ground, 1°5-3°5 cm. long ; scape nude, rather stout for the genus,
subflexuous, rarely straight ; spike subsecund, densely many
flowered ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute long ciliate ; sepals
ovate-lanceolate acuminate 0°4-0°5 cm. long ; petals erect, oblong
below, trifid at the apex, the laciniz linear, 0-7-1 cm. long; lip in
outline cuneate multifid, segments similar to each other and sub-
equal, spur cylindrical obtuse recurved at the apex, one-third of
the length of the lip; pollinia clavate, the caudicles attached to
one filiform transverse gland.

Described from several living and dried specimens, from the
largest of which gathered by Mr. Flanagan on or near the summit

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of the lofty Mont aux Sources, about 9000 feet or 2740 meters.

Petals and lip white-greenish at base; sepals and_ bracts
reddish at the tip, green below.

TAB. 39.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe HABENARIE.
Genus HOLOTHRIX.

Holothrix Burchellii, Retchenbach fil. in Ota Bot. Hamb.,
Fasc ii., part 1, p. 119 (1881).—Herba erecta, praeter scapum basi
pubescentem, glabra, 15-50 cm. alta; folia 2 radicalia humistrata
orbicularia vel subreniformia crassa carnosa, 2-5 cm. longa valde
inzequalia ; scapus strictus bracteis 38-4 ovatis acuminatis parvis
erectis appressis preditus ; spica densa 6-15 cm. longa, secunda,
floribus dimorphis, inferioribus fertilibus superioribus sterilibus ;
sepala lanceolata acuta 0°56 cm. longa; impari latiore ovato ;
petala oblonga apice T7fida, in sterilibus Tpartita, laciniis longi-
oribus; labellum concavum oblongum, 0°9 cm. longum, multi-
fidum, laciniis setaceis, calcare cylindrico labello fere duplo
breviore ; pollinia clavata, caudiculis in glandula transversa unica
filiformi insidentibus vel in floribus sterilibus interdum in glandulis
discretis, (Ex exempll. plur. exsiccatts et unico vivo.) Scopularia
Burchellii, Lindley tn Gen. & Sp. Orch, (1835), p. 308.

Hab: South-western Region ; Care CoLony: near Rivers-
dale, alt. 120 met., fl. Nov., Burchell, 6709 ; same station, fl. Oct.,
Bolus, 11882; near Oudtshoorn, alt. 330 met., fl. Oct., J/7ss
Beatrice Hops '!—Karroo Region ; Oudeberg, near Graaff Reinet,
alt. 1219 met., fl. Nov., Bolus, 177—South-eastern Region ;
grassy slopes near King William’s Town, alt. 360 met., fl. Nov.,
H. G. Flanagan, 2206; Mount Coke, fl. Sept., Z. &. Szm/ hills
about Queenstown, fl. Oct., A. H. Wolley-Dod (without number) !
in my herb. ; near Komgha, without number, . G. Flanagan, in
my herb.

Plate 39. Fig. 1, fertile flower, side view; 2, ditto, front
view ; 8, odd sepal; 4, side sepals; 5, one of the petals of the
fertile flower ; 6, lip of ditto; 7, column, front view ; 8, ditto, side
view; 9, pollinarium of fertile flower; 10, one of the sterile
flowers ; 11, one of the petals of ditto ; 12, lip of ditto ; 13, one of
the pollinia of ditto.

An erect herb, everywhere glabrous except the pubescent base
of the scape, 15-50 cm. high; leaves 2, radical, appressed to the

ground, orbicular or subreniform thick and very fleshy, 2-5 cm.
long, very unequal : scape straight with 8-4 small ovate acuminate
erect appressed bracts. Spike dense secund with dimorphous
flowers, the lower fertile, passing into the upper aborted ones ;
6-15 cm. long ; sepals lanceolate acute 0°5 cm. long, the odd one
ovate, petals oblong, 7fid at the apex, or, in the sterile flowers,
Tpartite, the segments longer than in the fertile; lip concave
oblong 0°9 cm. long, multifid, the segments setaceous, spur
cylindrical recurved obtuse nearly half as long as the lip. Pollinia
clavate, the caudicles in the fertile flowers attached to a single
transverse filiform gland; or in the sterile flowers sometimes or
always on 2 distinct glands.

Described from several dried specimens, and a living one
received from Mr. T. R. Sim, from which the drawing was made.

TAB. 40.

Tribe OPHRYDEA.
Genus HOLOTHRIX.

A. Holothrix Culveri, Bolus ix Journ. S. Afr. Philosoph.
Soc., vol. xvi., part 2, p. 147 (1905).—Herba erecta, ad 12 cm.
alta; folia radicalia 2(?), unicum tantum visum emarcidum
ovatum; scapus gracilis, vaginulis remotis erectis lanceolatis
acuminatis aristulatis membranaceis vestitus, basin versus retrorse
pilosus, sursum glabrescens; spica cylindrica, dense multiflora
(80-60 fl.), 4-5 cm. longa, 0°8 cm. diam., floribus quaquaversis (vel
interdum, ex collectore, secundis) ; bractez lanceolate acuminate;
sepala lateralia oblanceolata, dorsale oblongum, acuta, 0°22 cm.
longa ; petala patenti-reflexa oblonga acuta 0°31 cm. longa, quam
sepala duplo latiora, cum labello minute papilloso-scabriuscula ;
labellum subquadratum 3lobum, lobulis lateralibus columne
adnatis dentiformibus, vel in var. B. omnino carentibus, lobo
intermedio multo majore, subtrulliformi, breviter acuto, supra
basin angustato, marginibus eleganter curvo-ampliatis, tota lamina
0°35 cm. longa et lata, basi in calcar suberectum acutum 0°15-0°2
cm. longum, producta; columna ovalis ; pollinium caudicule
brevissime, glandulis discretis vel (ex collectore) filo extensivo
connexis.

Var. B. integra ; sepalis lateralibus calcaratis ; labelli lobulis
lateralibus carentibus ; ceteris ut in typo. (2x exempll. duobus
exstccaits). Dereemeria Culveri, Schlechter in Engl. Bot. Jahrb.,
vol. Xxxvill., p. 145 (1907).

Hab. : Trans-VaaL: Fig-tree Creek, near Barberton, on rocky
slopes, alt. 600 met., fl. Sept., W. Culver, 84! Var. B., growing
with and close to the typical form, W. Culver, 84a!

Plate 40 A. Plant on the left drawn from Culver, 84. Fig. 1,
odd sepal ; 2, one of the side sepals ; 5, one of the petals ; 6, lip;
8, column, front view; 9, one of the pollinia with separate gland
—all made from the same. Plant on the right drawn from Culver,
84a. Fig. 4, odd sepal; 5, one of the side sepals ; 7, lip.

An erect herb, 12 cm. high ; leaves radical 2 (?) only one seen,
withered ovate; scape slender, clothed with remote erect lanceo-

TAB. 41.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe HABENARIE.
Genus STENOGLOTTIS.

Stenoglottis fimbriata, Zmd/ey, in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag.,
vol ii., p. 210 (1856).—Herba terrestris erecta 10-36 cm. alta;
tubera plura fasciculata oblonga; folia 6-10, radicalia rosulata
patentia oblonga acuta vel lanceolata, basin versus attenuata,
marginibus undulatis, maculata, 2°5-11 cm. longa ; scapus strictus,
cum ovariis, scaberulus, 3-5 vaginis lanceolatis acuminatis macu-
latis preeditus ; spica oblonga sublaxe multiflora, 2°5-14 cm. longa;
bracteze plerumque ovario breviores; sepala ovata obtusa, cum
petalis oblongis, marginibus serrulato-fimbriata vel ciliata, 0°5 cm.
longa; labellum circuitu obovato-oblongum, apice 8fidum, laciniis
acutis, intermedio angustiore, ecalcaratum, 0°9 cm. longum;
columna brevis obtusa; staminodia erecta falcata obtusa lateribus
columne adnata; pollinia erecta, caudiculis brevibus, glandulis
discretis orbicularibus, granulis magnis laxis; rostellum breve
latiusculumque. (4x exemplart unico vivo pluribusque siccatts.)—
Harv. Thes. Cap. t. 56. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 5872.

Hab: South-eastern Region; Care Cotony : southern face of
Signal Hill, Grahamstown, alt. 730 met., fl. Aug., 2. £2. Galpin,
56! valley near Kentani, alt. 450 met., fl. April, Adzce Pegler,
275!; Zuurberg Mts., Griqualand East, alt. 1070 met., fl. Feb.,
W. Tyson, 1683 !—NatTAaL: Wood, 858 !—Trans-VaaL : Houtbosch,
A. Rehmann, 5856! near Barberton, fl. Feb., W. Culver, 23!

Plate 41. Fig. 1, flower, side view; 2, ditto, front view ;
3, odd sepal; 4, 4, petals; 5, lip ; 6, column, with portion of lip
and one petal; 7, 9, column, front view; 8, 10, ditto, side view ;
11, one of the pollinia with caudicle and gland.

An erect terrestrial herb, 10-36 cm. high ; tubers several fascicu-
late, oblong ; leaves 6-10 radical rosulate spreading oblong acute
or lanceolate, attenuate at base, margins undulate, spotted, 2°5-11
cm. long; scape straight, as well as the ovaries, scaberulous,
furnished with 8-5 lanceolate acuminate spotted sheaths; spike
oblong sublaxly many-flowered, 2°5-14 cm. long; bracts usually

shorter than the ovary ; sepals ovate obtuse, as well as the oblong
petals serrulate-fimbriate or ciliate on the margin, 0°5 cm. long ;
lip obovate-oblong in outline, 3fid at the apex, segments acute,
the intermediate narrower, ecalcarate, 0°9 cm. long ; column short
obtuse ; staminodes erect falcate obtuse, adnate to the sides of the
column ; pollinia erect, caudicles short, glands distinct orbicular,
pollen grains large lax ; rostellum short and rather broad.

Described from several dried specimens and a living plant sent
by Miss Alice Pegler from which the drawing was made.

TAB. 42.

Tribe OPHRYDEA.
Sub-tribe HABENARIKA.,
Genus HABENARIA.

Habenaria arenaria, Lindley in Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1835),
p. 317.—Herba gracilis erecta glabra 25-48 cm. alta; folia bina
radicalia, oblonga acuta, basi in petiolum vaginatum attenuata,
marginibus undulatis, leviter nervosa patentia, vel vix adscen-
dentia, 6-20 cm. longa, 3-6 cm. lata; scapus erectus substrictus,
vaginis 2-5 sub-distantibus vestitus ; racemus laxe 12-15florus,
6-15 cm. longus, floribus patentibus vel arcuato-adscendentibus,
pedicellis cum ovario 1°5-8 cm. longis ; bracteze lanceolate
acuminate ovario pedicellato multo breviores ; sepala lateralia
oblique ovato-oblonga acuminata cum sepalo impari maculis
hyalinis conspersa, 0°5 cm. longa, impari late ovato, paullo breviore;
petala circuitu ovato-lanceolata concava, sepalo posteriori leviter
adherentia ; labellum 8partitum, segmentis linearibus, lateralibus
patentibus, petalis equilongis, intermedio parum longiore la-
tioreque, basi in calcar pendulum filiforme sepius ovario pedicellato
equilongum productum, calcaris orificio processu erecto dentiformi
preditum ; clinandrium subtruncatum ; rostellum 3fidum, seg-
mentis lateralibus brevibus, intermedio fere duplo longiore
latioreque ; processus stigmatiferi brevissimi. (Ax exempll.
pluribus vivis exsiccatisque).—Bonatea micrantha, Lindley, Gen.
& Sp. Orch. (1835), p. 829 ; H. micrantha, Reichb. f. in’ Flora”
(1865), p. 180.

Hab. : South-western Region ; Care Cotony: near Knysna,
fl. April, W/zss C. Newdigate /—Karroo Region ; near Graaf Reinet,
alt. 760 met,, fl. June, growing under bushes, Bolus, 83!— South-
eastern Region ; in woods, near Komgha, fl. April, alt. 600 met.,
Hf, G. Flanagan, 828!; Boschberg, near Somerset East, P.
MacOwan !—Trans-VaAaL: near Barberton, fl. April-May, alt.
850-1220 met., W. Culver, 37-38!

Plate 42. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, one of the side
sepals ; 3, odd sepal; 4, one of the petals; 5, one of the side
lobes of the lip from another flower ; 6, column and lip (the spur
cut off below) and one petal; 7, portion of lip at base, shewing
orifice of spur and erect tooth-like process in front of it ; 8, column

with process of lip left zz sztu to shew its position, front view ;
9, ditto, side view; 10, rostellum detached and laid open ; 11, one
of the pollinia.

An erect slender glabrous herb, 25-48 cm. high; leaves 2nate
radical oblong acute, attenuate at base into a sheathing petiole,
margins undulate, spreading or scarcely ascending, 6-20 cm. long,
3-6 cm. broad ; scape erect, rather straight, clothed with 2-5 remote
sheaths ; raceme laxly 12-15flowered, 6-15 cm. long, the flowers
spreading or arcuate—ascending, pedicels and ovary 1°5-3 cm.
long ; bracts lanceolate acuminate much shorter than the pedi-
cellate ovary ; lateral sepals obliquely ovate-oblong obtusely
acuminate, with the odd sepal sprinkled with hyaline spots, 0°5 cm.
long, odd sepal broad ovate, a little shorter; petals ovate-
lanceolate in outline concave, slightly adhering to the odd sepal ;
lip 83partite, the segments linear, lateral ones spreading, as long
as the petals, intermediate a little longer and broader, produced
at the base into a pendulous filiform spur usually as long as the
pedicellate ovary, furnished at the mouth of the spur with a tooth-
like erect process; clinandrium subtruncate; rostellum 3fid the
lateral segments short, the intermediate nearly twice as long and
wide ; stigmatiferous processes very short.

Described from several dried and living specimens. The
drawing was made from a plant sent to me by Miss C. Newdigate
from the Knysna.

TAB. 43.

Tribe OPHRYDEA.
Sub-tribe HABENARIEZ.
Genus HABENARIA.

Habenaria clavata, Reichenbach, fil. in ‘‘ Flora” (1865),
p. 180.—Herba erecta glabra robusta, 25-50 cm. alta; folia ad-
scendentia imbricata ovato-oblonga, acuta, basi vaginantia, 7-15
cm. longa, sensim in vaginas cucullatus mutata ; racemi pauci
vel dense multiflori, floribus adscendentibus longe pedicellatis, 10-
20 cm. longi; bractezw ovato-oblonge, ovariis pedicellatis fere
duplo breviores; sepala patentia, vel lateralia demum reflexa,
concava semi-obovata, sub-acuta, 1‘°7 cm. longa, impari oblongo
obtuso, 1-4 cm. longo; petala bipartita, segmentis anguste line-
aribus, posterioribus sepalo impari adhzrentibus zquilongisque,
anterioribus liberis arcuato-incurvis, duplo longioribus ; labellum
tripartitum, laciniis anguste linearibus, lateralibus sepalo impari
zquilongis, intermedio paullo longiore, basi in calcar pendulum,
apice clavato-inflatum, ovario pedicellato equilongum productum ;
clinandrium ovatum obtusum; rostellum tri-partitum, segmento
intermedio sublanceolato, 0°2 cm. longo; brachiis caudiculiferis
porrectis, intermedio 6plo longioribus; pollinia sphzroidea,
glandulis minutis ; processus stigmatiferi, brachiis caudiculiferis
equilongi, apice excavati; ovarium cum pedicello arcuato in-
curvum, 8-5 cm. longum. (£x exempl. unico vivo, pluribusque
exsiccatis).—Bonatea clavata, Lindl. in Hook Comp. Lot. Mag.,
vol. ii. (1836), p. 208.

Hab. : South-eastern Region ; Care CoLony: Grassy flat
near Kei R. mouth, fl. Jan., alt. 60 met., YH. G. Flanagan ; Dohne
Hill, fl. March, 7. A. Szm, 44!; Trans-VaaL: Saddleback Mt.,
near Barberton, 1400 met., fl. Feb., 2. Galpzn, 801! near Kokstad,
1500 met., fl. Feb., Zysoz in herb. Norm. Austr. Afr., 451!;
Nata: /. Sanderson, 489!; ORANGE R. Cotony: Bester’s Vlei.,
1600 met., fl. Jan., Bolus, 18459!; TRANs-VAAL: Rocky Mountains,
Houtbosch, district Petersburg, alt. 1400 met., fl. Feb., Bolus,
10974! grassy places, Wonderfontein, near the railway station,
alt. 1800 met., fl. Jan. Bolus, 12810!

Plate 43. Fig. 1, reduced sketch of plant; 2, raceme,
natural size ; 3, flower, front view ; 4, ditto, side view sepals, the

near petal and stigmatiferous processes removed ; 5, anther, ros-
tellum and stigmatiferous processes ; 6, one of the petals; 7, one
of the pollinia with caudicle and gland.

An erect, glabrous, robust herb, 25-50 cm. high; leaves
ascending imbricate ovate-oblong acute, sheathing at base, 7-15
cm. long, passing gradually into the cucullate sheaths; racemes
few—or densely many-flowered, 10-20 cm. long; flowers ascend-
ing long-pedicellate, 10-20 cm. long; bracts ovate-oblong, rather
more than half as long as the pedicellate ovary ; sepals spreading,
or the lateral at length reflexed, concave semi-obovate subacute
1‘7 cm. long, odd sepal oblong obtuse, 1°4 cm. long; petals
bipartite, segments narrow-linear, posterior adhering to and as
long as the odd sepal, anterior free arcuate-incurved, twice as
long ; lip 3partite, segments narrow-linear, the lateral as long as
the odd sepal, intermediate a little longer, produced at base into a
pendulous spur, inflated and clavate at the apex, as long as the
ovary and pedicel; clinandrium ovate obtuse ; rostellum #partite,
the intermediate segment sublanceolate, 0°2 cm. long, the arms
bearing the caudicles of the pollinia projecting forward, 6 times
longer than the intermediate segment ; pollinia spheroidal. glands
minute; stigmatiferous processes as long as the arms of the
rostellum, hollowed at the apex; ovary and pedicel arcuate-
incurved, 3-5 cm. long.

Described from several dried specimens and a living plant
collected at Bester’s Vlei, from which the drawing was made.

TAB. 44.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe HABENARIEA.
Genus HABENARIA.

Habenaria Bonatea, Reichb. fil. in Otia Bot. Hamb. Fasc. ii.,
part | (1881), . 101, zz obs. —Herba erecta robusta, glabra 30-80
cm. alta; caulis validus foliosus ; folia oblonga vel ovato-oblonga
acuta vel acuminata, basi vaginantia, 6-15 cm. longa; racemi
dense multiflori, floribus adscendentibus, 10-20 cm. longi; bracteze
conspicue foliacee, late ovate, acuminate convolute, ovariis
pedicellatis breviores; sepala lateralia semi-ovata acuta patentia
demum reflexa, 1°9-2°2 cm. longa, impar galeatum late ovatum,
1‘7-1'9 cm. longum ;_ petala bipartita, segmentis linearibus,
posterioribus erectis falcatis, sepalo impari adherentibus equi-
longisque, anterioribus liberis angustioribus, 2°2-2°4 cm. longis ;
labellum 38-3°5 cm. longum, patenti-deflexum 3fidum, segmentis
linearibus, acutis, lateralibus 2-2°5 cm. longis, intermedio paullo
breviore abrupte flexo, orificio calcaris processu erecto dentiformi
preeditum ; calcar pendulum apice inflatum ovarium pedicellatum
aequans ; clinandrium erectum cucullatum, a latere visum falcatum
apiculatum, 0-9-1 cm. longum; rostellum paullo brevius, liberum
cucullatum complicatum, manu explanatum circuitu suborbiculare,
3lobum, parte libera brachiorum caudiculiferorum brevi, lobo
intermedio longiore obtuso, interstitiis ciliolatis ; pollinia clavata,
glandulis parvis; processus stigmatiferi porrecti lineares, apice
parum dilatati rotundatique, 1°3-1°6 cm. longi; ovarium cum
pedicello 4-5 cm. longum. (4x exempll. pluribus exsiccatis et
unico vtvo).—Orehis speciosa, Linn., f. Suppl. (1781), 401; Thunb.,
Flor. Cap. (1828), 5. Bonatea speciosa, Wilid., Spec. Plant. iv.
(1805), 48; Bot. Mag. ¢. 2926; Lodd. Cab. ¢. 284. H. robusta,
N. £. Brown in Gard. Chron. xxiv. (1885), ~. 307.

Hab. : Carpe Cotony: South-western Region ; near Darling,
fl. Oct., Z. Péringuey!/ (No. 13458 in my herb.) ; near Mossel Bay,
fl. Oct., Burchell, 6821! South-eastern Region ; among rocks
near the Kei R., alt. 450 met., fl. Jan., & G. Flanagan, 647!
NATAL: without exact locality, 7. 4 Wood, 969!. Trans-Vaat ;
near Potchefstroom, 7. 7. McLea! (No. 8038 in my herb.)
Rustenburg, alt. 1870 met., fl. April, Mzss Nation, 184 !

; near

Plate 44. Fig. 1, flower, side view, the sepals removed ;
2, ditto, front view; 2a, one of the petals; 3, side sepals, with
front lobe of petals, lip and stigmatiferous processes connate in
one piece, the spur cut off; 4, ditto, viewed obliquely from above—
all the latter natural size ; 5, column, stigmat. processes cut off,
x2; 6, ditto, front view; 7, one of the side sepals, nat. size;
8, one of the pollinia, mag. To the right is a reduced sketch of
the whole plant.

An erect robust glabrous herb, 30-80 cm. high; stem stout
closely leafy ; leaves oblong or ovate-oblong acute or acuminate,
sheathing at the base, 6-15 cm. long; racemes densely many-
flowered, 10-20 cm. long, flowers ascending; bracts conspicuous
foliaceous, broadly ovate, acuminate convolute, shorter than the
pedicellate ovaries ; lateral sepals semi-ovate acute spreading,
finally reflexed, 1°9-2°2 cm. long, the odd sepal galeate broadly
ovate 1°7-1:9 cm. long; petals bipartite, the posterior segments
erect falcate, adhering to and as long as the odd sepal, the
anterior free narrower, 2°2-2°4 cm. long; lip 3-3°5 cm. long,
spreading-deflexed, provided with an erect tooth-like process
placed in front of the orifice of the spur, 38fid, segments
linear acute, the lateral 2-2°5 cm. long, intermediate a little shorter
abruptly bent ; spur pendulous inflated at the apex, as long as the
pedicellate ovary; clinandrium erect cucullate, viewed from the
side falcate apiculate, 0°9-1 cm. long ; rostellum a little shorter,
free cucullate complicate, when flattened out, suborbicular in
outline, 8lobed, the free part of the caudiculiferous arms short,
the intermediate lobe longer obtuse, spaces between the lobes
ciliolate ; pollinia clavate, glands small; stigmatiferous processes
projecting forward linear, a little dilated and rounded at the apex,
1°3-1°6 cm. long ; ovary and pedicel 4-5 cm. long.

Described from several dried specimens and one living plant
which flowered in a garden in Grahamstown, and was sent to me
by Dr. Schénland. It was originally gathered at the Kowie R.
Mouth.

TAB. 45.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe HABENARIE.
Genus HABENARIA.

Habenaria Bonatea, Re7chb. f. var. Boltoni, Bolus.—Herba
sepius gracilior, foliis remotioribus, racemis laxe pauci-floris,
ceteris typicis. (Hx exempill. pluribus siccis et unico vtvo.)—
H. Boltoni, Harv., Thes. Cap. i. (1859), ¢. 88.

Hab. : South-eastern Region ; CAPE Corony: Coldstream,
near Grahamstown, fl. Feb., 7. Glass/ (No. 6238 in my herb.) ;
woods near Howison’s Poort, MacOwan /—NataL: Inanda,
Wood, 969 !

Plate 45. Fig. 1, odd sepal, front view ; 2, ditto, back view ;
8, one of the side sepals, flattened out—all the latter nat. size; 4,
one of the petals x 2; 5, lip, the middle lobe flattened out, nat.
size ; 6, lip, column and ovary, x 14; 7, column, stigmatic arms
cut off.

Usually more slender than in the typical form, with more
distant leaves and racemes more lax and with fewer flowers—
other characters as in the typical form.

Described from several dried specimens and a living specimen
sent by Mr. J. Glass, from which the drawing was made. Harvey’s
figure in the Thesaurus Capensis shews szmple petals—an error
which has been followed by Dr. Kranzlin in his Monograph,
p. 142, although Harvey descrzbes them as bipartite. He has thus
been led to place these two species, H. Bonatea and H. Boltont
far asunder, although there is no question that they are very
closely allied.

TAB. 46.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe HABENARIEZ.
Genus HABENARIA.

Habenaria polyphylla, Avaenslin in Engler. Bot. Jahrb.,
vol. xvi. (1893), p. 214.—Herba erecta glabra robusta 25-40 cm.
alta; caulis validus foliosus ; folia oblonga vel ovato-oblonga
acuta basi vaginantia, 5-10 cm. longa; racemi dense multiflori,
6-14 cm. longi; bractez foliaceze conspicuz ovate ovariis pedi-
cellatis breviores ; sepala lateralia patentia demum reflexa lanceo-
lato-oblonga 1°2 cm. longa, impar late ellipticum, galeatum, 1:1
cm. longum ; petala oblique late ovata, margine posteriori plus
minus inflexa, sepalum impar zquantia; labellum porrectum 1°8
cm. longum, 3fidum, segmentis lateralibus filiformibus, 0°2 cm.
longis, intermedio lineari-oblongo, marginibus revolutis, lateralibus
4-Gplo longiore, basi in calcar pendulum apice inflatum ovario
pedicellato brevius, productum ; clinandrium oblongum apice
rotundatum; rostellum B8lobum, intermedio erecto triangulare
obtuso, lateralibus caudiculiferis declinatis brevibus, latiusculis ;
processi stigmatiferi zquilongi apice ampliati rotundatique. (2x
exempl. untco vivo plurtbusque exsiccatts).—Orchis foliosa, Sw. in
Kongl. Vet. Acad. Handl. xxi. (1800), ~p. 206; Bonatea foliosa,
Lindl., Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1835), p. 329; H. foliosa, Reichd. f.
tn Flora (1865), ~. 180, non Rich.

Hab. : South-eastern Region ; Care Corony: near the sea
shore, Emerald Hill, near Port Elizabeth ; fl. Jan., Bolus! near
the Kowie R. mouth, MacOwan, 543! near Kentani, Alzce Pegler,
864! Engocasi, district Umtata, alt. 1066 met., fl. Feb., Bolus,
10287; near Clydesdale, Griqualand Kast, alt. 660 met., fl. Feb.,
Tyson, 2045!—Nata.L: Mrs. K. Saunders! \nanda, fl. Dec., Wood,
1018 !—Trans-VAAL: near Barberton, alt. 850 met., fl. Feb.,
Galpin, 793! near Potchefstroom, fl. Feb., Burtt Davy, 1488!
near Pietersburg, alt. 1200 met., fl. Feb., Bolus, 10882 !—
ORANGE FREE STATE: Witzie’s Hoek, alt., 1950 met., fl. Feb.,
J. Thode, 50!

Plate 46. Fig. 1, flower with bract; 2, lip, side view; 3,
ditto, back view; 4, one of the petals; 5, column, front view ;
6, ditto, side view.

An erect, robust, glabrous herb, 25-40 cm. high; stem stout,
closely leafy ; leaves oblong or ovate-oblong, acute, sheathing at
base, 5-10 cm. long; racemes densely many-flowered, 6-14 cm.
long; bracts leaf-like conspicuous, ovate shorter than the
ovary and pedicel ; side sepals spreading, at length reflexed,
lanceolate-oblong, 1-2 cm. long, odd sepal widely elliptical,
galeate, 11 cm. long ; petals obliquely broad-ovate, the posterior
margin more or less inflexed, as long as the odd sepal; lip
projecting forward, 1°8 cm. long, 3#fid, the lateral segments
filiform 0°2 cm. long, the intermediate linear-oblong, margins
revolute, 4-6 times longer than the lateral segments, produced at
base into a long pendulous spur inflated at the apex and shorter
than the pedicellate ovary ; clinandrium rotundate at the apex;
rostellum trilobed, intermediate lobe erect obtuse, the lateral ones
bearing the caudicles of the pollinia, declinate short and broad ;
stigmatiferous processes as long as the latter, widened and
rounded at the apex.

Described from several dried specimens and a living plant
collected at Emerald Hill, near Port Elizabeth, from which the
drawing was made.

TAB. 47.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe DISEA.
Genus SATYRIUM.

Satyrium coriifolium, Swarts in Kongl. Vet. Acad. Handi. xxi.
(1800), p. 216; Bot. Mag., tab. 2172; Bot. Reg., tab. 703.—Herba
robusta erecta, glabra, 30-75 cm. alta; folia producta 2-3, erecto-
patentia, elliptico-oblonga, acuta, rigida, coriacea in 2-3 vaginas
scapi transeuntia, 7-20 cm. longa; scapus strictus validus ; spica
cylindrica, dense multiflora, 5-15 cm. longa, 2°5-3°5 cm. lata;
bracteze oblongz acuminate reflexz, ovarium superantes ; sepala
oblonga patenti-deflexa, 1:4 cm. longa; petala sepalis conformia
sed paullo angustiora, usque infra medium connata; labellum
galeatum, ore contracto, dorso carinato, apice libero breviter
reflexo, calcaribus cylindricis, ovario paullo brevioribus ; stipes
columnez elongatus arcuato-deflexus; rostellum transverse ob-
longum, antice 3lobum, lobo intermedio reliquis paullo longiore
triangulari acuto; lobus stigmatiferus transverse oblongus, rostello
fere equalis subretusus. (2x exempill. vivis exstccatisque.) Orchis
lutea, Buxbaum, Cent. III. (1729), 7, 210; O bicornis, Linn. Sp.
Plant, ed. 2 (1763), 1830, non Jacg.; 8S. eucullatum, Lindl. in
Lodd. Bot. Cab, (1818), ¢ 104; 8. erectum, Lindl. Gen. & Sp.
Orch. (1838), p. 340, not of Swarts ; §.chrysostachyum, Herschel
zn Bot. Reg. (1838), sub tab. 154.

Hab: South-western Region; Care CoLtony: Flats and
lower mountain slopes round Cape Town, alt. 12-213 met., fl.
July-Nov., Bolus, 4557; Schlechter, 1553! Wolley-Dod, 495! near
Caledon, Zeyher, 1555! Garcia’s Pass, near Riversdale, alt. 450
met., Bolus, 18460!; near Clanwilliam, Zezpoldt, 239! near
Knysna, W. Tyson! also Burchell, 5551, 6067.

Plate 47. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, ditto, side view ;
3, column, front view; 4, ditto, side view.

A robust erect glabrous herb, 30-75 cm. high ; produced leaves
2-3, erect-spreading, elliptic-oblong acute rigid leathery, passing
off gradually into the 2-38 sheaths of the scape, 7-20 cm. long ;
scape straight stout; spike cylindrical densely many-flowered,
5 15 cm. long, 2°5-3°5 cm. wide; bracts oblong acuminate reflexed

longer than the ovary ; sepals oblong spreading-deflexed 1°4 cm.
long ; petals like the sepals in shape but a little narrower, and
connate for less than half their length; lip galeate, mouth con-
tracted, carinate at the back, apex free shortly reflexed, spurs
cylindrical, a little shorter than the ovary; foot of the column
elongate arcuate-deflexed ; rostellum transversely oblong, 3lobed,
the intermediate lobe a little longer than the others, triangular
acute ; stigmatiferous lobe transversely oblong about equal to the
rostellum, subretuse.

Described from many dried and living specimens. It is one of
the commonest of the orchids growing round Cape Town and
varies in colour from a yellow to a deep orange-red.

TAB. 48.

Tribe OPHRYDEZ.
Sub-tribe DISEA.
Genus SATYRIUM.

Satyrium Woodii, Schlechter in Engl. Bot. Jahrb., v. xx.,
Berblatt 50 (1895), ~. 16.—‘* Caulis validus erectus aphyllus, 35-
55 cm. altus, vaginis ovatis acutis, basi alte connatis tectus ; folia 2
radicalia e gemma distincta ad basin caulis, erecto-patentia, ovata
acuta, 7-15 cm. longa ; spica densa multiflora, cylindrica, 8-12 cm.
longa ; bractez deflexz lanceolate acute, flores superantes ; flores
in genere majores ; sepala petulaque deflexa, basi connata, sub-
zquilonga, sepalo intermedio lineari obtuso, lateralibus latioribus,
petalis apice margine ita recurvis, ut emarginati videantur, 0°7-0°8
cm. longis; labellum posticum, petalis aquilongum galeatum
dorso perspicue carinatum, apicula libera subquadrata obtusa
marginibus microscopice lacerato-incisis, calcaribus dependentibus
acutiusculis ovarium paullo superantibus ; columna gracilis, ros-
tello basi subquadrato, apicem versus angustato, 8lobo, lobis
lateralibus brevissimis dentiformibus acutis, medio deflexo lanceo-
lato acuto, profunde sulcato, lobo stigmatifero semi-orbiculari
obtusissimo, vel subemarginato, rostelli longitudine vel sub-
breviore ; anthera apice emarginata, connectivo angustiore ;
ovarium subcylindricum.” (4x descriptione clar. Schlechtert tpstus
tum ex exempll. unico vivo pluribus exsiccatisque.)

Tab.: South-eastern Region; Nara: Puff Adder Hill,
near Umzimkulu, fl. Dec., 7. 17, Wood. 1411! also without special
locality, 7. Sanderson, 743; near Maritzburg, alt. 900 met., fl.
Nov., Rk. W. Adlam, n. 6 ‘‘ very rare.”—PoNDOLAND: near Fort
William, alt. 750 met., fl. Dec., W. Tyson, 2813 !—Capre Co.ony :
Valleys near Kentani, approx. alt. 300 met., fl. Oct., Mss A.
Pegler, No. 242! (specimen sent in a living state from which the
figure Plate 48 was drawn).

Plate 48. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, ditto, side view ;
3, 3, side sepals ; 4, petals and odd sepal viewed from above ; 5,
ditto viewed from below; 6, column, side view; 7, ditto
front view.

Stem stout, erect, leafless 85-55 cm. high, covered with ovate
acute sheaths; leaves two, radical from a separate bud at

the base of the stem, erect-spreading, ovate acute, 7-15 cm. long;
spike dense, many flowered, cylindrical, 8-12 cm. long; bracts
deflexed lanceolate acute, exceeding the flowers; flowers rather
large in the genus; sepals and petals deflexed connate at base,
subequal in length, intermediate sepal linear-oblong obtuse, the
lateral broader, ‘‘ petals at the apex so recurved as to appear
emarginate, 0°7-0°8 cm. long ;”’ lip as long as the petals galeate
carinate at the back, the apiculus free subquadrate obtuse, micro-
scopically lacerate-incised on the edge, spurs pendent rather acute,
a little longer than the ovary; column slender, the rostellum
subquadrate at base, 8lobed, lateral lobes very short tooth-like,
acute, the intermediate deflexed, lanceolate acute, deeply sulcate,
stigmatiferous lobe semi-orbicular, very obtuse or sub-emarginate,
as long as the rostellum ; ovary subcylindrical.,

In this species, not having seen the type, I have largely used
Mr. Schlechter’s original description with which Miss Pegler’s
specimen 242 fairly well agrees.

TAB. 49.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe DISEA.
Genus SATYRIUM.

Satyrium bicorne, Z/unb. Prodr. Cap. (1794), p. 6.—Herba
glabra erecta, 20-50 cm. alta; folia 2, radicalia humistrata
inzequalia cordato-orbicularia carnosula, 5-10 cm. longa; scapus
strictus, vaginis 2-4 foliaceis basi alte connatis obtusiusculis laxe
vestitus ; spica cylindrica, sublaxe multiflora, 7-20 cm. longa ;
bracteze oblongo-lanceolate reflexze flores superantes ; flores in
genere mediocres pallide ochroleuci; sepala lateralia oblonga
obtusa, intermedio paullo angustiore, cum petalis recurva, 0°6 cm.
longa; petala conformia sepalis paullo breviora; labellum galeatum
subacutum apice porrecto, sepalis equilongum, calcaribus pendulis
filiformibus ovario multo longioribus ; rostellum late oblongum
apice truncatum, medio in dentem brevem linearem productum;
lobus stigmatiferus, oblongus retusus, stipiti columnee aqui-
longus, rostello longior. (Hx exempll. plur. vivis exsiccatisque )
—Orchis lutea, Buxbaum, Cent. iii. (1729), 6, 4. 8; Orehis bicornis,
Linn. Aman. Acad. vi. (1764), ~. 109; S. eucullatum, Swarts. mm
Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 21 (1800), p. 216; Thunb. Flor. Cap.
(1823), p. 17; Bot. Reg., ¢. 416; Andr, Bot. Repos. ¢. 315.

Hab. : South-western Region ; Care CoLtony: Sandy dunes
near Wynberg, fl. Aug.-Oct., Harvey, Zeyher, Bolus, 4556,
Schlechter; Devil’s Peak, alt. 240 met., fl. Sept., Bolus, 4559 ;
near Tulbagh, alt. 152 met., fl. Sept., 2. Schlechter.

Plate 49. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, ditto, side view ;
3, column, front view ; 4, ditto, side view.

An erect glabrous herb, 20-50 cm. high; leaves 2, radical
appressed to the ground, unequal cordate-orbicular fleshy, 5-10
cm. long; scape straight, clothed with 2-4 leaf-like rather obtuse
somewhat distant sheaths ; spike cylindrical, somewhat laxly many
flowered, 7-20 cm. long; bracts oblong-lanceolate reflexed, ex-
ceeding the flowers; flowers among the medium-sized in the
genus, pale ochre yellow; lateral sepals oblong obtuse, inter-
mediate a little narrower, all with the petals recurved, 0°6 cm. long;
petals similar in shape, but a little shorter than the sepals; lip

galeate subacute, projecting forward at the apex, as long as the
sepals; spurs pendulous filiform, much longer than the ovary ;
rostellum broadly oblong, truncate at the apex, in the middle
produced into a short linear tooth; stigmatiferous lobe oblong

retuse, as long as the stipe of the column and longer than the
rostellum.

Described from several dried and living specimens.

TAB. 50.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe DISEA.
Genus SATYRIUM.

Satyrium foliosum, Swartz in Kongl. Vet. Acad. Handl. 21
(1800) 216; Zhunb. Flor. Cap. (1828) 18, not of Lindl. WHerba
erecta glabra 18-40 cm. alta; caulis substrictus validus foliosus ;
folia 3-4 erecto-patentia ovata acuta concava, in bracteas sensim
transeuntia, 5-10 cm. longa ; spica cylindrica multiflora, 5-16 cm.
longa, 2°5-3 cm, diametro; flores in genere mediocres, erecto-
patentes; bractez lanceolate acuminate szpius flores superantes ;
sepala lateralia patentia oblonga obtusa, 0°6 cm. longa, intermedio
paullo angustiore, cum petalis recurvo ; petala conformia; labellum
galeatum, ore rotundato, apice libero reflexo erosulato, calcaribus
pendulis filiformibus ovarii multo longioribus ; columne stipes
validus ; rostellum rhomboideus, apice obscure tridentato ; lobus
stigmatiferus suborbicularis undulatus, apici oris galee fere
attingens, eumque complens. (x exempll. plur. vivis exsic-
cattsque.)

Hab: South-western Region ; Carre Cotony: Grassy places
top of Table Mt., rare, alt. 1000 met., fl. Dec.-Feb., Bolus, 4858 ;
same place, Herb, Norm. Aust.-Afr., n. 155; R. Schlechter, 305!

Plate 50. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, perianth segments ;
8, column, front view ; 4, ditto, side view ; 5, one of the pollinia ;
6, section of ovary—all variously magnified.

An erect glabrous herb 18-40 cm. high; stem straight, or
somewhat flexuous, stout leafy ; leaves 8-4, erect-spreading ovate
acute concave, passing off gradually into the bracts, 5-10 cm.
long ; spike cylindrical many-flowered, 5-16 cm, long, 2°5-3 cm. in
diameter; flowers among the medium-sized in the genus, erect-
spreading ; bracts lanceolate acuminate usually exceeding the
flowers ; lateral sepals spreading oblong obtuse, 0°6 cm. long, the
intermediate a little narrower, with the petals, recurved; petals
similar in shape; lip galeate, the mouth rounded, apex free reflexed
erosulate, spurs pendulous filiform, much longer than the ovary ;
stipe of the column stout; rostellum rhomboidal, obscurely 3-

dentate at the apex; stigmatiferous lobe suborbicular undulate
on the margin, almost reaching to the apex of the mouth of the
galea and filling it.

Described from several dried and living specimens. The
drawing was made from one of the plants under my No. 4858.

This species is amongst the rarest of S. A. Orchids, and has
hitherto only been found in one spot, or within a few hundred yards
of one spot. The flowers are, fortunately for its survival, a dull
yellow, turning brown in age, or its extinction by the Vandals of
Cape Town might be feared within a very short time. In habit it
resembles a little S. /ufulénum (see vol. i., tab. 78 of this work),
but may be distinguished by its shorter galea, its much shorter
stigmatiferous lobe of the column, and its usually longer spurs.
Lindley, knowing the two species only from dried specimens and
descriptions, confused this with $. Hadllackit mihi (Orchids of the
Cape Peninsula, tab. 29), than which no Satyrium could be more
unlike

TAB. 51,

Tribe OPHRYDE®.
Sub-tribe DISEA.
Genus SATYRIUM.

Satyrium parviflorum, Swar/s, 7 Kongl. Vet. Acad. Handl.,
xxi. (1880), 216.—Herba erecta glabra, 30-80 cm. alta; caulis
strictus foliosus ; folia 2-5, erecto-patentia ovato vel ovato-oblonga
acuta, sensim vel abrupte in foliaceas vaginas transeuntia, 9-19
cm. longa, 5-8 cm. lata; spica cylindrica, 10-20 cm. longa, spius
dense multiflora, floribus in genere mediocribus erecto-patentibus ;
bractez herbacee reflexe lanceolate acuminate, flores superantes;
sepala lateralia falcato-oblonga obtusa, 0°3-0°'4 cm. longa, inter-
medio paullulo breviore obovato-oblonga ; petala subconformia,
breviora; labellum galeatum subglobosum, ore rotundato,
marginibus erectis vel subreflexis; calcaribus patenti-deflexis
filiformibus ovario subzquilongis ; columna brevis, rostello lato
rhomboideo, antice breviter denticulato, lobo stigmatifero oblongo
declinato. (Ax exemplari unico vivo, plurtbusque exsiccatis).—
8. densiflorum, Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1888), p. 840; S. eassi-
deum, Lindl. |. c. p. 3413; §. eriostomum, Lindl. 2. c. p. 342;
S. shirense, Rolfe in Flor. Trop. Afr. vii., 266, fide R. Schlechter.

Hab.: South-eastern Region; Care CoLony: near Van
Staden’s R., all below 60 met., Drége ; hills near Port Elizabeth,
fl. Oct., R. Hallack! (No. 5928 in my herb.) ; ‘* WacOwan, 127 and
Schonland, near Grahamstown, alt. 610 met., fl. Nov.’’; grassy
slopes near Kei R. mouth, 60 met., fl. Dec., HW. G. Hlanagan, 262!
NaTAL; prope Inanda, fl. Sept., Wood, 1185.

Plate 51. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, ditto side view ; 3,
lip, front view ; 4, sepals and petals, front view ; 5, ditto, back view ;
6, column, side view ; 7, ditto, front view ; 8, one of the pollinia.

An erect glabrous herb, 30-80 cm. high; stem straight, leafy ;
leaves 2-5, erect-spreading ovate or ovate-oblong acute, gradually
or abruptly passing off into the leaf-like sheaths of the scape,
9-19 cm. long, 5-8 cm. wide; spike cylindrical, 10-20 cm. long,
usually densely many-flowered, flowers erect-spreading among the
medium-sized ones in the genus; bracts herbaceous reflexed
lanceolate acuminate, exceeding the flowers ; lateral sepals falcate-

oblong obtuse, 0°38-0°4 cm. long, intermediate a little shorter
obovate-oblong ; petals somewhat similar in shape, but shorter
than the sepals; lip galeate subglobose, the mouth rounded,
margins erect or somewhat reflexed, spurs spreading-deflexed
filiform, about as long as the ovary; column short; rostellum
broadly rhomboidal, shortly denticulate in front ; stigmatiferous
lobe oblong declinate.

Described from several dried specimens and a living plant sent
from Port Elizabeth by Mr. Hallack, from which the drawing was
made.

TAB. 52.

Tribe OPHRYDEZ.
Sub-tribe DISEA.
Genus SATYRIUM.

Satyrium odorum, Souder in ‘ Linnea” xix. (1847), 86.—
Herba erecta glabra, 25-45 cm. alta; caulis validus szepius strictus
foliosus; folia 8-5 erecto-patentia vel inferiora szpe debiliter
decumbentia ovata vel oblonga acuta per exsiccationem tenuiter
membranacea, 8-20 cm. longa, 5-9 cm. lata, sensim in vaginas 1-2
transeuntia; spica cylindrica, 8-13 cm, longa, 2-2°5 cm. lata,
multiflora, floribus erecto-patentibus, in genere submajoribus ;
bracteze foliaceze ovate reflexee ovario longiores ; sepala lateralia
oblonga obtusa patentia 0°7 cm. longa, intermedio subconformi
paullo breviore; petaia sepalis conformia deflexa, 0°5 cm. longa ;
labellum galeatum, ore oblanceolato, marginibus reflexis ero-
sulis, apice reflexo truncato, calcaribus pendulis filiformibus ovario
longioribus ; columnz stipes brevinsculus, rostello rhomboideo
obscure 3lobo, lobis lateralibus minutis dentiformibus, intermedio
multo majori breviter unguiculato late rotundato ; lobo stigma-
tifero oblongo truncato, ovario 0°6-0°7 cm. longo. (x exempll.
plur. vivis exsiccatisque.)

Hab. : South-western Region; Care CoLtony: mostly under
bushes, frequent round Cape Town, fl. Aug.-Sept., also sometimes
lasting till Oct.-Dec., Wolley-Dod, 398! Schlechter, 571, 1555!
near Simonstown, Wright, 138.

Plate 52. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, column, front view ;
3, ditto, side view.

An erect glabrous herb, 25-45 cm. high. Stem stout generally
straight, leafy ; leaves 3-5, erect-spreading or the lower sometimes
weakly decumbent, ovate or oblong, acute, in the dried state thinly
membranous, 8-20 cm. long, 5-9 cm wide, gradually passing off
into the 1 or 2 sheaths; spike cylindrical, 8-18 cm. long, 2-2°5 cm.
wide, many-flowered, flowers erect-spreading, among the rather
larger ones in the genus; bracts herbaceous ovate reflexed longer
than the ovary; lateral sepals spreading oblong obtuse, 0°7 cm.
long, intermediate somewhat similar in shape, a little shorter,
petals like the sepals in shape, deflexed, 0°5 cm. long ; lip galeate,

mouth oblanceolate, margins reflexed erosulate, apex reflexed
truncate, spurs pendulous filiform longer than the ovary; stipe of
the column rather short; rostellum rhomboidal obscurely 3lobed,
lateral lobes minute, tooth-like, intermediate much larger, shortly
unguiculate, broadly rounded; stigmatiferous lobe oblong trun-
cate; ovary 0°6-0°7 cm. long.

Described from several dried and living specimens.

The species is not very common but is seen about Cape Town
every year, mostly under the shade of shrubs. The flowers have
a strong and agreeable odour, and if the structure of the column
be attended to the species can hardly be mistaken for any other.

TAB. 53.

Tribe OPHRYDE®.
Sub-tribe. DISEA.
Genus SATYRIUM.

Satyrium retusum, Zzvdley, 7 Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1888),
p. 851.—-Herba glabra erecta humilis, 9-15 cm. alta; caulis sub-
flexuosus foliatus ; folia 8 erecto-patentia, inferiora cordato-ovata
acuta, 15-3 cm. longa, 1-2 cm. lata, superiora ovato-lanceolata
caulem basi amplectantia ; spica cylindrica dense multiflora, 276-5
cm. longa, 1-1'7 cm, lata, floribus in genere inter minores
patentibus ; bractez erectz vel patentes, foliaceze rhomboidee vel
lanceolate acute ; sepala oblonga obtusa patentia, inter se equi-
longa, 03 cm. longa; petala lineari-lanceolata acuta, sepalis
equilonga; labellum galeato-concavum, ore subquadrato, apice
porrecto, calcaribus retro-patentibus cylindricis obtusis, limbo
brevioribus ; columna subsessilis, rostello brevissimo, trilobulato,
lobulis obtusis, lateralibus divaricatis longioribus, lobo stigmatifero
sub-semi-orbiculari; pollintum caudiculze insigniter elongate.
(Ex exemplari unico vivo pluribusque exsiccatts).

Hab. : South-western Region ; Care Cotony: Table Mt., alt.
1066 met. fl. Feb., 2. Schlechter, 305 6!; Zuurbraak, Swellendam,
120 met., fl. Oct.--/ally, without number; Langebergen near
Swellendam, alt. 610 met., fl. Oct., R. Schlechter, 5669! near
Knysna, fl. Sept., comm. Ze Sweur (No. 5903 in my herb.).
South-eastern Region ; Algoa Bay, &. Hallack /

Plate 53. Fig. 1, flower, front view, with bract ; 2, ditto,
side view ; 38, sepals and petals, flattened out; 4, lip; 5, column,
front view; 6, ditto, side view; 7, pollinium; 8, bract, young.

An erect glabrous dwarf herb, 9-15 cm. high; stem sub-
flexuous, leafy ; leaves 3, erect-spreading, the lower cordate-ovate
acute ; the upper ovate lanceolate stem clasping at base, 1°5-3 cm.
long; 1-2 cm. wide; spike cylindrical densely many flowered,
2°5-5 cm. long, 1-1°7 cm. wide, the flowers amongst the smaller
ones in the genus, spreading; bracts erect or spreading, foliaceous,
rhomboidal or lanceolate acute ; sepals oblong, obtuse, spreading,
equal in length, 0°3 cm. long ; petals lanceolate, acute, as long as
the sepals; lip galeate-concave, the mouth somewhat square,

apex projecting forward, the spurs spreading backward, cylin-
drical obtuse shorter than the limb; column subsessile, the
rostellum very short, 3lobulate, lobes obtuse the lateral divaricate,
the stigmatiferous lobe somewhat semi-orbicular ; caudicles of the
pollinia unusually long.

Described from several dried specimens, and a living one sent
by Mr. Mally, from which the drawing was made.

TABB. 54 & 55.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe DISEA.
Genus SATYRIUM.

Satyrium carneum, 7. Br. in Azt. Hort Kew, ed. ii. (1818),
p. 196.—Herba erecta robustissima, glabra, 40-70 cm. alta; caulis
validus strictus, foliatus; folia 2 radicalia humistrata orbiculari-
ovata, 10-15 cm. longa, caulina 3-4, erecto-patentia ovata-acuta,
in vaginas 3-4 transeuntia 5-9 cm. longa; spica oblonga, subacuta,
dense multiflora, 10-20 cm. longa, 5-6 cm. lata, floribus in genere
maximis ; bracteze membranacee, erectze concave late ovate
acute, marginibus erosulatis, ovarium excedentes ; sepala patentia
lanceolata acuta 1°9 cm. longa; petala conformia sed _ latiora,
paullo breviora ; labellum galeatum, ore late oblongo, apice libero
reflexo obtuso, calcaribus pendulis, filiformibus ovario fere dimidio
longioribus ; columne stipes elongatus ; rostellum oblongum apice
in rostrum obtusum productum, lobo stigmatifero lineari-oblongo,
apice incurvo, rostello multo longiore ; pollinium glandulz obpyri-

formes. (Hx exemplari unico vivo pluribusque exsiccatis.)—Bot.
Mag. ¢. 1512.

Hab. : South-western Region ; Care Cotony: Noord Hoek,
on the Cape Peninsula, alt. 305 met., fl. Sept., Bolus, 4831 ;
frequent in sandy places between Cape Town and Muizenberg, fl.
Sept.-Oct., alt. 80 met., A. Schlechter, and many collectors.

Plate 54,55. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, ditto, back view;
3, sepals and petals connate ; 4, column, side view ; 4, ditto, front
view ; 6, pollinium; 7, rostellum ; 8, section through the ovary—
all variously magnified.

An erect very robust glabrous herb, 40-70 cm. high ; stem stout
straight leafy ; leaves 2 radical appressed to the ground orbicular-
ovate, 10-15 cm. long, cauline 3-4, erect-spreading ovate acute,
passing off into the 3 or 4 sheaths, 5-9 cm. long; spike oblong,
subacute densely many-flowered, 10-20 cm. long, 5-6 cm. wide,
flowers the largest in the genus; bracts membranaceous erect
concave broadly ovate acute, the margins erosulate, exceeding the
ovary; sepals spreading lanceolate acute 1°9 cm. long; petals
similar in shape but broader and a little shorter; lip galeate,

mouth broadly oblong, apex free reflexed obtuse, spurs pendulous
filiform, nearly half as long again as the ovary; stipe of the
column elongate ; rostellum oblong, produced at the apex into an
obtuse beak ; stigmatiferous lobe linear-oblong, incurved at the
apex, much longer than the rostellum; glands of the pollinia
shaped like a pear reversed.

Described from one living specimen and several dried ones.
This is the largest of the Satyriums, and grows very abun-

dantly in the low-lying sandy dunes near Muizenberg Retreat and
Diep River.

“a

TAB. 56.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe DISE2.
Genus SATYRIUM.

Satyrium erectum Swar/s, in Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl.
xxi. (1800) ~. 216 not of Lindl. Herba erecta glabra robusta 20-35
cm. alta; caulis validus strictus, vaginis 3-4 foliaceis acutis
vestitus ; folia 2 radicalia humistrata cordato-orbicularia vel ovata
acuta, 5-13 cm. longa; spica cylindrica sub-laxe multiflora, floribus
roseis speciosis, in genere inter majores; bractez reflexz lanceo-
late vel oblonge acutz ovarium superantes; sepala cum petalis
patenti-deflexa oblonga obtusissima basi angustata, sepala 1°65 cm.
longa petalis paullo brevioribus ; labellum galeatum, ore obovato,
apice libero erecto vel reflexo obtuso, calcaribus pendulis filiformi-
bus ovario szpius brevioribus ; columnz stipes gracilis elongatus,
lobo stigmatifero semi-orbiculari obtusissimo marginato ; rostellum
semi-orbiculare, antice minute tridentatum. (x exemplarit unico
vivo pluribusque exsiccatts.)—Dipleetrum erectum Pers. Syn. Pl. 2,
(1807), 2. 509; S. papillosum Lindl. Gen, Sp. Orch. (1838), p. 341 ;
S. pustulatum Lindl. Bot. Reg. (1840), ¢. 18.

Hab: South-western Region; Care Cotony: Slopes of
Table Mt. above Orange Kloof fl. Dec. alt. 640 met. 2. Schlechter, 8!
clay soil, Tulbagh Kloof, alt. 150 met. fl. Oct. Bolus 5443 ; Hex R.
alt. 518 met. fl, Oct. Bolus 18471, same place and date W. Tyson
646! Skurfdebergen, alt. 1000 met. fl. Oct, R. Marloth 3265!
sandy soil Bokkeveld of Calvinia alt. 914 met. fl. Oct. C. Z.
Letpoldt 917!—NaAMALAND Minor, near Naries, alt. 1005 met.,
fl. Sept. Bolus 6612; Zwartberg Pass, district Prince Albert, alt.
1463 met. ; fl. Dec. Bolus 11640.

Plate 56. Fig. 1, lip, front view; 2, sepals and petals; 3,
column, front view ; fe ditto, side view; 5, section through the
ovary ; 6, one of the polenta

An erect robust glabrous herb, 20-35 cm. high; stem stout
straight ; clothed with 38-4 leaf-like acute sheaths; leaves radical
two, appressed to the ground, cordate-orbicular, or ovate acute
5-138 cm. long; spike cylindrical somewhat laxly many-flowered,
flowers rosy, handsome, among the larger ones in the genus;

bracts reflexed lanceolate, or oblong, acute longer than the ovary ;
sepals and petals spreading deflexed, oblong very obtuse narrowed
towards the base, sepals 1°5 cm. long, petals a little shorter ; lip
galeate, the mouth obovate, apex free erect or reflexed obtuse,
spurs pendulous filiform usually shorter than the ovary ; stipe of
the column slender elongate, the stigmatiferous lobe semi-orbicular
margined ; rostellum semi-orbicular in front, ddenticulate.

Described from several dried specimens and one living specimen
from Tulbagh Kloof, my number 5443 from which the drawing was
made. The true home of this pretty species is in the Tulbagh or
neighbouring districts where it is fairly common, and it is a curious
circumstance that it is very rare on the Cape Peninsula where I
have never seen it and only know of its being once found growing
there

TAB... 57.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe DISEA:.
Genus SATYRIUM.

Satyrium princeps, Bolus in Hook. cones Plant. xviii. (1888),
tab. 1729.—Herba erecta glabra robusta, 40-85 cm. alta; folia 2
radicalia ovato subrotunda acuta carnosa humistrata 10-22 cm.
longa, 8-18 cm. lata; scapus rectus validus, vaginis inferioribus
erecto-patentibus cucullatis acuminatis membranaceis apice sub-
foliaceis, superioribus sensim minoribus acutis omnino membran-
aceis ; spica dense multiflora oblonga vel cylindrica, 10-25 cm.
longa; bracteew lanceolate acutee membranacez multi-nervie,
inferioribus reflexis floribus brevioribus, junioribus erectis ; flores
patentes subnutantes, laciniis perianthii alte solutis, in genere inter
majores ; sepala lateralia oblique oblonga abrupte acuta patentia,
14 cm. longa, intermedio angustiore ligulato apice ampliato
obtuso deflexo lateralibus equilongo ; petala lanceolata acuminata,
e medio usque ad apicem serrulata, deflexa sepalis equilonga ;
labellum galeatum, ore subrotundo, apice libero reflexo cuneato
acuto serrulato, calcaribus filiformibus arcuatis ovario paullo
longioribus, totum cum calc. 4 cm. longum; columna medio
antice deflexo ; rostellum subtriangulare, dente medio acuminato,
basi utrinque tuberculatum; glandule lanceolate acuminate,
apice approximate ; lobus stigmatiferus rhomboideus, latior quam
longus, superne marginatus emarginatus que ; ovarium oblongum
circ. 1°7 cm. longum. (x exempll. plur. viv. sub. num. 5929,
exsiccatisque.—8§, membranaceum, N. £. Brown, ex Hook, f. tm
Bot. Mag., vol. x\vi. (1890), ¢ab. 7104, not of Swarts.

Hab.: South-western Region; Care CoLony: Sea-shore,
near Knysna, fl. Nov., & Schlechter, 5906 !—South-eastern
Region ; Sandy dunes near the sea-shore, St. Francis Bay, near
Port Elizabeth, fl. Sept., 2. Hallack (No. 5929 in my herb.) ; near
Port Alfred, fl. Sept., S. Schonland.

Plate 57. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, ditto, side view ;
3, sepals and petals, back view ; 4, one of the side sepals ; 5, one
of the petals; 6, odd sepal; 7,9, column, front view ; 8, ditto,
side view; 10, ditto, viewed from above ; 11, section through the
all variously magnified,

Ovary

An erect glabrous robust herb, 40-85 cm. high; leaves 2,
radical ovate-subrotund acute fleshy appressed to the ground,
10-22 cm. long, 8-18 cm. wide; scape straight stout, the lower
sheaths erect-spreading cucullate membranous somewhat leaf-like
at the apex, the upper ones gradually smaller acute altogether
membranous ; spike densely many-flowered oblong or cylindrical
10-25 cm. long; bracts lanceolate acute membranous many-nerved,
the lower reflexed, shorter than the flowers, the younger erect ;
flowers spreading, somewhat nodding, among the large ones in
the genus perianth segments very slightly connate ; lateral sepals
obliquely oblong, abruptly acute spreading, 1°4 cm. long, the
intermediate narrower ligulate widened at the apex obtuse
deflexed as long as the lateral sepals; petals lanceolate acuminate,
serrulate from the middle to the apex, deflexed, as long as the
sepals; lip galeate, the mouth somewhat rounded, apex free
reflexed cuneate acute serrulate, spurs filiform arcuate, a little
longer than the ovary, the whole including the spurs 4 cm. long ;
column deflexed at the middle in front; rostellum subtriangular,
the intermediate tooth acuminate, tuberculate on each side at
the base; glands lanceolate acuminate, approximate at the apex ;
stigmatiferous lobe rhomboidal, broader than long, margined

above and emarginate at the apex; ovary oblong, about 1°7 cm.
long.

Described from several living specimens sent by Mr. Hallack
from near Port Elizabeth, and dried ones. It is one of the hand-
somest of the genus, with bright carmine flowers deepening to
crimson on the back of the galea. It is most nearly allied to
S. membranaceum and appears to occupy the same kind of wet
sandy coastal downs; near Port Elizabeth the two species grow
together, and Mr. N. E. Brown in Hook Bot. Mag. tab. 7104
regarded them as one and the same species; but they are very
easily distinguished by the very different shape of the rostellum,
one of the most important organs and one of the most trustworthy
for diagnostic purposes in this large genus. In my view I am
supported by the eminent South African botanist, Dr. R. Schlechter
(see Engl. Bot. Jahrb., vol. xxxi., p. 148) who has paid particular
attention to South African Orchids, based upon the examination of

very many living specimens during a period extending over
many years.

TAB. 58.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe DISEA.
Genus SATYRIUM.

Satyrium membranaceum. Swartz in Kongl. Vetensk, Acad.
Flandl. xxi. (1800) ~. 216 Herba erecta glabra robusta, 20-40 cm.
alta ; caulis validus strictus ; vaginis 5-9 membranaceis obtusis vel
acutis dense vestitus ; folia 2, radicalia humistrata cordato-orbicu-
laria obtusa, carnosa, 5-13 cm. longa, 5-11 cm. lata; spica 8-18
cm. longa cylindrica sublaxe multiflora, floribus in genere inter
majores ; bracteze membranacez reflexe ovato oblong acute,
ovario longiores ; sepala lateralia oblique oblonga obtusa, 1 cm.
longa, intermedio oblongo paullo angustiore equilongo ; petala
lanceolata acuta e medio usque ad apicem minute crenulata sepalis
eequilongis ; labellum galeatum, ore oblongo, apice libero erecto
vel reflexo crenulato obtuso, calcaribus filiformibus, arcuato-
pendulis, ovario duplo longioribus ; rostellum circuitu late ovatum,
lobis lateralibus dentiformibus falcatis incurvis, intermedio multo
majore, breviter unguiculato ampliate semi-orbiculare sinubus
glanduliferis late distantibus, lobo stigmatifero cuneato sub-
rhomboideus, rostello equilongo. (#x exempll. plur. vivts
exsiccalisque).

Hab: South-western Region; Care CoLony: between
Mossel Bay and Gouritz River, fl. Nov. Burchell, 6345; same

locality, alt. 61 met. fl. Oct., A. Schlechter 1712; South-eastern
Region, Albany Division; near the Kowie R. fl. Oct. Burchell
4153; near Port Elizabeth, fl. Sept., R. Hallack! (No. 5930 in
my herb.) grassy hills near Grahamstown alt. 610 met. fl. Nov.
P. MacOwan ; Kaffraria Cooper 384!; Katberg near Stockenstrom
fl. Nov. Scwdly 114! same locality, alt. 1524-1615 met. fl. Dec.
E. FE. Galpin 1686!

Plate 58. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, ditto, side view ; 3,
one of the side sepals; 4, odd sepal; 5, one of the petals ;
6, column, side view ; 7, ditto, front view; 8, rostellum and stig-
matiferous lobe above it ; 9, one of the pollinia ; 10, section of the
ovary—all more or less magnified.

An erect glabrous robust herb, 20-40 cm. high; stem straight
stout, closely covered with 5-9 membranous obtuse or acute

sheaths; leaves 2, radical, appressed to the ground, cordate-
orbicular obtuse fleshy, 5-18 cm. long, 5-11 cm. wide ; spike 8-18
cm. long, cylindrical somewhat laxly many-flowered, flowers
among the larger ones in the genus; bracts membranaceous
reflexed ovate-oblong acute, longer than the ovary ; lateral sepals
obliquely oblong-obtuse, 1 cm. long, intermediate oblong, a little
narrower but equalling the lateral sepals in length ; petals lanceo-
late acute, minutely crenulate from the middle to the apex, as long
as the sepals; lip galeate, mouth oblong, apex free erect or
reflexed crenulate obtuse, spurs filiform arcuate-pendulous, twice
as long as the ovary; rostellum broadly ovate in outline, lateral
lobes tooth-like falcate incurved, intermediate much larger, shortly
clawed with a semi-orbicular blade, the gland-bearing sinuses
widely apart; stigmatiferous lobe cuneate and somewhat rhom-
boidal, as long as the rostellum.

Described from several living and dried specimens. The
drawing was made from one of several plants sent to me by Mr.
Hallack from Port Elizabeth.

TAB. 59.

Tribe OPHRYDEA.
Sub-tribe DISEA.,
Genus SATYRIUM,

Satyrium acuminatum, Zzvdley in Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1838),
p. 339.—Herba erecta robusta glabra, 25-55 cm. alta; folia 2
radicalia humistrata, cordato-orbicularia vel elliptica acuta carnosa.
6-12 cm. longa; scapus strictus, vaginis 38-5 foliaceis, erecto-
patentibus acuminatis imbricatis vestitus ; spica cylindrica tenuis,
9-22 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. diam., sublaxe multiflora, floribus in
genere submajoribus; bracteze oblongo-lanceolate acuminate
herbacez reflex flores sapius superantes ; sepala patentia obo-
vato-oblonga obtusa, intermedio angustiore 0°8-1 cm. longa;
petala subconformia ; labellum galeatum, ore late oblongo, apice
libero obtuso crispo, calcaribus pendulis filiformibus, ovario
longioribus ; column stipes incurvus, lobo stigmatifero cuneato-
oblongo marginato equilongus; rostellum circuitu. obovatum,
3lobum, lateralibus dentiformibus, intermedio multo majore,
breviter unguiculato semi-orbiculari, glandulis pollintum (an sem-
per ?) hippocrepiformibus. (4x exempll. unico vivo, plurtbusque
exsiccatts.)

Hab: South-western Region; Care CoLony: Mt. slopes
Langebergen, near Swellendam and Riversdale, alt. 805-762 met.,
fl. Dec.. R. Schlechter, 2761; Corente R., distr. Riversdale, fl.
Dec., Dr. Jno. Muir, No. 5341 tn herb. Galpin! ,; near Knysna, fl.
Oct., G. W. B. Steytler! (No. 5927 in my herb.); hills near
Grahamstown, alt. 610 met., MacOwan, 518, same locality,
E. Galpin, 302, and other collectors; Mt. slopes, Amatola Mts.
Drege.

Plate 59. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, ditto, back view ;
3, sepals and petals, from above ; 4, ditto, from below ; 5, column,
side view ; 6, ditto, front view ; 7, rostellum and stigmatiferous
lobe ; 8, one of the pollinia; 9, section through the ovary—all
variously enlarged.

An erect robust glabrous herb, 25-55 cm. high; leaves 2,
radical appressed to the ground, cordate-orbicular or elliptical
acute fleshy, 6-12 cm. long; scape straight, clothed with 3-5

leaf-like erect-spreading acuminate imbricating sheaths; spike
cylindrical slender, 9-22 cm. long, 2-3 cm. diam., somewhat laxly
many-flowered, flowers among the rather larger ones in the genus;
bracts oblong lanceolate acuminate herbaceous reflexed usually
exceeding the flowers; sepals spreading obovate-oblong obtuse,
the intermediate narrower, 0°8-1 cm. long; petals somewhat
similar in shape; lip galeate, mouth broadly oblong, apex free,
obtuse crisped, spurs pendulous filiform longer than the ovary ;
stipe of the column incurved; as long as the cuneate-oblong
margined stigmatiferous lobe ; rostellum obovate in outline ,8lobed,
lateral lobes tooth-like, intermediate much larger, shortly clawed
with a semi-orbicular limb; glands of the pollinia horse-shoe
shaped.

Described from several dried specimens and a living one sent
by Mr. Steytler from Knysna—from which the drawing was made.

TAB. 60.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe DISEA.
Genus SATYRIUM.

Satyrium candidum, Zind/ey, Bot. Reg. (1888), Misc. No.
153.—Herba erecta robusta glabra, 80-65 cm. alta ; folia 2,
radicalia humistrata cordato-orbicularia subobtusa, 9-13 cm.
longa; scapus strictus, vaginis 3-4, foliaceis utriculato-inflatis
apice patentibus acutis vestitus; bracteaee herbacee lanceolato-
oblong acute reflex, flores zquantes vel superantes ; spica
oblonga vel cylindrica, 10-20 cm. longa, 8-4°5 cm. lata, sublaxe
multiflora, floribus erecto-patentibus, in genere submajoribus ;
sepala lateralia oblique oblonga obtusa patentia, intermedio
ligulato deflexa omnia 1 cm. longa; petala lineari-oblonga
decurva, sepalis paullo breviora; labellum galeatum, ore sub-
rotundo, apice libero reflexo obtuso, calcaribus pendulis filiformibus
ovarium dimidio superantibus ; columnz stipes elongatus ; ros-
tellum rhomboideum antice subaqualiter 3dentatum ; lobus
stigmatiferus rostello latior, semi-orbicularis, margine crenulato.
(Ex exempll. unico vivo pluribusque exstccatis).—S&. utriculatum,
Sond. tn Linnea xix. (1847), 84.

Hab. : South-western Region ; CAPE CoLtony: Sandy dunes
between Cape Town and Wynberg, fl. Sept.-Oct., Ecklon & Zeyher,
1558 ; Bolus, 4831 ; Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 158; R. Schlechter.
Mountain slopes near Genadendal, alt. 610-915 met., fl. Oct.
Drége.

Plate 60. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, column, oblique
view ; 3, ditto, front view; 4, section through the ovary,

An erect robust glabrous herb, 30-65 cm. high; leaves 2,
radical appressed to the ground, cordate-orbicular subobtuse, 9-13
cm. long ; scape straight, clothed with 3-4 foliaceous inflated acute
sheaths spreading at the apex; bracts herbaceous lanceolate-
oblong acute reflexed, equalling or exceeding the flowers; spike
oblong or cylindrical, 10-20 cm. long, 3-4°5 cm. wide, somewhat
laxly many-flowered, flowers erect-spreading, among the medium-
sized in the genus; lateral sepals obliquely oblong obtuse spread-
ing, intermediate ligulate deflexed, all 1 cm. long; petals linear-

oblong decurved, a little shorter than the sepals; lip galeate, the
mouth somewhat rounded, apex free reflexed obtuse, spurs
pendulous filiform, half as long again as the ovary ; stipe of the
column elongate; rostellum rhomboidal, subequally 8dentate in
front; stigmatiferous lobe broader than the rostellum, semi-
orbicular, the margin crenulate.

Described from a living specimen collected near Rondebosch,
from which the drawing was made, and several dried specimens.

TAB. 61.

Tribe OPHRYDEA:.
Sub-tribe DISEA.
Genus SATYRIUM.

Satyrium trinerve, Zzndley, Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1838), p. 344.
—Herba erecta subrobusta vel interdum gracilis, 20-53 cm, alta ;
caulis strictus foliatus ; folia producta 2-38, erecta anguste
lanceolata acuta vel acuminata trinervia carinata, supremis vagine
formibus subobtusis, 5-15 cm. longa; spica oblonga dense multi-
flora, angulis omnibus scabris, 5-10 cm. longa, 1°5-8°5 cm. lata ;
flores erecto-patentes, in genere inter minores albi; bracteew late
patentes, basi foliacee virides apice alba, lanceolate acuminate,
floribus multo superantes ; sepala lateralia falcato-oblonga patenti-
decurva obtusa, 0°3-0°5 cm. longa, intermedio ligulato obtusissimo
equilongo ; petala sepalo intermedio subconformia aquilongaque
vel paullo breviora; labellum galeatum, apice libero porrecto vel
erecto, calcaribus conicis pendulis abbreviatis ovario fere duplo
brevioribus ; columne stipes elongatus gracilis incurvus; rostellum
transverse oblongum, antice obscure tridenticulatum, intermedio
bifido ; lobus stigmatiferus subrhomboideus, apice rotundatus,
rostello duplo longior; ovarium scaberulum. (x exempll. plur.
vivis exsiccatisque.)\—§. leucocomos, etchb. f. im Flora, 48
(1865), p. 182; §. Atherstonei, Reichb. f. in Flora (1881), p. 828 ;
S. longebracteatum, Rolfe, in Bot. Soc. Brot. vii. (1889), p. 288 ;
S. Mechowianum, Kraenslin in Engl. Bot. Jahrb., vol. xvii. (1893),
p- 65; 8. triphyllum, Kransal., l.c. vol, xxiv. (1898), p. 504.; 8. mono-
petalum, Kransal. Lc, vol. xxiv. (1898), ~. 504 ; S. Schinzii, Dur. et
Krinsl. in Orch. Gen. Sp.i. (1899), p. 696, partly; S. zombense,
Rolfe in Flor. Trop. Afr. vii. (1898), p. 278; 8S. oecultum, Rolfe,
Zc. vii. (1898), p. 278.

Hab.: South-eastern Region ; CAPE Cotony: Dohne Mt.,
near Stutterheim, alt. 1870 met., fl. Jan., Aolus, 18463!; Pondo-
land, alt. 60 met., fl. Oct., W. Zyson, 2608! St. John’s R. Mts.,
340 met., fl. Feb., Bolus, 10298; same locality, fl. Dec., £. £.
Galpin, 3420!—NaraL: Clairmont, near Durban, alt. 46 met.,
fl. Dec., Wood, 1599 ; near Greytown, alt. 922-1620 met., fl. Jan.,
Wood, 5890; SwaziELAND: Vlei at Embabane, fl. Jan., /. Burtt
Davy, 2841.—Trans-VaaL: Marshes, Klein Olifants R., alt, 1525

met., fl. Dec., R. Schlechter, 4038! Witbank district, Middelburg,
fl. Dec., D. F. Gilfillan (No. 7243 in herb. Galpin !) ; Mac-a-Mac,
near Lydenburg, Mudd! (No. 5984 in my herb.)

Plate 61. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, ditto, side view ;
3, column, front view; 4, ditto, side view; 5, sepals and petals ;
6, one of the pollinia.

An erect, rather robust, or sometimes slender herb; 20-53 cm.
high; stem straight leafy; produced leaves 2-3, erect narrow
lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 3 nerved carinate, the uppermost
sheath-like subobtuse, 5-15 cm. long; spike oblong densely many-
flowered, all the angles scabrid, 5-10 cm. long, 1°5-3°5 cm. broad ;
flowers erect-spreading, among the smaller ones in the genus,
white ; bracts widely spreading, green and leaf-like at base, white
towards the apex, lanceolate acuminate, much exceeding the
flowers; lateral sepals falcate-oblong, spreading decurved obtuse,
0:3-0°5 cm. long, the intermediate ligulate very obtuse, equaliy
long; petals same shape and about as long; lip galeate, apex
free porrect, or erect, spurs conical pendulous abbreviate, about
half as long as the ovary; stipe of the column elongate, slender
incurved; rostellum transversely oblong, obscurely 8denticulate
at the apex, intermediate tooth bifid; lobus stigmatiferus sub-
rhomboidal rotundate at the apex, twice as long as the rostellum ;
ovary scaberulous.

Described from several living and dried specimens.

This species is widely distributed in the eastern part of S.
Africa, but is markedly absent in the western. It may usually be
recognised by its large wide-spreading pale bracts and white
flowers,

TAB. 62.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe DISEA.
Genus SATYRIUM.

Satyrium microrhynchum, Schlechter, in Engl. Bot.
Jahrb., vol. xx. (1895), Bezbl., 50, p. 14.—Herba erecta humilis,
20-22 cm. alta F folia producta 2, subopposita erecto-patentia ovata
acuminata, 6-9 cm. longa, 3-3°5 cm. lata; scapus strictus, vaginis
2, acuminatis vestitus ; spica cylindrica dense multiflora, floribus
flavo-viridescentibus, in genere minoribus, 6-8 cm. longa, 1°6-2 cm.
diam.; bractee erecte, apicem versus patentes vel reflexe,
lanceolate acuminate, flores superantes; sepala petalaque deflexa,
oblonga obtusa, basi pilosa, sepalis lateralibus subobliquis 0°4-0°5
cm. longis, petalis paullo brevioribus angustioribusque ; labellum
galeatum, ore rotundato, apice porrecto obtuso, ecalcaratum ;
column stipes gracilis elongatus ; rostellum obcuneatum, antice
minute 8 denticulatum ; lobus stigmatiferus transverse ellipticus,
roStello longior. (2x exempl. unico vivo altero exsiccatoque.)

Hab.: South-eastern Region; on the summit of the
Mont-aux-Sources, alt. 3048 met., fl. Feb. (1898), Justus Thode
(No. 2102 in herb. Schlechter!) ; in declivibus montis Kwen-
Kwe prope Gatsberg in ditione Maclear, alt. circ. 1644 met.,
H, G. Flanagan (No. 8702 in my herb. spec. unico invento, a me in
statu vivente depicto).

Plate 62, Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, ditto, side view ;
3, sepals and petals; 4, column, front view; 5, ditto, side view ;
6, rostellum ; 7, one of the pollinia.

An erect dwarf herb, 20-22 cm. high; produced leaves 2 sub-
opposite, erect-spreading ovate, acuminate; 6-9 cm. long, 3-3°5
cm. wide; scape straight, clothed with 2 acuminate sheaths ; spike
cylindrical, densely many-flowered; flowers yellowish green
among the smaller ones in the genus, 6-8 cm. long, 1°5-2 cm.
diam. ; bracts erect-spreading or reflexed at the apex, lanceolate
acuminate, exceeding the flowers; sepals and petals deflexed,
oblong, obtuse pilose at the base, lateral sepals suboblique 0°4-0°5
cm. long, petals a little shorter and narrower; lip galeate apex

porrect obtuse, ecalcarate ; stipe of the column slender, elongate ;
rostellum obcuneate, minutely tridenticulate ; stigmatiferous lobe
transversely elliptical.

Described from a living specimen collected by Mr. Flanagan
as above, from which also the drawing was made, and from
another dried specimen of Thode, kindly lent by Dr. Schlechter.

TAB. 63.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe DISEA,
Genus DISA.

Disa uniflora, Bergius Descr. Plant. e Cap. B. Sper. (1767),
348, 4.4, £ 7.—Herba robusta glabra, decumbens vel rarius suberecta
25-60 cm. alta; caulis strictus herbaceus, foliosus; folia 5-7,
erecto-patentia decurva lineari-lanceolata acuta vel acuminata,
8-15 cm. longa, 1-1°5 cm. lata, sensim in vaginas 2-4 herbaceas
transeuntia ; racemus laxe 1-5 florus, floribus in genere maximis,
Speciossissimis, erectis; bracteze lanceolata’ acuminate erecta
ovario longiores; sepala lateralia petaloidea colorata ovato-ob-
longa acuminata patentia, 4-6 cm. longa, medio 2-3 cm. lata,
sepalo impari suberecto galeato ovato vel suborbiculari acuto,
basi in calcar infundibuliforme rectum dependens, 0°8-1°3 cm.
longum productum ; petala resupinata falcato-oblonga obtusa,
marginibus posterioribus sub anthera inflexis, 2°5 cm. longa;
labellum lineari-lanceolatum acuminatum deflexum, 2-2°5 cm.
longum ; rostellum erectum arcuato-incurvum, brachiis glanduliferis
divaricatis abbreviatis lobo intermedio resupinato ; anthera resu-
pinato linearis apiculata, connectivo angusto loculis paullulo
longiore ; stigma umbonatum trilobum. (x exempll. plur. vivis
exsiccatisque.)—D. grandiflora, Linn. fil. Suppl. (1781), p. 406.

Hab: South-western Region; Cape Cotony: margins of
streams, which frequently become dry in the summer; on Table
Mt. near Cape Town, mostly on the summit, alt. from about 835
to 1000 met., fl. Jan.-March, many collectors; also in similar
spots on Winterhoek’s Mountain, near Tulbagh, alt. 610-914
met. Drége; Mts. about Du Toit’s Kloof, alt. 900-1219 met.
Drége ; Cederberg Mts., near Clanwilliam, up to 1525 met.
Letpoldt, 602!

Plate 63. Fig. 1, oddsepal, side view; 2, flower, sepals and lip
removed, side view ; 3, ditto, back view ; 4, 4, petals ; 5, column,
front view ; 6, rostellum with stigma ; 7, pollinarium.

A robust glabrous decumbent, or more rarely suberect, herb
25-60 cm. high; stem straight herbaceous leafy ; leaves 5-7, erect-
spreading decurved linear-lanceolate acute or acuminate, 8-15 cm,

long, 1-1°5 cm. wide, gradually passing off into 2-4 herbaceous
sheaths ; raceme laxly 1-3 flowered, flowers the largest in the
genus and very handsome, erect; bracts lanceolate acuminate
erect, longer than the ovary; lateral sepals petaloid coloured
ovate-oblong acuminate spreading, 4-6 cm. long, 2-8 cm. wide in
the middle; odd sepal suberect galeate ovate or suborbicular
acute, produced at base into a dependent straight infundibuliform
spur 0°8-1'°3 cm. long; petals resupinate falcate-oblong obtuse,
the posterior margins bent in under the anther, 2°5 cm. long ; lip
linear-lanceolate acuminate deflexed, 2-2°5 cm. long; rostellum
erect arcuate-incurved, the gland-bearing arms divaricate abbre-
viated, intermediate lobe resupinate; anther resupinate linear
apiculate, the connective narrow, a little longer than the cells ;
stigma umbonate, 8lobed.

Described from several living and dried specimens. The colour
of the flower varies somewhat to orange or yellow tints.

TAB. 64.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe DISEA.
Genus DISA.

Disa rosea, Lindley in Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1838), 850.—Herba
humilis glabra erecta vel subdecumbens, 7°5-15 cm. alta; caulis
subflexuosus gracilis 2-3 foliatus ; folia radicalia 2 patentia ovato-
oblonga acuta subcoriacea 8-6 cm. longa, 1°5-2°5 cm. lata, subtus
colorata, in vaginas foliaceas acuminatas transeuntia ; racemus
subcorymbosus laxe 4-10 florus ; bracteze erectze lanceolate acutz
ovarium paullo superantes amplectentesque ; sepala_ lateralia
porrecta oblonga obtusa 1-1°2 cm. longa; impar cucullatum
depressum basi in saccum latum conicum productum; petala
subtriangularia erecta obtusa postice auriculis incurvis subcarnosis
aucta; labellum porrectum lingueforme basin versus obtuse
lobulatum 0°7 cm. longum; rostellum breve, stigmati longius.
(Ex exempl. vivo, pluribus exsiccatisque.)

Hab. : South-western Region; Care Cotony: In clefts of
rocks in the mountains of the Cape Peninsula, alt. 425-1000 met.,
fl, Oct.-Dec., Bolus, in herb. Norm, Aust. Afr. 319, R. Schlechter,
154! extends eastward to the Houw Hoek Mts., district of
Caledon, and probably further.

A dwarf glabrous herb, erect or subdecumbent, 7°5-15 cm.
high ; stem subflexuous slender, 2-8 leaved; radical leaves
2, spreading ovate-oblong acute, somewhat coriaceous 3-6 cm.
long, 1°5-2°5 cm. wide, coloured a deep maroon beneath; leaves
passing gradually into foliaceous acuminate sheaths; raceme
somewhat corymbose laxly 4-10 flowered ; bracts erect lanceolate
acute, a little exceeding the ovary and clasping it; lateral sepals
porrect oblong obtuse, 1-1'2 cm. long; odd sepal cucullate
depressed from above, at the base produced into a broad conical
sac; petals subtriangular obtuse or subacute, produced behind
into two incurved somewhat fleshy ears, 0°6 cm. long; lip porrect,
tongue-shaped, obtusely lobulate towards the base, 0°7 cm. long ;
rostellum short, longer than the stigma.

Described and drawn from one living specimen and several
dried, collected on Table Mt,

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TAB. 65.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe DISEA:.
Genus DISA.

Disa Cooperi, Retchenbach fil tn Flora (1881), p. 828;
Hook f. Bot. Mag., ¢. 7256.—Herba erecta glabra robusta, speciosa
30-60 cm. alta; folia 4-5, e gemma distincta radicalia erecta vel
erecto-patentia lineari-lanceolata vel interdum lanceolata, acu-
minata, 10-40 cm. longa, 2-4 cm. lata; scapus strictus validus,
vaginis foliaceis erecto-patentibus lanceolatis acuminatis laxe
amplectentibus dense vestitus ; spica cylindrica dense multiflora,
10-25 cm. longa, floribus patentibus ; bracteze herbacez vel sub-
membranacee lanceolate acuminatz, flores sapius excedentes ;
sepala lateralia deflexa oblongo-ovata apiculata, 1°3-1°8 cm. longa,
impari galeato subinfundibuliformi, ore oblongo, acuto szpe
apiculato, in calcar adscendens filiforme ovario longius producto;
petala sub galea suberecta abscondita oblique oblonga, carnosula
0:8-1 cm. longa; labellum deflexum ovatum unguiculatum obtusum
1°3 cm. longum ; rostellum suberectum bifidum, brachiis glandu-
liferis parallelis ; anthera resupinata vel pendula ; stigma magnum
umbonatum, obscure 8lobum. (x exempl. unico vivo, pluribusque
exsiccatis.)—D. Scullyi, Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc., vol. xxii (1887).
p. 10; D. Thodei, Kral. Orch. Gen. Sp. 1 (1900), A. 796.

Hab: South-eastern Region; Care Corony: grassy hills
near Matatiele, Griqualand East, alt. 1520 met., fl. Jan., W. Tyson,
1606 !—NaTaL: Van Reenen. alt. 1676 met., fl. Jan., Wood, 8751!
ORANGE R. Cotony: Bester’s Vallei, alt. 1650 met., fl. Jan., Bolus,
8292.—SwaziEl.AND: grassy places between Swazieland and
Carolina, alt. 2070 met., fl. Jan.—TRANS-VAAL: marshy ground
near Middelburg, alt. 1490 met., R. Schlechter, fl. Dec., 4104!

Plate 65. Fig. 1, flower with sepals and near petal removed,
side view ; 2, one of the sepals; 8, column, petals and lip, viewed
from above ; 4, one of the petals ; 5, column ; 6, one of the pollinia,.

Var. Scullyi, Schlechter tn Engl. Bot. Jahrb., vol. xxxi. (1902),
p. 236; differs from the typical form by its much more slender
habit, by its few-flowered raceme, and by its narrower labellum.
Found by Mr. W. C. Scully, No. 195! in a bog upon Menziesberg,
near Stockenstrom, alt. not stated, fl. Jan.

An erect glabrous robust herb, 80-60 cm. high; leaves, 4-5
springing from a distinct bud, radical, erect or erect-spreading,
linear-lanceolate or sometimes lanceolate acuminate 10-40 cm,
long, 2-4 cm. wide; scape stout, straight, clothed with several
leafy erect-spreading lanceolate sheaths-; spike cylindrical densely
many-flowered, 10-25 cm. long, flowers spreading ; bracts herba-
ceous or sub-membranous lanceolate-acuminate mostly longer than
the flowers ; lateral sepals deflexed oblong-ovate apiculate 1°5-1°8
cm. long; the odd sepal galeate somewhat funnel-shaped, mouth
oblong acute mostly apiculate, produced into an ascending filiform
spur longer than the ovary; petals suberect, hidden under the
galea, obliquely oblong, somewhat fleshy, 0°8-1 cm. long; lip
deflexed, ovate unguiculate obtuse 1°3 cm. long; rostellum sub-
erect bifid, the gland-bearing arms parallel; anther resupinate or
pendulotis ; stigma large, bossy, obscurely 3lobed.

Described from several dried specimens and a living one, from
Bester’s Vlei, from which the drawing was made.

TAB. 66.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe DISEA.
Genus DISA.

Disa bivalvata, Dur. & Schinz in Conspect. Flor. Afr., vol. v.
(1895), 100.—Herba erecta glabra 10-35 cm. alta; caulis strictus
vel subflexuosus ; folia radicalia 4-8 vel plura erecta lineari-
lanceolata acuminata, 2-7 cm. longa, caulinis in vaginas acuminatas
transeuntibus ; racemus corymbosus, 3-15florus, 2-6 cm. diametro;
bracteze erecte herbacew lanceolate acutz ovario szpius bre-
viores ; sepala lateralia patentia ovato-oblonga obtusiuscula sub
apice mucronata, 1*1-1-4 cm. longa ; impari horizontali resupinato
cucullato, apicem versus compresso carinatoque, basi angustato
ecalcarato; petala resupinata e basi unguiculata oblonga, apice
incurva lacerato-dentata, 0°8-1 cm. longa; labellum posticum
porrectum subulatum acutum vel acuminatum, basin versus bilobu-
latum breviter unguiculatum, petalis equilongum;_ rostellum
apice 3fidum, lobo intermedio resupinato, lateralibus glanduliferis
breviore; anthera sub petala subtecta. (x exempl. unico
pluribusque exsiccatts.)\—Ophrys bivaluata, Linn. fil. Suppl. (1781),
p. 403; Serapias melaleuca, Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap. (1794), p. 3;
Penthea melaleuca, Lindl., Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1836), 361; Disa
melaleuca, Swartz tn Kongl. Vet. Acad. Handl., vol. xxi. (1800),
p. 213; Harv. Thes. Cap., vol. i. (1859), p. 53, fab. 84.

Hab. : South-western Region; Mts. in the Cape Peninsula,
frequent, in moist grassy places, 896-1005 met., fl. Dec., Burchell,
651; Bolus, 4208; R. Schlechter, 148; Wolley-Dod 2095; and
many other collectors. Witsenberg and Schurfdeberg, fl. Dec.,
Zeyher; Du Toit’s Kloof, alt. 914-1219 met., Drége; foot of the
Langebergen, fl. Dec., Burchell, 6855; Corente R. farm, dist.
Riversdale, fl. Dec., Dr. Jno. Mutr ! (No. 5347 in herb. Galpin !) ;
Storms R. dist., Humansdorp, alt. 61 met , fl. Nov., R. Schlechter.

Plate 66. Fig. 1, flower, side view; 2, ditto, viewed from
above ; 3, odd sepal; 4, one of the petals; 5, lip ; 6. column with
petals ; 7, column, side view.

An erect glabrous herb, 10-35 cm. high ; stem straight or sub-
flexuous; radical leaves 4-8 or more, erect linear-lanceolate

acuminate, 2-7 cm. long, cauline passing off into acuminate
sheaths ; raceme corymbose, 38-15flowered, 2-6 cm. in diameter ;
bracts erect herbaceous lanceolate acute, usually shorter than the
ovary ; lateral sepals spreading ovate-oblong, rather obtuse
mucronate below the apex, 1*1-1°4 cm. long ; odd sepal horizontal
resupinate cucullate, towards the apex compressed and keeled,
narrowed at the base, ecalcarate: petals resupinate unguiculate
with an oblong lamina, incurved and lacerate-dentate at the apex,
0:8-1 cm. long ; lip posticous porrect subulate acute or acuminate,
bilobulate near the base, shortly unguiculate, as long as the petals;
rostellum 8lobed, the middle resupinate, shorter than the lateral
gland-bearing lobes ; stigma large.

Described from several dried specimens and a living one
collected on the Cape Peninsula, from which the drawing
was made.

TAB. 67.

Tribe OPHRYDEA,
Sub-tribe DISE4,
Genus DIsa,

Disa Marlothii, Bolus zn Trans. S.A. Philos. Soc., vol. xvi.,
part 2 (1905), ~. 148.—Herba erecta glabra 14-25 cm. alta; folia
radicalia plura, oblanceolata acuta, basi longe membranaceo-
vaginantia, 3-5 cm. longa, parte latiore 0°8-1'1 cm. lata; caulis
gracilis substrictus, vaginis 4-7 erectis herbaceis marginibus sub-
membranaceis caulem arcte amplectentibus vestitus ; racemus
sepius laxissime 2-5florus, pedicellis gracilibus elongatis ; bractez
vaginis conformes, sape marginibus coloratis, ovario multo
breviores ; flores patentes in sectione mediocres, saturate rosei,
galea petalisque maculis purpureis notatis; sepaia_ lateralia
patentia late oblonga obtusissima sub apice mucronulata, 0°9-1
cm. longa; sepalum impar posticum galeatum, oris ambitu
obovato acutiusculo, sepalis lateralibus equilongum, dorso in
calcar patens vel subadscendens nullo modo deflexum substrictum
vel leviter recurvum, 1°4-1°9 cm. longum, productum; petala
erecta sub galea semi-abscondita, late oblonga obtusissima, basi
postice angulo recto abrupte geniculato-inflexo rostello subduplo
longiora ; labellum porrectum, spathulato-oblongum, subacutum,
circiter 0°9 cm. longum; anthera valde resupinata subreflexave,
ovario parallela; rostellum erectum, oblongum, glandulis pol-
lintum subdistantibus, coronatum; ovarium gracile cylindricum
cum pedicello, ad 2 cm. longum. (4x exemplart unico vivo,
pauctsque exsiccatis.)

Hab: South-western Region ; Care CoLony: marshy places
Zand-drifts Kloof, below the Matroos-berg in the Hex River Mts.
distr. Worcester, alt. 1000 met., fl. Jan., Dr. R. Marloth, 2378 ;
same place or near it, approx. alt. 1400 met., fl. Jan., d//red Bolus
(No. 6371 in my herb.) ; Koude Bokkeveld, Skurfdebergen, near
Klyn Vley, alt. circ. 1800 met., fl. Jan., Dr. R. Schlechter, 10204 !

Plate 67. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, ditto, side view ;
3, one of the sepals; 4, odd sepal, front view; 5, ditto, side
view; 6, flower, the sepals removed; 7, ditto, the near petal
removed, side view; 8, one of the petals; 9, lip; 10, column;
11, one of the pollinia.

An erect glabrous herb, 14-25 cm. high; leaves radical, several ;
oblanceolate acute membranous and sheathing at base, 8-5 cm.
long, in the broader part 0°8-1'1 cm. wide; stem slender, some-
what straight, clothed with 4-7 erect herbaceous sheaths, with
somewhat membranous margins, closely embracing the stem ;
raceme usualy very laxly 2-5flowered, the pedicels slender
elongate; bracts like the sheaths often coloured on the margins,
much shorter than the ovary; flowers spreading, among the
medium-sized in the genus, deep carmine, galea and petals purple
spotted ; lateral sepals spreading broadly oblong, very obtuse,
mucronulate below the apex, 0°9-1 cm. long ; odd sepal posticous
galeate, outline of the mouth obovate, rather acute, as long as the
lateral sepals, produced at the back into a spreading or somewhat
ascending, in no way deflexed, nearly straight or slightly incurved,
spur 1°4-1°9 cm. long; petals erect, half hidden beneath the galea,
broadly oblong very obtuse, at the base abruptly bent upward at a
right angle, and about twice as long as the rostellum ; lip pro-
jecting forward spathulate-oblong, subacute, about 0°9 cm. long ;
anther resupinate or subreflexed, parallel with the ovary ; rostellum
erect oblong, crowned with the somewhat distant glands of the
pollinia ; ovary slender cylindrical, together with the pedicel, about
2 cm. long.

Described from a few dried specimens and one living, from
which the drawing was made.

A very distinct species, and somewhat rare, since up to the
present it has only been recorded as found by three collectors.

TAB. 68.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe Disk4:.
Genus DISA.

Disa filicornis, 7unberg, Flor. Cup. ed. 1823, 361.—Herba
humilis erecta tenella, glabra 10-20 cm. alta; folia radicalia plura
erecta vel suberecta rosulata, anguste linearia acuta, 1°5-4 cm.
longa, basi dilatata membranacea vaginantia; caulis sapius
strictus rarius subflexuosus, vaginis foliaceis pluribus basi dilatatis
caulem amplectentibus vestitus ; racemus interdum corymboideus
laxe 38-8 florus; bractez erectze lJanceolatza acuminatz ovario
subequilongee vel paullo longiores; sepala lateralia patentia
oblonga, sub apice mucronulata, 1°6 cm. longa; sepalum impar
erectum concavum e basi unguiculata orbiculare lateralibus
equilongum ; petala erecta lineari-falcata obtusa, 1-1°1 cm. longa;
labellum deflexum lineari-setaceum, 0°8-1 cm. longum; rostellum
erectum 38fidum, brachiis glanduliferis divaricatis, intermedio
triangulari erecto ; anthera adscendens, appendice petaloidea
aleformi, marginibus crispulatis, ornata; ovarium cylindricum,
cum pedicello 1°5 cm. longum. (4x exempll. pluribus vivis ex-
stccatisque.)—Orehis filicornis, Linn. f. Suppl. (1781), 400; Disa
patens, Swarts. in Kongl. Vet. Acad. Handl. xxi. (1800), p. 214,
not of Thunberg; Penthea filicornis. Lindl., Gen. & Sp. Orch.
(1838), d. 361. P.reflexa Lindl, l.c. Disa reflexa, Retchb. f. in
Flora (1865), p. 182.

Hab. : South-western Region ; Cape Peninsula, on the hills
and mountains, alt. 335-762 met., chiefly in moist places, frequent
from Oct.-Dec., many collectors ; Caledon district, Sir Lowry’s
Pass, Drege; near Grabouw, C. H. Grisbrook (No. 6885 in my
herb.) between Villiersdorp and French Hoek, Bolus, 5276! near
Riversdale, R. Schlechter, 1909, near George, alt., 210 met., Nov.
zd. 5865; Montagu Pass, 640 met., fl. Jan., Bolus, 13464; on
Zwartberg Pass, dist. Prince Albert, 1524 met., fl. Dec., Bolus,
11643 ; also extends (fide Schlechter) eastward as far as Pletten-
berg Bay ; and northwards as far as Tulbagh.

Plate 68. Fig. 1, perianth segments; 2, odd sepal; 3,
column, front view; 4, ditto, side view; 5, one of the pollinia.

An erect slender dwarf glabrous herb, 10-20 cm. high ; leaves
radical, several erect or suberect rosulate, narrow-linear acute,
1°5-4 cm. long, membranous dilated and sheathing at base ; stem
usually straight, more rarely subflexuous, clothed with several
leaf-Jike sheaths dilated at base and clasping the stem; raceme
sometimes corymbose laxly 8-8flowered; bracts erect lanceolate
acuminate, about as long as the ovary, or a little longer; lateral
sepals spreading oblong, mucronulate below the apex, 1°6 cm.
long ; odd sepal erect concave orbicular from an unguiculate base,
as long as the lateral ; petals erect linear-falcate obtuse, 1-1'1 cm.
long; lip deflexed linear-setaceous, 0°8-1 cm. long; rostellum
erect 3fid, gland-bearing arms divaricate, intermediate triangular
erect; anther ascending, furnished with a petaloid wing-like
appendage, crisped on the margin; ovary cylindrical, with the
pedicel 1°5 cm. long.

Described from-several dried and living specimens.

TAB. 69.

Tribe OPHRYDEA.
Sub-tribe DISEz.
Genus DISA.

Disa patens Lz. f. Thunb. Flor. Cap. (ed. 1828), 16, not of
Sw.—Herba erecta glabra humilis, 7-25 cm. alta ; caulis strictus
vel flexuosus, vaginis foliaceis subdistantibus acutis vel acuminatis
vestitus ; folia radicalia plurima rosulata erecto-patentia lineari-
setacea acuminata, basi membranacea vaginantia, 0°7-1.7 cm.
longa; racemus subcorymbosus laxe 1-3, rarius 4-6florus ; pedi-
cellis late patentibus; bractee submembranacee lanceolate
acuminate ovario breviores ; sepala lateralia adscendenti-patentia ;
falcato-lanceolata acuminata, basi antice lobata, 1°5-2 cm. longa ;
sepalum impar, erectum, fere planum, e basi breviter unguiculata
cordato-orbiculare acuminatum, lateralibus subequilongum; petala
erecta oblique falcato-lanceolata acuta, 0°7-0°8 cm. longa; labellum
deflexum, apice szpius recurvum, lineari-setaceum, 1-1°4 cm.
longum ; rostellum erectum ambitu semi-orbiculare, trifidum,
lobis glanduliferis divaricatis, intermedio valde recurvato ; anthera
horizontali-adscendens, connectivo elongato apiculato ; appendice
petaloidea apice libera ornata ; ovario cum pedicello 1°5-2 cm.
longo. (Hx exempll. plur. vivis exsiccatisque). Ophrys patens,
Linn. f. Suppl. (1781), p. 404; Serapias patens, Thunb. Prodr.
Plant. Cap. (1794), 2.3; D, tenuifolia, Swartz in Kongl. Vet. Acad.
Handi. xxi. (1800), ~. 214 ; Penthea patens, Lindl. Gen. Sp. Orch.
(1838), ~. 862.

Hab: South-western Region ; Care CoLony: moist grassy
places on the hills and mountain tops of the Cape Peninsula,
frequent, alt. 244-1576 met., flor. Dec.-Febr., Burchell, 656, Drége,
12382, Bolus, 3918, Schlechter, 145; and many other collectors ;
Steenbrass River, Caledon district, Mund, Langebergen, near
Swellendam, Burchell, 7338.

Plate 69. Fig. 1, odd sepal; 2, 2, side sepals; 3, one of the
petals ; 4, lip ; 5, column, petals and lip, side view ; 6, ditto, front
view, the intermediate lobe of the rostellum pushed up ; 7, column,
side view; P, indicates the petaloid appendage; 8, one of the
pollinia.

An erect glabrous dwarf herb, 7-25 cm. alta; stem straight or
flexuous, clothed with subdistant leafy acute or acuminate sheaths;
leaves radical many, rosulate, erect-spreading linear setaceous
acuminate, membranous and sheathing at base. 0°7-1°7 cm. long ;
raceme subcorymbose, laxly 1°83, more rarely 4-6 flowered, pedicels
widely spreading ; bracts submembranous lanceolate-acuminate,
shorter than the ovary ; lateral sepals ascending, then spreading,
falcate-lanceolate acuminate, lobed in front at the base, 1°5-2 cm.
long; odd sepal erect, almost flat, from an unguiculate base
cordate-orbicular acuminate, about as long as the lateral ; petals
erect, obliquely falcate-lanceolate acute, 0°7-0°8 cm. long; lip
deflexed, usually recurved at the apex, linear setaceous 1-1°4 cm.
long ; rostellum erect, semi-orbicular in outline, 3fid, the gland-
bearing arms divaricate, intermediate lobe strongly recurved ;
anther horizontal, then ascending, the connective elongate apicu-
late, furnished with a petaloid appendage free at the apex.

Described from several living and dried specimens.

TAB. 70.

Tribe OPHRYDEA,
Sub-tribe DISE.
Genus DIsaA.

Disa Telipogonis, ezchenbach fil. in Linnea, vol. Xx.
(1847), #. 689.—Herba humilis erecta subglabra, 5-14 cm. alta;
caulis foliatus strictus vel sapius decumbens flexuosusve ; folia
caulina 3-6 linearia, erecta vel laxe adscendentia, basi vaginantia
acuta, 3-10 cm. longa; racemus abbreviatus spe subcapitatus,
dense 38-8florus, rarius laxiusculus ; bractee lanceolate setaceo-
cuspidate, flores superantes; flores in genere inter minores ;
sepala lateralia patenti-adscendentia ovato-lanceolata acuta sub
apice setaceo-aristata, cum arista circ. 0°8 cm. longa; sepalum
impar anticum sub-galeato-cucullatum, ore late ovato, sub apice
obtuso setaceo-acuminatum, sepalis lateralibus equilongum, dorso
in calcar deflexum cylindricum, apice bilobulatum, 0°3 cm. longum
productum ; petala erecta oblique oblonga apice inaqualiter
biloba, basi antice in lobum obtusum dilatatum 0°38 cm. longa ;
labellum patenti-deflexum subulatum acutum vel acuminatum,
0-5 cm. longum ; rostellum trilobum, lateralibus obscuris vel
minutis, intermedio multo majore triangulari; anthera horizontalis ;
stigma excavatum. (4x exempll. plur. vivis exsiccatisque.)

Hab.: South-western Region; Care CoLtony: Summit of
Table Mt., in crevices of rocks, alt. 1076 met., fl. Nov. (anno 1816),
Bergius, same locality, alt. 1076 met., fl. Nov. (anno 1904), AZzss
H. M. L. Kensit! (No. 9355 in my herb.) ; mountains about Bain’s
Kloof, dist. Wellington, alt. 706 met., fl. Nov. (anno 1896), &.
Schlechter, 9165 !

Plate 70. Fig. 1, flower with bract, front; 2, ditto, side
view ; 3, side sepal; 4, spur of the odd sepal; 5, 5, petals ; 6, lip ;
7, lip and further petal in situ; 8, column with one petal, oblique
view ; 9, ditto, front view ; 10, column only, side view; 11, one of
the pollinia ; 12, rostellum detached.

An erect dwarf subglabrous herb, 5-14 cm. high; stem leafy
straight or more often decumbent or flexuous ; leaves 3-6, linear
erect or laxly ascending acute sheathing at base, 3-10 cm. long ;
raceme abbreviated, often subcapitate, densely 3-8flowered, more

rarely rather lax; bracts lanceolate, setaceously cuspidate, ex-
ceeding the flowers ; flowers among the smaller ones in the genus ;
lateral sepals spreading-ascending ovate-lanceolate acute, seta-
ceously aristate below the apex, with the awn about 0°8 cm. long ;
odd sepal anticous, somewhat galeate-cucullate, mouth broadly
ovate, setaceously acuminate below the obtuse apex, as long as
the lateral sepals, produced into a deflexed spur, bilobulate at the
apex, 03 cm. long; petals erect, obliquely oblong, unequally
bilobed at the apex, dilated at the base in front into an obtuse
lobe, 0°3 cm. long; lip spreading-deflexed subulate acute or
acuminate, 05 cm. long; rostellum 8lobed, the lateral lobes
obscure or minute, the intermediate much larger triangular; anther
horizontal; stigma somewhat excavate.

Described from several living and dried specimens.

This is an extremely interesting and rare species, quite unlike
any other species of South African Orchid known to me. Only
three collections are known; the first by Berg, a Cape Town
apothecary and collector, in 1816; the second by Dr. R. Schlechter
in 1896; the third by Miss H. M. L. Kensit in 1904. It was long
one of the most eagerly sought for of Orchids in S. Africa, being
quite unknown save for Reichenbach’s description, drawn solely
from dried specimens. Great, therefore, was our pleasure when
excellent living specimens were found sufficiently near to us so
that a drawing could at once be made from the life, Reichenbach
says that the plant involuntarily reminded him of Telipogon. I
have here no access to any figure of this genus. But as it is
described as belonging to the tribe Vandew—as being epiphytical
in its habit, whereas our plant is clearly terrestrial and Ophrydeous ;
as moreover Telipogon inhabits the Andes of Columbia and Peru,
Reichenbach must have referred solely to an external resemblance,
and any structural affinity must be extremely improbable. I place
this plant in the section of Disa known as Orthocarpa.

TAB. 71.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe DISEA,
Genus DISA.

Disa vaginata, Harvey i Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot., vol. i.
(1842), g. 15.—Herba erecta gracilis glabra, 75-16 cm. alta;
caulis strictus basin versus foliatus, vaginis 4-5 erectis acutis sub-
membranaceis ciliolatis resinoso-punctatis dense vestita ; folia 8-4
erecto-patentia oblongo-ovata vel lanceolata subacuta, 2-4 cm.
longa; racemus subcorymbosus, laxe 2-9florus ; bracteae mem-
branaceze ovato-lanceolate acute szpius ovario equilonge ;
sepala lateralia patentia, late oblonga, leviter concava obtusa,
0-6 cm. longa; sepalum impar erectum galeatum ore elliptico,
dorso in calcar pendulum filiforme ovario duplo brevius productum ;
petala erecta falcato-oblonga obtusa, 0°4 cm. longa, sub galea
semi-abscondita ; labellum porrectum spathulato-oblongum, petalis
zquilongum; _ rostellum brevissimum; anthera horizontalis ;
stigma pulvinatum, medio subdepressum. (/x exempll. plur. vivis
exstccatisque.) D. modesta, Reichenbach f. tn Linnea, vol. xx.
(1847), p. 690.

Hab: South-western Region ; Carpe CoLony: moist grassy
places on Table Mt. near Capetown, and on other mountains of
the Cape Peninsular range, not very rare, but not frequent, alt.
425-1066 met., fl. Nov.-Jan., Harvey; Bolus, 3898, and in Herb.
Norm. Aust.-Afr., 164; R. Schlechter, 205, 68 ; hills Houw Hoek,
alt. 805 met., Bolus ~ hills Hermanus, alt. 182 met., Bolus; Mts.
near Villiersdorp, Bolus, 38980.

Plate 71. Fig. 1. flower with bract, side view ; 2, ditto, front
view ; 8, odd sepal; 4, 4, lateral sepals; 5, 5, petals; 6, lip;
7, column, side view; 8, ditto, seen from above; 9, ditto, front

view—all variously enlarged.

An erect slender glabrous herb, 7°5-16 cm. high; stem straight,
leafy towards the base, densely clothed with 4-5 erect acute sub-
membranous resinous-dotted ciliolate sheaths ; leaves 3-4, erect-
spreading oblong-ovate or lanceolate subacute 2°4 cm. long ;
raceme subcorymbose, laxly 2-9flowered ; bracts membranous

ovate-lanceolate acute, usually as long as the ovary ; lateral sepals
spreading broadly oblong, slightly concave obtuse, 0°6 cm. long ;
odd sepal erect galeate, mouth elliptical, produced at the back into
a pendulous filiform spur, half as long as the ovary; petals erect
falcate-oblong obtuse, 0:4 cm. long, half hidden under the galea ;
lip porrect spathulate oblong, as long as the petals; rostellum
very short; anther horizontal; stigma pulvinate, somewhat
depressed in the middle.

Described from several dried and living specimens.

TAB. 72.

Tribe OPHRYDEA.
Sub-tribe DISEA,
Genus DISA,

Disa tenella, Swarts, zn Kongl. Vet. Acad. Handl. vol. xxi.
(1800), 2. 212.—Herba pusilla erecta glabra, 5-15 cm. alta; caulis
strictus, vel rarius subflexuosus, foliatus ; folia 5-14 erecta spiraliter
torta linearia acuta basi membranacea dilatata vaginantia, 2°5-8 cm.
longa, circ. 0°15 lata; spica oblonga vel cylindrica, subdense
4-multiflora ; bractez foliaceze, marginibus membranacee, ovate
erectz acuminatissime, flores excedentes ; sepala lateralia patula
oblonga obtusa, 0°5 cm. longa; sepalum impar_ suberectum
galeatum, ore obovato, lateralibus equilongum vel paullo brevius,
dorso in calear cylindricum rectum vel decurvum productum limbo
ezquilongum ; petala erecta, oblique late ovata vel suborbicularia,
acuta, 0°2-0°3 cm. longa; labellum porrectum lineari-oblongum,
apice paullo dilatatum, 0°3-0°4 cm. longum; rostellum abbreviatum,
lobulis glanduliferis brevissimis approximatis ; anthera resupinata.
(4x exempll. plur. viv. exstccatisque.)—Orchis tenella, Linn. f.
Suppl. (1781), p. 400; Satyrium tenellum, Thunb. Prodr. Plant.
Cap. (1794), p. 5.

Hab.: South-western Region; Care Corony: Sandy
flat (Kenilworth Racecourse), alt. 25 met., Schlechter, 1552!;
Stellenbosch, alt. 100 met., fl. Aug., Wzss MW. F. Farnham (in herb.
Norm. Aust. Afr. 809); near Wellington, AZss MZ. £. Cummings,
6094 in my herb. ; Eland’s Fontein, Koude Bokkeveld, alt.
1000 met., fl. Oct., &. Marloth, 32641; Cederbegen, near
Clanwilliam, C. Z. Lezpoldt, 573!; Cederbergen, near Sneeuwkop,
fl. Oct., A. Bodkin /

Plate 72. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, ditto, side view;
3, ditto, sepals removed; 4, 4, side sepals; 5, 5, petals from
different flowers; 6, 6, lip from ditto; 7, column viewed from

above ; 8, ditto, side view.

A small erect glabrous herb, 5-15 cm. high ; stem straight, or
more rarely subflexuous, leafy ; leaves 5-14 erect, spirally twisted
linear acute, membranous dilated and sheathing at base, 2°5-8 cm.
long, about 0°15 cm, wide; spike oblong or cylindrical, rather

densely 4-many-flowered ; bracts leaf-like, margins membranous,
ovate erect, very acuminate, exceeding the flowers ; lateral sepals
spreading oblong obtuse, 0°5 cm. long; odd sepal suberect
galeate, mouth obovate, as long as the lateral sepals or a little
shorter, produced at the back into a cylindrical straight or decurved
spur, as long as the limb; petals erect, obliquely and broadly
ovate or suborbicular, acute, 0°2-0°3 cm. long; lip porrect linear-
oblong, slightly dilated at the apex, 0°3-0°4 cm. long; rostellum
abbreviate, the gland-bearing lobes very short approximate ;

anther resupinate.

Described from several living and dried specimens. The flowers
are pinkish purple in colour, or more rarely white.

TAB. 73.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe DISEA.
Genus DISA,

Disa cylindrica, Swarts, 7n Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl.,”
vol, xxi. (1800), ». 213.—Herba erecta glabra, 10-30 cm. alta;
caulis strictus vel subflexuosus foliatus ; folia erecto-patentia
oblongo-lanceolata acuta, marginibus undulatis, 3-7 cm. longa ;
spica cylindrica dense vel sublaxe multiflora, 4-10 cm. longa,
1-2 cm. lata; bracteze erectz herbaceze lanceolate acute, sepius
flores zquantes ; sepala lateralia oblique oblonga patenti-recurva
obtusa sub apice apiculata, 0°6-0°8 cm. longa ; sepalum impar sub-
declinatum cucullatum, ore oblongo, sub apice apiculatum, sepalis
lateralibus zquilongum, dorso basi in saccum brevem, 0°'2 cm.
longum, productum ; petala erecta, oblique lanceolato-subfalcata,
obtusa, basi antice lobulato-dilatata, 0-4 cm. longa; labellum
patenti-deflexum, lineari-oblongum obtusum, 0°5 cm. longum ;
rostellum erectum, lobis lateralibus brevissimis, intermedio multo
majore obtuso vel, ob apicem recurvum, specie bilobulatum ;
anthera supinata, polliniis spheericis. (4x exempll. plur. vtv.
exsiccatisque.)—Satyrium cylindricum, Thunb. Prodr. Plant. Cap.
(1794), 2. 5.

Hab. : South-western Region; CAPE CoLony: Stony and
sandy places on Table Mt., alt. 760-1066 met., fl. Dec., Harvey,
137; Bolus, 45387; Wolley Dod, 2112!; Langebergen, near
Riversdale, alt. 457 met., fl. Dec., R. Schlechter; same locality,
Garcia’s Pass, fl. Oct., Bolus, 18465; Outeniquabergen, above
Montagu Pass, alt. 1220 met., fl. Nov., &. Schlechter.

Plate 73. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, ditto, side view ;
3, one of the side sepals ; 4, odd sepal ; 5, petals, in situ ; 6, lip ;
7, 9, column, front view, the middle lobe of the rostellum reflexed
at the apex and appearing bilobed; 8, ditto, side view; 10, one of
the pollinia.

An erect glabrous herb, 10-30 cm. high; stem straight or sub-
flexuous leafy ; leaves erect-spreading oblong-lanceolate acute,
margins undulate, 3-7 cm. long; spike cylindrical, densely or
rather laxly many-flowered, 4-10 cm. long, 1-2 cm. in diameter ;

bracts erect herbaceous lanceolate acute, usually equalling the
flowers; lateral sepals obliquely oblong spreading-recurved, obtuse
apiculate below the apex, 0°6-0°8 cm. long ; odd sepal subdeclinate
cucullate, mouth oblong, apiculate below the apex, as long as the
lateral sepals, produced dorsally into a short sac, 0°2 cm. long ;
petals erect, obliquely lanceolate-subfalcate, obtuse, widened and
lobed at the base in front, 0-4 cm. long; lip spreading-deflexed,
linear-oblong obtuse, 0°5 cm. long; rostellum erect, lateral lobes
very short, intermediate much larger, obtuse or appearing bilobed
on account of the recurved apex; anther resupinate, pollinia
globose.

Described from several living and dried specimens.

TAB. 74.

Tribe OPHRYDE.,
Sub-tribe DISE&,
Genus DISA.

Disa draconis, Swar/s, tn Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Hand.
(1800), f. 210.—Herba erecta glabra, 20-50 cm. alta; caulis
strictus vel flexuosus, vaginis membranaceis acuminatis dense
vestitus ; folia radicalia 2-4 linearia flaccida acuta per anthesin
marcescentia 8-20 cm. longa, 1-2 cm. lata; racemus_ sub-
corymbosus, laxe 6-llflorus, floribus in genere inter majores ;
bractezw erectee membranacez oblongo-lineares acuminate, saepius
ovario paullo longiores ; sepala lateralia patentia oblonga obtusa,
2 cm. longa; sepalum impar oblongum vel subobovatum truncatum,
infra subcucullatum, sursum recurvum, basi in calcar patenti-
deflexum filiforme, ovario pedicellato sapius paullo longius, pro-
ductum ; petala erecta linearia vel oblonga obtusa vel acuta, basi
rotundata et antice lobata, sepalis lateralibus subzquilonga ;
labellum adscendens, apice deflexum, lineare obtusum petalis
equilongum ;_ rostellum subquadratum adscendens ; anthera pen-
dula ; ovarium cum pedicello 2°5-4°5 cm. longum. (2x exempil/.
plur. viv. exsiccatisque.)—Orchis draconis, L. f. Suppl. (1781), 399 ;
Satyrium draconis, Thunb. Prod. Pl. Cap. (1794), p. 5.

Hab.: South-western Region; CAPE CoLony: Slopes of
Table Mt., above Orange Kloof, alt. 305 met., fl. Dec., very rare
on the Cape Peninsula, 2. Schlechter, 90B ; hills near Stellenbosch,
in clayey soil, alt. 91 met., fl. Dec., Mzss Farnham, in Herb. Norm.
Aust. Afr., 334!; Paarlberg, fl. Nov.-Dec,, Drége; Tulbagh
Kloof Waterfall, 245 met., fl. Nov., Bolus, 5280; near Ceres,
alt. 450 met., fl. Nov., 4. W. Goatcher!,; foot of Ezel’s Kop, near
Lelie Fontein, fl. Nov., 1219-1524 met., Namaqualand, Drege ; in
the region called Roggeveld, Nov.-Dec., Thunberg.

Plate 74. Fig. 1, odd sepal; 2, 2, side sepals ; 3, 8, 4, petals
from different flowers ; 5, 6, lip from ditto ; 7, column, side view ;
8, ditto, front view ; 9, pollinia, all variously magnified.

An erect glabrous herb, 20-50 cm. high; stem straight or
flexuous, densely clothed with membranous acuminate sheaths ;
leaves radical 2-4, flaccid linear acute, withering during the

flowering period, 8-20 cm. long, 1°2 cm. wide; raceme sub-
corymbose laxly 6-1lflowered, flowers among the larger «ones in
the genus; bracts erect membranous oblong-linear acuminate,
usually a little longer than the ovary; lateral sepals spreading,
oblong obtuse, 2 cm. long; odd sepal oblong or subobovate
truncate, subcucullate below, recurved above, produced at base
into a spreading-deflexed filiform spur, usually a little longer than
the pedicellate ovary, petals erect linear or oblong obtuse or
acute, rounded at base and lobed in front, about as long as the
lateral sepals ; lip ascending, decurved at the apex, linear-obtuse
as long as the petals; rostellum subquadrate, ascending ; anther
pendulous ; ovary with the pedicel 2°5-4°5 cm. long.

Described from several dried and living specimens.

TAB. 75.

Tribe OPHRYDEA.
Sub-tribe DISEA.
Genus DISA.

Disa Schlechteriana, Bolus in Trans. S. A. Philosoph. Soc.,
vol. xvi., part 2, p. 149 (1905).—Herba erecta glaberrima, ad
55 cm. alta; folia radicalia 7-11, erecta linearia acuminata rigida
prominenter nervata, 80 cm. longa, 0:1-0°2 cm. lata ; scapus sub-
strictus, vaginis membranaceis acuminatis arcte amplectentibus,
marginibus basi longe connatis, distanter vestitus ; bractez
patentes membranacee ovate acuminate venosez, ovario breviores ;
racemus laxe 6-12florus, 8-14 cm. longus, floribus in genere inter
majores, patentibus; sepala lateralia patentia oblonga acuta,
2°3 cm. longa; sepalum impar erectum subgaleatum ovatum
acuminatum, apice recurvatum, ore ovato, 2-3 cm. longo, 1°5 cm.
lato, basi sensim in calcar filiforme eleganter decurvum, ad 4°8 cm.
longum, ovarium excedens, productum ; petala minima resupinata,
e basi lata semi-orbiculari deinde angustata, abrupte incurvo-
uncinata acuminata, altitudine rostellum vix superantia ; labellum
patulum oblongo-lanceolatum acutum integrum, supra basin leviter
constrictum, 1°8-2 cm. longum; anthera resupinata ; pollinium
glandule discrete; rostellum erectum subelongatum, leviter in-
curvum, oblongum, apice tridentatum; stigma pulviniforme ;
capsula erecta clavato-cylindrica, ad 3°8 cm. longa. (Ex exempll.
plur. viv.)

Hab. : South-western Region ; Care Cotony: Riversdale
Division, between Garcia’s Pass and Muis Kraal, on rocky
mountain sides, alt. about 550 met., fl. Dec. (1904), Mrs. C. Luyt
(No. 10571 in my herb.)

Plate 75. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, one of the side
sepals, nat. size; 3, odd sepal; 4, one of the petals; 5, 6, lip
from different flowers, front view, nat. size; 7, ditto, side view,
n.s.; 8, column with one petal; 9, column, front view;
10, section through one of the leaves—all the latter variously
magnified.

An erect glabrous herb, up to 55 cm. high; leaves radical 7-11,
erect linear acuminate rigid, prominently nerved, 30 cm. long,

0°1-0°2 cm. wide ; scape rather straight, clothed with distant
membranous acuminate sheaths, closely clasping, margins connate
for most of their length; bracts spreading membranous ovate
acuminate veined, shorter than the ovary ; raceme laxly 6-12
flowered, 8-14 cm. long, flowers spreading, among the larger ones
in the genus ; lateral sepals spreading oblong acute, 2°3 cm. long ;
odd sepal erect subgaleate ovate acuminate, apex recurved, mouth
ovate, 2-3 cm. long, 1°5 cm. wide, gradually produced at base into
a filiform gently decurved spur, up to 4°8 cm. long, exceeding the
ovary ; petals very small, resupinate, broadly semi-orbicular at
base, then narrowed and abruptly incurved uncinate acuminate,
scarcely exceeding the rostellum in height; lip spreading oblong-
lanceolate acute entire, slightly constricted above the base,
1°8-2 cm. long ; anther resupinate ; glands of the pollinia distinct ;
rostellum erect, somewhat elongated, slightly incurved, oblong,
tridentate at the apex ; stigma pulviniform ; capsule erect clavate-
cylindrical, up to 8°8 cm. long.

Described from several living specimens sent to me by Mrs.
C. Luyt, from Garcia’s Pass, the only station from which this
interesting species has been recorded.

TAB. 76.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe DISE.
Genus DIsa.

Disa lugens, 40/us in Journ. Linn, Soc., vol. xx. (1884), p. 483.
—Herba erecta gracillima glabra, 40-80 cm. alta; folia radicalia
6-12, linearia graminoidea acuta, rigida, supra canaliculata subtus
carinata 20-55 cm. longa; scapus_ strictus vel subflexuosus,
vaginis membranaceis arcte amplectentibus acuminatis distantibus,
vestitus ; racemus spe flexuosus, laxe 5-15florus, 10-22 cm.
longus, floribus late patentibus ; bractez suberectz membranacee
ovate acuminatissime, ovario multo breviores ; sepala lateralia
patentia oblonga acuta, 1-1:4 cm. longa ; sepalum impar erectum
galeatum, ore suborbiculari, dorso in calcar conicum adscendens,
0:3 cm. longum = productum ; petala resupinata, falcata apice
ampliata bilobulata, lobulis acutis vel acuminatis ; labellum
patenti-deflexum recurvum oblongo-lingueeforme profunde lacerato-
multifidum, laciniis apicem versus spe 2-dlobis, 1°8-2°3 cm.
longum ; rostellum erectum 3fidum lobis zquilongis, intermedio
postposito, ut glandulam unicam suborbicularem teneat ; anthera
resupinata. (2x exempll. plur. viv.)—Herschelia lugens, Kranslin,
Orch. Gen. Spec. 1. (1900), 805.

Hab. : South-western Region; CAPE Cotony: Amongst
Restiacez on sandy downs called the ‘‘ Cape Flats” between Cape
Town and Muizenberg, alt. circ. 20-30 met., fl. Oct.-Nov., Bolus,
3810: A. Bodkin in Herb. Norm. Aust. Afr., 494; near Kuils
River, Pappe, 39 '—South-eastern Region : between Grahams-
town and Port Elizabeth, O’Brien; near Grahamstown, alt.
670 met., ‘‘ said to be rare,” Galpin.

Plate 76: Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, column, with petals,
oblique view ; 3, one of the lateral sepals ; 4, portion of the lip ;
5, pollinarium ; 6, section through a leaf.

An erect slender glabrous herb, 40-80 cm. high ; leaves radical
6-12 linear, grass-like, acute, rigid, canaliculate above, carinate
below; 20-55 cm. long; scape straight or subflexuous, clothed
with membranous distant closely-clasping acuminate sheaths ;
raceme often flexuous, laxly 5-15flowered, 10-22 cm. long, the

flowers widely-spreading ; bracts sub-erect membranous ovate,
very acuminate, much shorter than the ovary; lateral sepals
spreading, oblong acute, 1-1°4 cm. long ; odd sepal erect galeate,
the mouth suborbicular, produced at the back into a conical,
ascending spur, 0°3 cm. long; petals resupinate falcate widened
towards the apex and bilobulate, lobes acute or acuminate ; lip
spreading-deflexed, recurved oblong-linguzeform, deeply lacerato-
multifid, the segments often again 2-4lobed towards the apex, the
whole 1°8-2°3 cm. long; rostellum erect 3fid, the lobes equal in
length, intermediate placed further back so as to hold the sub-
orbicular, usually solitary gland ; anther resupinate.

Described from several living specimens.

The gland in this species is usually solitary, but plants have
been found bearing two glands.

TAB. 77.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe DISkA.
Genius DISA.

Disa Charpentieriana, Rezchenbach, fil. in Linnea xx. (1847),
688; Hook, f. Icon. Plant., tab. 1841.—Herba erecta gracillima
glabra, 35-60 cm. alta; folia radicalia 6-14, erecta rigida anguste
linearia acuta 15-35 cm. longa; scapus strictus, vaginis mem-
branaceis distantibus acuminatis vestitus ; racemus_ laxissime
3-7florus ; bracteaze lanceolatae membranacez acuminate ovario
breviores ; sepala lateralia patenti-deflexa, lanceolato-ovato acuta
concava, 1°2-1°4 cm. longa; sepalum impar erectum galeatum,
ore ovato acuto, dorso in calcar conicum acutum, 0°5 cm. longum
productum; petala adscendentia falcato-oblonga, apice ampliata
irregulariter lacerato-dentata, basi antice rotundata, 0°6-0°7 cm.
longa ; labellum pendulum longissime unguiculatum ungue lineari-
filiforme accrescente 4-8 cm. longo, apice dilatatum laciniatum ;
rostellum elevatum trilobum, lobis ewquilongis acutis, intermedio
postposito ; anthera valde resupinata ; glandula unica subquadrata.
(Ex exempll. plur. viv. exsiccatisque.)—D, macroglottis, Sonder in
Linnea, xx. (1847), p. 219, nomen.—Herschelia Charpentieriana,
Krinsl. Orch. Gen. & Sp., vol. i. (1900), 807.

Hab. : South-western Region ; Care CoLony: Amongst low
shrubs near Villiersdorp, alt. circ. 396 met., fl. Nov. (1879), Bolus,
5278; near Caledon, fl. Nov. (1900), AdZzss LZ. Guthrie! in my
herb. ; summit of the Zwartberg Pass, near Prince Albert, in
rocky places, alt. circ. 1615 met., fl. Nov. (1904), Bolus, 11645 ;
hills between Houw Hoek and Palmiet River, alt. 370 met., fl.
Nov. (1879), Bolus, 5278.

Plate 77. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, odd sepal ; 3, one of
the side sepals ; 4, column and petals; 5, one of the petals; 6,
column, side view; 7, ditto, front view; 8, pollinarium ; 9, apex of
the segment of the lip.

An erect very slender glabrous herb, 35-60 cm. high; leaves
radical 6-14, erect rigid narrow-linear acute, 15-85 cm. long ;
scape straight, clothed with distant membranous acuminate
sheaths; raceme very laxly 8-7flowered ; bracts lanceolate

membranous acuminate, shorter than the ovary; lateral sepals
spreading-deflexed, lanceolate-ovate acute concave, 1°2-1°4 cm.
long; odd sepal erect galeate, mouth ovate acute, produced
dorsally into a conical acute spur, 0°5 cm. long; petals ascending
falcate-oblong, widened at the apex and irregularly lacerate-
dentate, rounded in front at the base, 0°6-0°7 cm: long; lip
pendulous, with a linear-filiform claw, 4-8 cm. long, dilated and
laciniate at the apex; rostellum elevated Blobed, lobes equal in
length acute, the middle placed farther back; anther strongly
resupinate ; gland solitary subquadrate.

Described from several living and dried specimens.

A very curious and distinct species of a group of which we
are yet far from knowing the limits of variability. The long lip is
very remarkable, and as it sways about in the wind suggests a
possible means of attraction for insects.

TAB. 78.

Tribe OPHRYDE®.
Sub-tribe DISE&.
Genus DISA.

Disa oreophila, Polus mm Journ. Linn. Soc., vol. xxv. (1890),
170.—-Herba erecta vel subdecumbens gracilis glabra, 10-35 cm.
alta ; caulis tenuis subrectus vel flexuosus foliatus ; folia erecta
rigidula graminoidea anguste-linearia acuta, basi vaginantia
nervata, sursum sensim minora, ad 25 cm. longa; spica laxe 3-25
flora, floribus in genere inter minores; bractez erecto-patentes
membranacee lanceolatze acuminate sepius floribus breviores ;
sepala lateralia ovalia obtusissima, sub apice mucronulata, patenti-
deflexa, 0°5 cm. longa; sepalum impar erectum galeatum obtusum,
ore oblongo, dorso in calcar horizontale vel eleganter decurvum
filiforme obtusum, 0°5-0°8 cm. longum productum ; petala erecta
oblique oblonga obtusa, apicem versus margine inflexa, basi antice
ampliata rotundataque, 0°'4 cm. longum; labellum porrectum
ligulato-oblongum apice parum latius obtusum subundulatum,
0°6 cm. longum ; rostellum erectum subtruncatum ; anthera
horizontalis ; ovarium rectum gracillimum, 1 cm. longum. (4%
exempll. plur. viv. exsiccatisque.)

Hab, : South-eastern Region; Cape COoLony: Tembuland
in graminosis, Engcobo Mt,, alt. 1870 met., fl. Jan. (1896), Bolus,
8737. GRIQUALAND East: rocky places, Insiswa Mt., alt.
2070 met., fl. Jan. (1895), &. Schlechter, 6483! in my herb. ; rocky
places, summit of Mt. Currie, Griqualand East, alt. 2800 met., fl.
Feb., Zyson, 1073, in my herb.—NaTAaL: Oliver’s Hoek Pass,
fl. Jan., 7. WZ. Wood, 3413!

Plate 78. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, ditto, side view ;
8, lip; 4, column with one petal, side view—all variously
magnified,

An erect or subdecumbent slender, glabrous herb, 10-35 cm.
high ; stem slender, rather straight, or flexuous, leafy ; leaves
erect, rigid, grass-like, narrow linear, acute, sheathing at base,
nerved, becoming gradually smaller, upwards, in length attaining
25 cm. ; spike laxly 3-25flowered, flowers among the smaller ones
in the genus; bracts erect-spreading, membranous, lanceolate

acuminate usually shorter than the flowers ; lateral sepals oval,
very obtuse, mucronulate below the apex, spreading-deflexed,
0°5 cm. long; odd sepal erect, galeate obtuse, mouth oblong,
dorsally produced into a horizontal or gently decurved filiform
spur, 0°5-0°8 cm. long; petals erect obliquely oblong obtuse,
margin inflexed towards the apex, widened and rounded at the
base in front, O-4 cm. long; lip porrect ligulate-oblong, a little
widened towards the apex, obtuse, subundulate, 0°6 cm. longum ;
rostellum erect, somewhat truncate; anther horizontal, ovary
straight, very slender, 1 cm. long.

Described from several living and dried specimens.

The drawing was made from a plant gathered at Engcobo
in 1896.

TAB. 79.

Tribe OPHRYDE®.
Sub-tribe DISEA.
Genus DIsa,

Disa gladioliflora, Burchell, ex Lindley Gen. & Sp., Oct.
(1838), 352.—Herba erecta glabra gracillima, 30-45 cm. alta ; folia
2-5 radicalia erecta rigida anguste linearia acuta, per anthesin
marcescentia, 10-23 cm. longa; scapus strictus vel subflexuosus,
vaginis 3-4 herbaceis distantibus acuminatis arcte appressis
vestitus ; racemus laxe 6-14florus, floribus adscendentibus ;
bractez erecta membranacee lanceolate acuminate szpius-
ovario paullo breviores ; sepala lateralia patentia oblonga obtusis-
sima, sub apice apiculata, 1°1-16 cm. longa; sepalum impar
erectum subgaleatum, ore lanceolato insigniter acuto, sepalis
lateralibus paullo brevius, dorso in calcar patenti-deflexum
filiforme, ovario brevius sensim productum ; petala erecta lanceo-
lato-falcata acuminata, antice basi ampliata, 0:4 cm. longa ; labellum
porrectum oblongum, apicem versus ampliatum, obtuse apiculatum,
sepalis lateralibus equilongum ; rostellum erectum brevissimum,
leviter excisum; anthera resupinata; ovarium cum _ pedicello
1-7-2°5 cm. longum. (2x exempll. plur. viv. exsiccatisque.)—D,
capricornis, Retchb. f. in Linnea, xx. (1847), 689.

Hab:: South-western Region; Cape CoLony: district of
Knysna, Paarde Berg, between Avontuur and Plettenberg Bay,
March 27 (1814), Burchell, 5184; near Millwood, S/oltenhof, No.
5957 in my herb., an unusually large-flowered form; district
Swellendam, slopes of the Langebergen, alt. 915 met., fl. Febr.,
(1890), near the town, W. Borcherds, tn Herb. Norm. Austr., Afr.,
No. 1099! near Riversdale, slopes of the Langebergen, alt. 805
met., fl. Feb., R. Schlechter, 2218.

Plate 79. Fig. 1, flower ; 2, odd sepal, side view; 3, one of
the side sepals ; 4, 4, petals in different positions ; 5, one of the
petals from another flower ; the petals and lip in this species, as in
many others, sometimes differ considerably ; 6, 7, lip from different

flowers ; 8, column, with petals, front view ; 9, column, side view.

An erect glabrous, very slender herb, 30-45 cm. high, leaves
2-5 radical erect rigid narrow-linear acute, withering during the

flowering period, 10-28 cm. long; scape straight or subflexuous,
clothed with 8-4 herbaceous, distant, acuminate sheaths ; raceme
laxly 6-14flowered, flowers ascending ; bracts erect membranous,
lanceolate-acuminate, usually a little shorter than the ovary ; lateral
sepals spreading oblong, very obtuse apiculate below the apex,
1:1-1°6 cm. long; odd sepal erect subgaleate, mouth lanceolate,
remarkably acute, a little shorter than the lateral sepals, gradually
produced at the back into a spreading deflexed filiform spur shorter
than the ovary ; petals erect lanceolate-falcate acuminate, in front
at the base widened, 0°4 cm. long; lip porrect oblong, widened
towards the apex, obtusely apiculate, as long as the lateral sepals ;
rostellum very short erect, slightly excised ; anther resupinate ;
ovary, with the pedicel, 1°7-2°5 cm. long.

Described from several dried and living specimens.

TAB. 80.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe DISEA:,
Genus DISA.

Disa Tysonii, Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc., vol. xxv. (1891), 172.
—Herba erecta robusta glabra, 25-40 cm. alta; caulis strictus vel
flexuosus validus foliosus; folia erecto-patentia ovato-lanceolata vel
lanceolata acuta, basi vaginantia, 6-12 cm. longa ; spica cylindrica,
dense multiflora, floribus adscendentibus; bracteze herbacez lanceo-
latee acuminatee, flores saepius aquantes; sepala lateralia ovalia vel
oblique oblonga subacuta, sub apice apiculata, 0°9 cm. longa ;
sepalum impar erectum galeatum obtusum, lateralibus aquilongum,
ore late ovato acuto, dorso infra medium in calcar adscendens
cylindricum, apice inflatum, 0°4 cm. longum productum ;_ petala
erecta sursum lanceolata, obtuse acuminata, abrupte geniculato-
inflexa ideoque uncinata, basi antice ampliata concavaque ;
labellum porrectum oblongum obtusum vel subacutum, 0°6 cm.
longum; rostellum subelongatum erectum bilobum, lobis di-
vergentibus, petalis adnatis ; anthera horizontalis. (x exempl.
unico viv. plur. exsiccatisque.)

Hab.: South-eastern Region ; Cape Cotony; Dohne Mt.,
Stutterheim District, 1220 met., fl. Jan., 7. 2. Szm, 960! same
place, Bo/us, 8708 ; Beeste Kraal, near Kokstad, Griqualand East,
alt. 1600 met., fl. Nov.-Dec., Tyson, 1609!; Insiswa Mt., alt.
2070 met., fl. Jan., R. Schlechter, 6509 !

Plate 80. Fig. 1, flower, with bract; 2, odd sepal; 3, 3,
side sepals; 4,4, petals; 5, lip; 6, 8, column and petals, front
view ; 7, petals and lip, side view ; 9, column, side view ; 10, one
of the pollinia.

An erect robust glabrous herb, 25-40 cm. high ; stem straight
or flexuous, stout, densely leafy ; leaves erect-spreading, ovate-
lanceolate or lanceolate acute, sheathing at base, 6-12 cm. long ;
spike cylindrical, densely many-flowered, flowers ascending ;
bracts herbaceous, lanceolate acuminate, usually as long as the
flowers ; lateral sepals oval or obliquely oblong subacute,
mucronate below the apex, 0°9 cm, long ; odd sepal erect galeate

obtuse, as long as the lateral, mouth broadly ovate acute, pro-
duced at the back, just below the middle, into an ascending
cylindrical spur, inflated at the apex, 0°4 cm. long; petals erect
lanceolate, obtusely acuminate, abruptly geniculate inflexed,
wideged and concave in front at the base; lip porrect oblong
obtuse or subacute, 0°6 cm. long; rostellum somewhat elongate
erect bilobed, lobes divergent, adnate to the petals ; anther
horizontal.

Described from a single living specimen and several dried ones.

TAB. 81.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe DISAE.
Genus DISA.

Disa cornuta Swartz, 77 Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl,
vol, xxi. (1800), . 210.—Herba erecta robusta glabra, 20-45 cm.
alta ; caulis strictus validus foliosus ; folia erecto-patentia lanceo-
lata vel ovato-lanceolata acuminata margine undulata, basi vagin-
antia. 10-16 cm, longa ; spica cylindrica vel oblonga, dense multi-
flora; bractez foliacew ovato-lanceolate acuminate szpius flores
zequantes ; sepala lateralia porrecto-deflexa late oblonga, obtusa
sub apice apiculata, 1°5 cm. longa; sepalum impar erectum
galeatum, ore orbiculari apice depresso, dorso in calcar patenti-
deflexum 1 cm. longum productum; petala erecta lanceolato-
falcata, apice incurva, basi antice lobata, lobo oblongo rotundato
0°8 cm. longa; labellum porrectum, late spathulato-obovatum,
convexum 0°8 cm, longum; rostellum erectum bifidum ; anthera
resupinata ; ovarium cylindricum, costis prominentibus. (2x
exempll. plur. viv. exsiccatisqgue.)—Orchis cornuta Linn. spec. plant
ed, 2 (1763), g. 1830; Satyrium cornutum, Thunb. Prodr. Plant.
Cap. (1794) 5.

Hab.: South-western Region ; Care Cotony: Sandy downs
eastward of Cape Town, common, alt. ad 30 met. fl. Oct.-Dec.,
many collectors; Table Mountain, less frequent, ad 1066 met.
Burchell 538. Du Toit’s Kloof, alt. 610-915 met., fl. Jan., Drége,
sandy plains near Mossel Bay, fl. Oct., R. Schlechter /, hills near
Hoog Kraal’s R., alt. infra 300 met. fl. Sept. Drege; South-
eastern Region ; Bushman’s River, near Olifant’s Hoek, fl. Oct.
Zeyher; near Port Elizabeth, Reed’s Bog, Sept. alt. circ. 60
met. Bolus 1896 ; grassy places, Mts. near Grahamstown, alt. 615
met., MacOwan ; Katberg fl. Mart, Zeyher.

Plate 81. Fig. 1, flower, sepals and galea removed, side
view ; 2, ditto, front view, lip removed ; 8, lamina of lip, the claw
cut off ; 4, one of the pollinia ; 5, ovary ; 6, section of ditto.

An erect robust glabrous herb, 20-45 cm. high; stem straight,
stout, leafy ; leaves erect-spreading lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate

acuminate, margin undulate, sheathing at base 10-16 cm. long ;
spike cylindrical or oblong, densely many-flowered ; bracts leaf-
like ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, usually as long as the flowers ;
lateral sepals projecting then deflexed, broadly oblong, obtuse,
apiculate below the apex, 1°5 cm. long; odd sepal erect galeate
mouth orbicular somewhat depressed at the apex, produced
behind into a spreading-deflexed spur 1 cm. long; petals erect
lanceolate-falcate, 0°8 cm. long, incurved at the apex lobed at
the base in front, the lobe oblong and rounded; lip projecting
spathulate-obovate convex above, 0°8 cm. long; rostellum erect,
bifid ; anther resupinate ; ovary cylindrical, with prominent ribs.

Described and drawn from living specimens.

This is one of the commonest species of Orchids in the neigh-
bourhood of those suburbs of Cape Town which lie on the eastern
side of Table Mt., and may be found almost every year in October.
It becomes less common the further we go eastward.

TABB. 82, 83.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe DISEA.
Genus DISA.

Disa zemula, Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc., vol. xxii. (1885),
p. 69.—Herba erecta robusta glabra 40-80 cm. alta; caulis strictus
validus foliosus ; folia erecto-patentia lanceolata acuminata, mar-
gine undulata basi vaginantia in bracteas transeuntia, 15-30 cm.
longa; spica cylindrica 20-35 cm. longa, dense multiflora ; floribus
adscendentibus; bracteze ovato-lanceolatze vel lanceolate acu-
minate, flores zquantes vel multo excedentes; sepala lateralia
oblique oblonga acuta porrecta, sub apice apiculata 1°4 cm. longa ;
sepalum impar horizontale, galeatum, ore orbiculari, lateralibus
zequilongum, dorso in calcar patens apice deflexo filiforme 1°3 cm.
longum, productum ; petala erecta lanceolato-falcata apice incurva
basi antice lobata, lobo oblongo rotundato ; labellum patenti-
decurvum oblongum vel oblongo-lanceolatum obtusum 1 cm.
longum ; rostellum breve erectum bifidum; anthera resupinata.
(Ex exempll, unico vivo, pluribusque exstccatis.)—D. cornuta,
Krinz. in Gen. & Sp. Orch. 1. (1900), 768.

Hab.: South-western Region; Care Cotony: Sandy plains
east of Cape Town, Rapenburg, alt. infra 30 met., fl. Oct.,
A. W. Goatcher (No. 6862 in my herb.) ; near Salt River, Harvey ;
near Vyges Kraal farm 29 Oct. (1895), Wolley Dod, 397! near
Groene Kloof, district Malmesbury, alt. 100 met., Oct., Bolus,
4330, Oct. (1878).

Plate 82, 83. Fig. 1, odd sepal magnified two diameters ;
2, lateral sepals ; 3, flower, side view, sepals and galea removed ;
4, lip; 5, summit of ovary column and petals, all variously
magnified.

An erect robust glabrous herb, 40-80 cm. high; stem straight,
stout, leafy; leaves erect-spreading lanceolate acuminate, 15-30 cm.
long, margins undulate, sheathing at base and gradually passing
upward into bracts; spike cylindrical, 20-35 cm. long, closely
many-flowered, the flowers ascending ; bracts ovate-lanceolate or
lanceolate acuminate, in length equalling or sometimes much

exceeding the flowers ; lateral sepals projecting forward, obliquely
oblong acute apiculate, below the apex, 14 cm. long; odd sepal
horizontal, somewhat helmet-shaped, mouth orbicular, equalling
the lateral sepals in length, produced behind into a spreading
filiform spur 1°3 cm. long, which is deflexed at the apex; petals
erect lanceolate-falcate, incurved at the apex, at the base lobed
in front, the lobe oblong and rounded; lip spreading-decurved
oblong or oblong-lanceolate obtuse, 1 cm. long, rostellum short
erect bifid; anther resupinate.

The chief marks of distinction from D. cornuta are the longer
slenderer straighter spur and the much narrower and differently
marked lip. It is also a taller plant with longer leaves.

TAB. 84.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe DISEA.
Genus DISA.

Disa polygonoides, Zindley Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1838) 349 ;
ffook f. Bot. Mag. t. 6532.—Herba erecta glabra, 20°45 cm. alta ;
caulis strictus subvalidus foliatus; folia ‘‘radicalia e gemma
distincta ad basin caulis”’ (ex Schlechter) erecto-patentia lineari-
lanceolata acuminata, in vaginas transeuntia, 9-80 cm. longa ;
spica cylindrica, 4-10 cm. longa 2-2°5 cm. diam. dense multiflora,
floribus adscendentibus ; bractaze submembranacez ovato-lanceo-
late acuminate floribus breviores ; sepala lateralia patenti-deflexa
oblonga obtusa, 0°6 cm. longa ; sepalum impar erectum cacullato-
galeatum, ore obovato-elliptico, dorso supra basin in calcar
dependens clavatum limbo paullo brevius productum; petala
erecta spathulato-obovata, 0°4 cm. longa; labellum deflexum
lineare obtusum, petalis subequilongum; _ rostellum erectum
vlobum, glanduliferis brevissimis, intermedio majore obtuso ;
anthera erecta. (Hx exempl. unico vivo, pluribusque exsiccatts.)
—D, natalensis, Lindley in Hook, Lond. Journ. Bot. 1. (1842) p, 16.

Hab.: South-eastern Region ; Care Cotony: Marshy places
near Grahamstown, alt. 610 met., fl. Dec., MacOwan, 357; grassy
hills near the mouth of the Kei R., alt. 60 met., fl. Jan.,
Hf, G. Flanagan, 528, R. Schlechter, 6205; between Umtata and
St. John’s R., alt. 305-610 met., fl. Feb., Drége. NATAL: near
Durban, alt. 30 met., fl. Sept., 7. Wyle, 18 in herb. Wood. Zulu-
land, Ngoya, alt. 610 met., fl. April, Wyle (No. 7600! in herb.
Wood). TRANs-VAAL: in marsh near Donkerhoek, alt. 1500 met.,
fl. Nov., R. Schlechter, 3717!

Plate 84. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, ditto, side view;
3, odd sepal, front view; 4, one of the petals; 5, column, wich
one of the petals ; 6, column, front view ; 7, one of the pollinia.

An erect glabrous herb, 20-45 cm. high ; stem straight, rather
stout, leafy ; leaves (‘‘ the radical, from a distinct bud at the base
of the stem ’”’—according to Mr. Schlechter, which I have not had
an opportunity of verifying. My specimens do not shew it, but I
do not in any way doubt the correctness of the statement)—erect-

spreading, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 9-380 cm. long, passing
upward into sheaths; spike cylindrical, 4-10 cm. long, 2-2°5 cm.
wide, densely many-flowered, flowers ascending ; bracts sub-
membranous, ovate-lanceolate acuminate, shorter than the flowers;
lateral sepals spreading-deflexed, oblong obtuse, 0°6 cm. long ;
odd sepal erect, cucullate-galeate, mouth obovate elliptical,
produced behind above the base into a pendulous clavate spur, a
little shorter than the limb. Petals erect spathulate-obovate,
0°4 cm. long. Lip deflexed, linear obtuse, about as long as the
petals; rostellum erect, 3lobed, gland-bearing lobes very short,
the intermediate larger, obtuse ; anther erect.

Described from one living and several dried specimens.

TAB. 85.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe DISEZ.
Genus DISA.

Disa racemosa, Linn. fil. Suppl. (1781) 406, Hook. Bot. Mag.,
¢, 7021.—Herba erecta gracilis glabra, 25-70 cm. alta; caulis
strictus vel subflexuosus, basin versus foliatus ; folia radicalia 3-7,
patentia vel erecto-patentia linearia vel lineari-lanceolata, acuta,
5-20 cm. longa, caulina similia in vaginas subdistantes sensim
transeuntia; racemus laxe 4-9florus, floribus in genere inter
majores, adscendentibus ; bracteze late ovate acuminatz colorate,
ovario longiores ; sepala lateralia patentia ovato-elliptica obtusis-
sima, subapice apiculata, 2-2°5 cm, longa; sepalum impar erectum
concavum, late ovatum vel suborbiculare, dorso infra medium
saccatum ; petala erecta, oblique oblonga, apice incurva, supra
antheram conniventia, margine posteriore erosulata, 1-1°3 cm.
longa ; labellum porrecto-deflexum, lineare acutum 1 cm. longum;
rostellum erectum trilobum, glanduliferis divaricatis, appendice
petaloidea postice ornatis, intermedio obtuso concavo; anthera
adscendens. (4x exempll. pluribus vivis exsiccatisque.)—Satyrium
secundum, Thunb, Prodr. Plant, Cap. (1794) 4; D. seeunda, Swarts
in Kongl. Vetensk. Acad, Handi. Vol. xxi. (1800) p. 213.

Hab.: South-western Region; Care Cotony: Moist places
in sheltered ravines on the eastern slopes of the mountains of the
Cape Peninsula ; fl. Dec.-Jan. Zeyher 8915, Bolus, 4888 ; Schlechter,
94; Wolley Dod, 860. Du Toit’s Kloof, alt. 610-914 met., Drége ;
Tulbagh, near the Waterfall, Oct., Zeyher ; Zitzi-Kamma, alt. 60
met. fl. Nov., &. Schlechter; South-eastern Region; near
Howison’s Poort, alt. 540 met., fl. Dec., R. W. Read, No. 1293!
in my herb. ; near Grahamstown, alt. 610-760 met. fl. Nov.-Dec.,
E. Galpin, 292!

Plate 85, Fig. 1. One of the lateral sepals; 2, odd sepal
front view ; 3, ditto, side view ; 4, one of the petals ; 5, column petals
and lip ; 6, column, side view ; 7, one of the pollinia.

An erect slender glabrous herb, 25-70 cm. high ; stem straight
or subflexuose, leafy towards the base ; radical leaves 3-7 spreading

or erect-spreading linear or linear-lanceolate, acute, 5-20 cm.
long, cauline similar, gradually passing off into the somewhat
distant sheaths ; raceme laxly 4-9flowered, flowers among the larger
ones in the genus, ascending; bracts broadly ovate acuminate,
coloured, longer than the ovary; lateral sepals spreading
ovate-elliptical, very obtuse, apiculate below the apex, 2-2°5 cm.
long; odd sepal erect concave, broadly ovate or suborbicular,
dorsally saccate below the middle ; petals erect, obliquely oblong,
incurved at the apex and arching over the anther, the posterior
margin erosulate, 1-1°3 cm. long; lip spreading-deflexed linear
acute, 1 cm. long; rostellum erect 3lobed, the gland-bearing
divaricate, furnished behind with a petaloid appendage, the inter-
mediate obtuse concave; anther ascending,

Described from several dried and living specimens

TAB. 86.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe DISEA.
Genus DISA.

Disa venosa, Swartz in Kongl. Vetensk, Acad. Handl., vol. xxi.
(1800), 218, not of Lind/.—Herba erecta gracilis glabra, 20-50 cm.
alta ; caulis strictus vel flexuosus, basi foliatus; folia radicalia 3-4
oblonga acuta, 8-5 cm. longa ; caulina similia in vaginas sub remotas
acutas sensim transeuntia; racemus laxe 2-4florus, floribus
adscendentibus ; bracteze erectae ovate acuminate, ovario paullo
longiores ; sepala lateralia patentia ovato-oblonga acuta, 1°5-2 cm.
longa; sepalum impar erectum concavum subgaleatum ore rhom-
boideo-cuneatum, dorso infra medium saccatum ; petala erecta
oblonga, apice incurva dentataque, antice lobata, 0:9 cm. longa ;
labellum porrecto-deflexum lineare acutum, petalis subaquilongum;
rostellum erectum trilobum, glanduliferis incurvis ideoque glandulis
oppositis, appendice petaloidea postice ornatis, intermedio obtuso
concavo ; anthera erecta. (Hx exempll. plur. viv. exsiccatisque.)
D. racemosa, Sw. var. venosa Schltr. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb.,
vol, xxxi. (1902), p. 227.

Hab.: South-western Region ; Carpe CoLony: moist places
in sheltered ravines on the eastern slopes of the mountains of the
Cape Peninsula, alt. 610-914 met., fl. Dec., Harvey, Bolus, 4845,
R. Schlechter, 451; mountains near Du Toit’s Kloof, alt. 610 met.,
fl. Dec., Drege ; foot of the mountains round French Hoek, alt.
390 met., fl. Nov., Bolus, 5274, R. Schlechter, 9811! Krakadouw
Pass, Cederbergen, alt. 914 met., fl. Jan., C. Z. Lezpoldt, 603 !

Plate 86. Fig. 1, flower, side view; 2, column and petals,
front view; 38, odd sepal, front view; 4, one of the petals;
5, column, side view; 6, one of the pollinia.

An erect slender glabrous herb, 20-50 cm. high ; stem straight
or flexuose, leafy at the base; radical leaves 3-4 oblong acute,
3-5 cm. long, cauline similar, gradually passing off into the rather
remote acute sheaths ; raceme laxly 2-4 flowered, flowers ascending ;
bracts erect ovate acuminate, a little longer than the ovary ; lateral
sepals spreading ovate-oblong acute, 1°5-2 cm. long; odd sepal

erect concave subgaleate rhomboid-cuneate in outline, dorsally
saccate below the middle; petals erect oblong, incurved at the
apex and dentate, lobed in front, 0°9 cm. long; lip spreading-
deflexed, linear acute, about as long as the petals ; rostellum erect
Blobed, gland-bearing lobes incurved, so that the glands are
opposite, furnished posticously with a petaloid appendage, inter-
mediate lobe obtuse concave ; anther erect.

Described from several living and dried specimens.

Opinions have differed as to whether this species is sufficiently
distinct from D. racemosa (see the previous figure). I think it is,
but I admit that there is room for difference of opinion and I
cannot plead that such difference is due in this case (as it so often
is) to the fact that some of those who differ have not seen the
plant in its living state, since my friend, Dr. Schlechter, than
whom I know of no more competent judge, regards it (Wonogr. der
Disee. Engl. Bot. Jahrb.. xxxi., 227) as a mere var. of D. race-
mosa L.f. I would urge, however, that the difference in the shape
of the odd sepal, in the relative position of the glands of the
pollinia (those of D. venosa facing each other, while those of
D. racemosa are in the usual position facing the front of the flower),
taken in conjunction with the greater robustness of D. racemosa,
constitute strong arguments for the maintenance of this species.

TAB. 87.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe DISEA.
Genus DISA.

Disa oligantha, Reichenbach fil. in Flora (1865), p. 182.—
Herba gracilis pusilla glabra; caulis erectus strictus vel sub-
flexuosus foliatus 5:°5-14 cm. altus; folia radicalia 3-5, erecto-
patentia oblanceolata acuta basin versus longe attenuata in petiolum
vaginans, 1°5-4°5 cm. longa, in vaginas acuminatas sensim tran-
seuntia ; racemus subcorymbosus 2-4florus, floribus in genere
inter minores, erectis vel adscendentibus ; bractee erectz lanceo-
late acuminate, ovario paullo longiores ; sepala lateralia adscen-
dentia incurva concava suboblique obovata obtusa, 0°7 cm. longa ;
sepalum impar horizontale, circuitu manu explicatum transverse
ellipticum, lateralibus paullo brevius 38lobum, lobis lateralibus
erectis late rotundatis, intermedio cucullato obtuso apice incurvo ;
petala horizontalia carnosa circuitu obovata truncata, apice antice
lobata, lobo inflexo, 0°4 cm. longa ; labellum posticum porrectum
lineare obtusum, petalis zquilongum; rostellum erectum 3lobum,
glanduliferis brevissimis, intermedio concavo reflexo; anthera
horizontalis ; ovarium rectum nec tortum.—(Zx exempll. plur. viv.
exsiccatisque). Penthea triloba, Sonder in Linnea, xix. (1847) 104;
D, parvilabris, Bolus tn Journ. Linn. Soc., v. xix. (1882), 344,

Hab: South-western Region; Care Cotony: in grassy
places, summit of Table Mt. near Maclear’s Beacon, alt. 1081 met.,
fl. Dec., A. A. Bodkin, in my herb. ; same place and month,
Wolley-Dod, 2338! same place and month, Dr. R. Marloth (No.
7984 in my herb.); Jonker’s Hoek, distr. Stellenbosch, Dr. Marloth!

Plate 87. Figs. 1, 2, flower, oblique view ; 38, ditto, posticous
view, shewing the posticous lip ; 4, one of the petals flattened out ;
5, ditto, natural position ; 6, odd sepal side view, anticous side on
the right; 7, 7, lip from different flowers ; 8, column, with one
petal in situ. ; 9, one of the pollinia.

A dwarf slender glabrous herb. 6°b-14 cm. high; stem erect
straight or subflexuous, leafy ; radical leaves, 3-5, erect-spreading,
oblanceolate, acute, towards the base long attenuate into a
sheathing petiole, 1°5-4:5 cm. long, gradually passing upward

into acuminate sheaths; raceme subcorymbose 2-4flowered,
flowers amongst the smaller ones in the genus, erect or
ascending ; bracts erect lanceolate acuminate, a little longer
than the ovary ; lateral sepals ascending incurved concave, some-
what obliquely obovate obtuse, 0°7 cm. long ; odd sepal horizontal,
when flattened out by hand in outline transversely elliptical, a
little shorter than the lateral, 3lobed, lateral lobes erect broadly
rounded, intermediate cucullate obtuse, incurved at the apex;
petals horizontal fleshy, obovate in outline, truncate, lobed in
front at the apex, the lobe inflexed, 0'4 c.m. long ; lip posticous
porrect linear obtuse, as long as the petals; rostellum erect
3lobed, the gland-bearing lobes very short, intermediate concave
reflexed ; anther horizontal ; ovary straight—not twisted.

Described from several dried and living specimens. Closely
allied to D. Richardiana Lehmann, but easily distinguished by the
3lobed odd sepal which is most unusual in the genus.

TAB. 88.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe DISEZA.
Genus DISA.

Disa macrostachya, Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc., vol. xxv.
(1890), g. 197.—Herba erecta glabra, 15-35 cm. alta; caulis
strictus vel subflexuosus, foliatus ; folia erecta linearia vel lineari-
lanceolata, acuminata, 5-10 cm. longa; spica cylindrica laxiuscule
multiflora, floribus adscendentibus ; bractez erecta membranaceze
reticulate late ovate, longe cuspidate, cuspide torta, flores sepius
excedentes; sepala lateralia deflexa oblonga obtusa, 0°6 cm.
longa; sepalum impar erectum galeato-concavum, ore obovato
vel oblongo, lateralibus subzquilongum, dorso in calcar pendulum
filiforme, ovario paullo brevius vel zquilongum, productum ;
petala erecta oblique ovata subfalcata subacuta, 0°5 cm. longa;
labellum deflexum carnosum oblongo ligulatum obtusum, 0°6 cm.
longum ; rostellum erectum subquadratum utrinque tuberculatum,
rima tenui inter id et stigma; anthera resupinata; glandula
pollinium unica. (2x exemplari unico viv., pluribusque exstccatis.)
—Monadenia macrostachya, Lindley, Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1838),
p. 357; D. reticulata, Bolus, in Journ. Linn. Soc., vol. xxii. (1844),
p. 13; Orch. Cape Penins. (1888), 4, 16; M. reticulata, Dur. &
Sching., Conspect. Flor, Afr., v. (1895), p. 112,

Hab: South-western Region; Care Cotony: Slopes of
Table Mt., alt. 854 met., fl. Dec., Bolus, 4897 ; Constantiaberg,
near Tokay, alt. 610 met., fl. Dec., A Bodkin / (No. 4988 in my
herb,) ; Steenberg, fl. Nov., A. H. Wolley Dod, 2179!; Mts. near
Onrust River, Caledon district, alt, 762 met., fl. Nov., R. Schlechter,
9502!; stony places, Montagu Pass, alt. 610 met., fl. Nov., R.
Schlechter, 5791!

Plate 88. Fig. 1, flower, side view; 2, ditto, front view ;
3, one of the petals; 4, odd sepal ; 5, 5, petals; 6, lip ; 7, column,
side view; 8, ditto, front view; 9, pollinarium—all variously
magnified,

An erect glabrous herb, 15-85 cm. high; stem straight or
somewhat flexuous, leafy ; leaves erect linear or linear-lanceolate,

acuminate, 5-10 cm. long; spike cylindrical, rather laxly many-
flowered, flowers ascending ; bracts erect membranous, reticulately
veined, broadly ovate, with a long twisted cusp, usually longer
than the flowers ; lateral sepals deflexed oblong obtuse, 0°6 cm.
long ; odd sepal erect galeate-concave, mouth obovate or oblong,
about as long as the lateral, produced at the back into a pendulous
filiform spur, a little shorter than or as long as the ovary ; petals
erect, obliquely ovate, subfalcate subacute, 0°5 cm. long: lip
deflexed fleshy oblong-ligulate obtuse, 0°6 cm. long; rostellum
erect subquadrate, tuberculate on each side, with a slight cleft
between it and the stigma; anther resupinate; gland of the
pollinia solitary.

Described from several dried specimens and a living one
collected by Dr. R. Schlechter in Montagu Pass, from which
also the drawing was made.

This species was figured in the ‘‘ Orchids of the Cape Peninsula,”
under Tab. 16, as D. reticulata Bolus.

TAB. 89.

Tribe OPHRYDEZ.
Sub-tribe DISEA.
Genus DISA.

Disa rufescens,, Swartz zn Kongl. Vet. Acad. Handl. (1800),
p. 210.—Herba erecta glabra gracilis vel subrobusta, 12-40 cm.
alta ; caulis strictus, basi foliatus ; folia erecta lanceolata acuta,
6-8 cm. longa, sensim in vaginas erectas sursum transeuntia ;
spica cylindrica, laxiuscule multiflora, 6-20 cm. longa, floribus
adscendentibus ; bractez erecte herbacee ovate acuminate,
Ovaria superantes; sepala lateralia erecta vel patenti-recurva,
oblonga obtusa, 0°6-0°7 cm. longa; sepalum impar erectum
oblongo-galeatum obtusum, sepalis lateralibus equilongum, basi
in calcar subfiliforme stricte dependens, 1°6-1°8 cm. longum,
productum; petala erecta ovato oblonga sepalis subzquilonga ;
labellum patenti-deflexum linguiforme obtusum; rostellum erectum
semi-lunatum, brachiis acutis, stigma superans, rima inter id et
stigma tenuissima vix perspicua; anthera valde resupinata ;
stigma excavatum. (2x exempl. unico viv. sub numero 4551
lecto, delineatogue plur. exstccatisque.)—Monadenia macrocera,
Lindl., Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1838), p. 858; M. leptostachya, Sonder
in Linn. xix. (1847), p. 101; M. rufescens, Dur. & Schinz,
Consp. fl. Afr. v. (1895); Satyrium rufescens, Thunb. Prodr.
Pl. Cap. (1794), . 5.

Hab. : South-western Region; Care Co.Lony: Sandy flats,
usually in damp spots between Claremont and Wynberg, near
Capetown, alt. 15-30 met.. fl. Aug.-Sept., Bolus, 4551, Schlechter,
1550; Table Mt., lower plateau, alt. circ. 760 met., fl. Oct., Bolus,
4969; Kloof, near Wynberg Reservoir, on Table Mt., fl. Oct.,
Wolley Dod, 3066!; near the Matroosberg, dist. Worcester, early
Oct., 7. D. C. Lamb!; Sandy places near Groene Kloof, dist.
Malmesbury, Zhunberg.

Plate 89. Fig. 1, flower, side view; 2, ditto, front view;
3, one of the lateral sepals ; 4, odd sepal; 5, petals and lip in
situ ; 6, lip; 7, one of the petals; 8, column and one petal, side
view ; 9, column, front view; 10, pollinarium.

An erect glabrous slender or somewhat robust herb, 12-40 cm.
high ; stem straight, leafy at base ; leaves erect lanceolate acute,

6-8 cm. long, gradually passing off upwards into the erect sheaths
spike cylindical, rather laxly many-flowered, 6-20 cm. long, flowers
ascending ; bracts erect herbaceous ovate acuminate, longer than
the ovary; lateral sepals erect or spreading-recurved, oblong
obtuse, 0°6-0°7 cm. long ; odd sepal erect oblong-galeate obtuse,
as long as the lateral sepals, produced at base into a subfiliform
straight pendulous spur, 1°6-1°8 cm. long; petals erect ovate-
oblong, as long as the sepals ; lip spreading-deflexed linguiform
obtuse ; rostellum erect semi-lunate, gland-bearing arms acute,
exceeding the stigma, the cleft between it and the stigma very
slight or hardly perceptible; anther strongly resupinate ; stigma
excavate.

Described from several dried specimens and a living one, under
my number 4561, from which the drawing was made.

TAB. 90.

Tribe OPHRYDEA.
Sub-tribe DISEA,
Genus Disa.

Disa Bolusiana, Schlechter in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. vol. xxiv.
(1898). 480.—Herba erecta glabra, 12-25 cm. alta; caulis szepius
strictus rarius subflexuosus, basi foliatus supra medium vaginis
3-4 arcte appressis acutis dense vestitus; folia 3-4 patentia vel
seepius erecta lanceolata acuta, 4-6 cm. longa; spica oblonga
vel cylindrica, 6-11flora, floribus adscendentibus; bractez ovate
acuminate, ovarium equantes vel paullo superantes ; sepala
lateralia patenti-recurva, oblique ovata obtusa, 0:8 cm. longa ;
sepalum impar erectum, lateralibus equilongum, cucullato-
galeatum, ore oblongo, basi in calcar dependens subcylindricum
obtusum ovarium paullo superans productum, ostio calcaris infun-
dibuliformi ; petala erecta, oblique ovato-oblonga, apice obscure
biloba, 0°6 cm. longa; labellum deflexum linguiforme obtusum,
petalis zquilongum ; rostellum erectum, brachiis obtusis utrinque
auriculata, rima profunda inter id et stigma; anthera valde
resupinata ; glandula unica; stigma rostellum paullo superans.
(Ex exempl. unico vivo sub numero 4903 delineato, plur.
exstccatisque.)

Hab, : South-western Region ; Care Cotony : Grassy places
summit of Table Mt. just below Maclear’s beacon, alt. 1066 met.,
fl. Jan., W. C. Scully! (No. 4903 in my herb.) ; same place, A. A.
Bodkin! slopes of the Langebergen, above Zuurbraak, ditione
Swellendam, alt. 940 met., fl., Jan., R. Schlechter.

Plate 90. Fig. 1, flower, side view ; 2, odd sepal; 8, one of
the lateral sepals; 4, one of the petals ; 5, lip; 6, column, side
view ; 7, ditto, seen from above; 8, pollinarium ; 9, flower, front
view—all variously magnified.

An erect glabrous herb, 12-25 cm. high ; stem usually straight,
more rarely subflexuous, leafy at base, clothed above the middle
with 3-4, closely appressed, acute imbricating sheaths ; leaves 3-4
spreading or more often erect lanceolate acute, 4-6 cm. long ;
spike oblong or cylindrical, 6-11flowered, flowers ascending ; bracts
ovate acuminate, as long as or a little longer than the ovary ;

lateral sepals spreading-recurved, obliquely ovate obtuse, 0°8 cm.
long ; odd sepal erect, as long as the lateral, cucullate-galeate,
mouth oblong, produced at base into a pendulous subcylindrical
obtuse spur, a little longer than the ovary, the mouth of the spur
infundibuliform ; petals erect, obliquely ovate-oblong, obscurely
bilobed at the apex, 0°6 cm. long ; lip deflexed linguiform obtuse,
as long as the petals ; rostellum erect, gland-bearing arms obtuse,
auriculate on each side, with a deep cleft between it and the
stigma; anther strongly resupinate ; gland solitary; stigma a
little higher than the rostellum.

Described from a living specimen under my number 4903, from
which also the drawing was made, and trom several dried speci-
mens. This plant has given considerable difficulty in the past as
having been erroneously taken for D. rufescens Sw., and we are
indebted to Dr. Schlechter and Mr. N. E. Brown, of the Kew
Herbarium, for clearing up the difficulty by a careful examination
of Thunberg’s type specimen in Swartz’s collection. This establishes
the differences between that and the present species which may
be briefly expressed as follows :—(1) In this species the cleft
between the stigma and the rostellum is remarkably deeper, and
the stigma is slightly higher than the rostellum ; (2) the presence
of auricles on the rostellum and the obtuse gland-bearing arms ;
(8) the wider infundibuliform orifice of the spur.

TAB. 91.

Tribe OPHRYDEA.
Sub-tribe DISEA.
Genus DISA.

Disa cernua, Swarts 7x Kongl. Vetensk, Acad. Handl., vol. xxi.
(1800), ~. 211.—Herba robusta erecta glabra, 20-50 cm. alta;
caulis strictus validus foliatus ; folia erecto-patentia lineari-
lanceolata acuta, 10-18 cm. longa; spica cylincrica, dense
multiflora, 8-25 cm. longa, 2°5-3°5 cm. diametro ; bractez erecto-
patentes foliacew lanceolate acutz szpius floribus breviores ;
sepala lateralia deflexa oblonga obtusa, | cm. longa; sepalum
impar cucullato-galeato, ore obovato-oblongo, basi in calcar
pendulum inflatum obtusissimum, ovario multo brevius productum;
petala erecta, oblique ovato-oblonga, basi dorso ampliata ; Jabellum
deflexum linguiforme obtusum, sepalis equilongum ; rostellum
adscendens, brachiis glanduliferis obtusis, alis patenti-reflexis
ornatum, rima inter stigma et rostellum obsoleta; anthera valde
resupinata ; glandula unica semi-lunata. (4x exempl. unico vivo
pluribusque exstccatis.)——Disa physodes, Swarts in Kongl. Vetensk.
Acad. Handl., vol. xxi. (1800), p. 212; D. prasinata, Ker tn Bot.
Reg. iii. (1817), 4 210; D, densiflora, Bolus tn Journ. Linn. Soc.
Bot., vol, xxv. (1890), ~. 197; Monadenia prasinata, Lindl,
Gen. & Sp. Orch, (1838), ~. 358 ; M. densiflora, Lindl. Gen. & Sp.
Orch, (1888), ~. 857; M. inflata, Sond tn Linnea xix. (1847),
p. 102; M: physodes, Retchb. f. in Flora (1883), 461; M. cernua,
Dur. & Schinz Consp. Flor. Afr. 5, p, 111 (1895).

Hab. : South-western Region ; Care CoLony: Sandy plains
near Wynberg, Zeyher, 1569!; lower slopes of Lion Mt., near
Sea Point, alt. 60 met., fl. Sept., Ze Sueur (No. 4973 in my herb.) ;
near ‘‘the Commetje,” Chapman’s Bay, fl. Oct., MWolley Dod,
3635 !; hills near Malmesbury, alt. 90 met., fl. Oct., Bolus, 4836,
R. Schlechter ; near the waterfall, Tulbagh, alt. 120 met., fl. Sept.,
R. Schlechter, 1452; near Groene Vlei, Piquetberg, fl. Oct., Bolus,
13466 ; near Ceres, alt. 455 met., fl, Oct., Bolus; Montagu Pass,
near George, alt. 365 met., fl. Oct., A. W. Young (No. 5584 in my
herb.) ; near Knysna, alt. 6 met., fl. Nov., &. Schlechtler.

Plate 91. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, odd sepal; 3, one of
the lateral sepals; 4, column with petals in situ, front view ;

5, column, side view; 6, ditto, front view; 7, ditto, back view ;
8, pollinarium.

An erect robust glabrous herb, 20-50 cm. high ; stem straight
stout leafy ; leaves ‘erect-spreading linear-lanceolate acute,
10-18 cm. long ; spike cylindrical densely many-flowered, 8-25 cm,
long, 2°5-3°5 cm. in diameter ; bracts erect-spreading, leaf-like
lanceolate acute, usually shorter than the flowers; lateral sepals
deflexed oblong obtuse, 1 cm. long ; odd sepal cucullate-galeate,
mouth obovate-oblong, produced at base into a pendulous inflated
very obtuse spur, much shorter than the ovary; petals erect,
obliquely ovate-oblong, widened dorsally at the base; lip deflexed
linguiform obtuse, as long as the sepals; rostellum ascending,
the gland-bearing arms obtuse, provided with spreading-reflexed
wings, the cleft between it and the stigma obsolete; anther
strongly resupinate ; gland solitary, semi-lunate.

Described from several dried specimens and a living one,
gathered near Ceres, from which the drawing was made. This
was more prettily coloured than those I had seen near Cape Town.
It had a very heavy and unpleasant odour.

TAB. 92.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe DISEA,
Genus SCHIZODIUM.

Schizodium flexuosum, Zznd/., Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1888), p. 359.
-—Herba gracilis erecta glaberrima, 15-32 cm. alta; folia 3-6, radicalia
patentia spathulato-oblonga vel subovata acuta vel obtusa, basi in
petiolum vaginantem angustata, 1-2 cm. longa; scapus tenuis
rigidus politus basi precipue valde flexuosus, vaginis 8-6, foliaceis
erectis distantibus vestitus; racemus laxe 2-6florus, floribus in
genere maximis, erectis ; bracteze ovato-lanceolatee acute sub-
cucullate herbacez, pedicellum paullo superantes ; sepala lateralia
patentia, late obovata, obtusissima, 1*1 cm. longa ; sepalum
impar erectum, suborbiculare, marginibus subito reflexis, basi in
calcar recurvum, 0°38 cm. longum productum ; petala erecta e basi
oblique ovata linearia subobtusa, sepalo impari subzequalia ;
labellum subpanduriforme porrectum, hypochilio concavo abbre-
viato, mesochilio ampliato undulato, epichilio rostrato deflexo
acuminato ; rostellum erectum. (2x exempl. unico vivo pluribusque
exsiccatis.\—Orchis flexuosa, Linn. Spec. Plant. (1764), 1881 ;
Satyrium flexuosum, Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap. (1794), p. 53 Disa
flexuosa, Swarts in Kongl. Vet. Acad. Handl. xxi, (1800), p. 212.

Hab. : South-western Region ; Care CoLtony: Sandy downs
between Cape Town and Wynberg, alt. 15-380 met., Ecklon &
Zeyher, A. Bodkin; near Paarl, alt. 120 met., fl. Oct., MacOwan,
in Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr.,172!; damp places between Groene
Kloof and Malmesbury, alt. 120 met., fl. Oct., Bolus, 4832; near
Hopefield, alt., 45 met., fl. Sept., R. Schlechter, 5809 ; mountains
near the Tulbagh waterfall, alt. 185 met., fl. Aug., 2. Schlechter ;
mountain slopes, Hex R. Valley, alt. 486 met., fl. Oct., W. Zyson,
642!; near Nieuwoudtville, Calvinia, fl. Sept., C. Z. Lezpoldt, 928!

Plate 92. Fig. 1, flower, side view; 2, 2, petals; 3, side
sepals and lip, front view; 4, petals and column, front view ;
5, column, side view ; 6, ditto, front view ; 7, one of the pollinia.

An erect slender very glabrous herb, 15-82 cm. high; leaves
3-6, radical, spreading, spathulate-oblong or subovate acute or
obtuse, narrowed at the base into a sheathing petiole, 1-2 cm.

long; scape wiry rigid polished, strongly flexuous, especially at
the base, furnished with 3-6 leaf-like erect distant sheaths ; raceme
laxly 2-6flowered, flowers erect, the largest in the genus; bracts
ovate-lanceolate acute subcucullate herbaceous, a little longer than
the pedicels ; lateral sepals spreading, broadly obovate, very obtuse,
1-1 cm. long; odd sepal erect suborbicular, margins suddenly
reflexed, produced at base into a recurved spur, 0°38 cm. long ;
petals erect, from an obliquely ovate base, linear subobtuse, about
as long as the odd sepal ; lip subpanduriform porrect, hypochilium
concave abbreviated, mesochilium widened undulate, epichilium
deflexed rostrate acuminate ; rostellum erect.

Described from a living specimen and several dried ones.

TAB. 93.

Tribe OPHRYDE.E.
Sub-tribe DISEA.
Genus SCHIZODIUM.

Schizodium inflexum, Z7vd/., Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1838),
p. 360.—Herba erecta gracillima glaberrima, 15-27 cm. alta;
folia 4-7, radicalia patentia obovato-oblonga acuta undulata,
1:5-2°5 cm. longa ; scapus rigidus tenuissimus politus, in genere
minime flexuosus, vaginis 38-5 distantibus erectis acutis sub-
herbaceis vestitus; racemus laxe 2-4florus, floribus erectis ;
bracteze ovato-lanceolate acute vel acuminate, subcucullate,
pedicellis paullo longiores; sepala lateralia porrecta oblonga
obtusa, 0°7-0°9 cm. longa; sepalum impar erectum concavum,
0-5 cm. longum, dorso in calcar rectum horizontale cylindricum
obtusissimum, lateraliter subcompressum, 0°6-0°8 cm. longum,
productum ; petala erecta oblonga, apice ineequaliter bidenticulata ;
basi antice ampliata, sepalo impari paullo breviores ; labellum
deflexum subpanduriforme, hypochilio adscendente concavo, me-
sochilio convexo ampliato ovato, antice in epichilio involuto
filiformi abrupte deflexo desinens. (2x exempl. unico vivo
pluribusque exsiccatis.\—Disa inflexa, Mund. ex Lindl., Gen. &
Sp. Orch, (1888), p. 360.

Hab.: South-western Region ; Care Cotony: Damp places,
summit of Table Mt., alt. 730-1066 met., fl. Dec., Bolus, 3882,
Wolley Dod, 2125!; Winterhoeksberg, Tulbagh, fl. Oct,, A. Bolus ;
near Houw Hoek, Caledon, alt. 610 met., fl. Oct., 2. Schlechter,
5488; Garcia’s Pass, Riversdale, alt. 430 met., fl. Oct., Bolus,
E. Galpin, 4626!; Krakadouw, Clanwilliam, alt. 915 met., fl. Oct.,
A. Bodkin!; Zwartberg Pass, alt. 1676 met., fl. Dec., Bolus,
11647; mountains near Montagu Pass, Rehmann, 29.

Plate 93. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, odd sepal ; 8, lip’;
4, petals, and column, front view ; 5, column, side view.

An erect very slender glabrous herb, 19-27 cm. high ; leaves
4-7 radical, spreading, obovate-oblong, acute, undulate 1°5-2°5 cm.
long; scape rigid wiry, polished less flexuous than any other
species in the genus, furnished with 3-5 distant erect acute, sub-
herbaceous sheaths; raceme laxly 2-4flowered, flowers erect; bract

ovate-lanceolate acute or acuminate, subcucullate, a little longer
than the pedicels, lateral sepals porrect, oblong obtuse, 0°7-0°9 cm.
long ; odd sepal erect concave, 0°5 cm. long, produced at the back
into a straight horizontal cylindrical obtuse somewhat laterally
compressed spur, 0°6-0°8 cm. long; petals erect oblong, unequally
bidenticulate at the apex, widened at the base in front, a little
shorter than the odd sepal; lip deflexed subpanduriform, hypo-
chillum ascending concave, mesochilium widened convex ovate,
produced in front into an involute beak-like abruptly deflexed
epichilium.

Described from one living and several dried specimens.

TABB. 94, 95.

Tribe OPHRYDE.
Sub-tribe DISE%.
Genus SCHIZODIUM.

Schizodium rigidum, Zzzdley, Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1838),
p. 360.—Herba erecta gracilis glabra, 8-25 cm. alta; folia 4-7
radicalia patentia spathulato-lanceolata acuta vel obtusa, mar-
ginibus szepe undulatis, 1-2°5 cm. longa; scapus flexuosus rigidus
tenuis politus, vaginis 2-4 distantibus erectis acutis foliaceis
vestitus; racemus 1-4florus, floribus adscendentibus; bractez
erectz cucullate ovate acute, pedicellis paullo longiores; sepala
lateralia porrecto-deflexa oblonga obtusa vel subacuta, 0°9-1°5 cm.
longa; sepalum impar erectum, concavum oblongum acutum,
dorso in calcar apicem versus adscendens cylindricum obtusum,
1-1-1:2 cm. longum productum ; petala erecta oblonga, basi antice
ampliata, apice inaqualiter dentata, 0°7-1 cm. longa; labellum
subpanduriforme patenti-deflexum, hypochilio erecto concavo,
mesochilio ampliato undulato, in epichilium filiforme rostratum
abrupte deflexum producto. (2x exempll. plur. vivis. exsiccatisque.)

Hab.: South-western Region; Care CoLony: In sandy
dunes near Constantia, near Cape Town, alt. 60 met., fl.
Sept., A. Bodkin (No. 7019 in my herb.) ; near Sir Lowry’s Pass,
alt. 120 met., fl. July, &. Schlechter, 1175! and Bolus, 7481 ; hills
near Swellendam, fl. Aug., P. Borcherds (No. 6275 in my herb.).

Plate 94. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, petals and lip, in
situ; 8, lip, back view; 4, one of the petals; 5, petals and
column, front view ; 6, odd sepal ; 7, column, front view; 8, ditto,
side view ; 9, one of the pollinia—all variously magnified.

Plate 95. Fig. 1, flower, side view; 2, ditto, front view ;
3, odd sepal; 4, lip; 5, petals and column, front view ; 6, ditto,
side view, one petal removed ; 7, one of the petals; 8, one of the
pollinia—all variously magnified.

An erect slender glabrous herb, 8-25 cm. high; leaves 4-7,
radical spreading spathulate, lanceolate acute or obtuse, margins
often undulate, 1-2°5 cm. long ; scape flexuous rigid wiry polished,

furnished with 2-4 distant erect acute leaf-like sheaths; raceme
1-4flowered, flowers ascending ; bracts erect cucullate ovate
acute, a little longer than the pedicels ; lateral sepals porrect-
deflexed oblong obtuse or subacute, 0°9-1°5 cm. long; odd sepal
erect concave oblong acute, produced at the back into a cylindrical
obtuse spur, ascending towards the apex, 1°1-1'2 cm. long ; petals
erect oblong, widened in front at the base, unequally toothed at
the apex, 0°7-1 cm. Jong; lip subpanduriform spreading-deflexed,
hypochilium erect concave, mesochilium widened undulate, pro-
duced into the filiform rostrate abruptly deflexed epichilium.

Described from several living and dried specimens.

TAB. 96.

Tribe OPHRYDEA.
Sub-tribe DISEA.
Genus SCHIZODIUM.

Schizodium bifidum, Rezchenbach fil. in Flora (1883), p. 460.
—Herba erecta gracilis glaberrima, 8-28 cm. alta; folia radicalia
3-5 patentia lanceolato-spathulata acuta, 0°8-1°5 cm. longa ;
scapus valde flexuosus rigidus politus, vaginis 3-4 erectis acutis
foliaceis distanter vestitus ; bractez cucullate, pedicellis paullo
breviores ; sepala lateralia porrecta oblonga acuta, 0°7-1:2 cm.
longa; sepalum impar erectum oblongum subacutum concavum,
0°5-0°9 cm. longum, dorso in calcar rectum patens vel rarius
apicem versus adscendens, cylindricum apice inflatum interdum
obscure bifid., 0°4-0°6 cm. longum productum; petala erecta
ligulata, apice inequaliter bidentata basi antice ampliata mar-
ginibus fimbriatis, 0°3-0°4 cm. longa; labellum subpanduriforme,
hypochilio adscendente concavo, mesochilio ovato, in epichilium
rostratum involutum abrupte deflexum desinente. (x exempll.
plur. viv. exstccatisque.) —Satyrium bifidum, Thunb. Prodr. Pl.
Cap. (1794), p. 5; Disa bifida, Swarts. tn Kongl. Vet. Acad.
Handl., vol. xxi. (1800), 2. 212; Sehizodium obtusatum, Lind.,
Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1888), p. 360; 8. longipetalum, Lindl., zbid.
p. 359 (not of Kranzl.) ; 8, rigidum, Lindl. ibid., p. 360.

Hab.: South-western Region; Care CoLony: Sandy flats
near Wynberg, alt. 15-30 met., fl. Aug.-Oct., Ecklon & Zeyher,
R. Schlechter, 1551; damp sandy places, Muizenberg, alt. 370
met., fl. July-Aug., Bolus, 7037 and in Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr.,
173; Table Mt., alt. 545-660 met., fl. Aug.-Oct., &. Schlechter,
1314 ; mountain slopes, near Sir Lowry’s Pass, alt,, 180 met., fl.
July, &. Schlechter, 1144; mountains above Dutoitskloof, alt.
610-915 met., fl. Oct., Drége; hills near Swellendam, fl. Oct.,
R. Schlechter.

Plate 96. Fig. 1, flower, side view; 2, one of the lateral
sepals; 8, spur; 4, lip, side view; 9, ditto, oblique view ;
6, petals in situ; 7, column and petal; 8, one of the petals ;
9, one of the pollinia—all variously magnified.

An erect slender very glabrous herb, 8-28 cm. high; leaves
radical 3-5, spreading lancéolate spathulate acute, 0°8-1°5 cm.

long ; scape strongly flexuous rigid polished, furnished with 3-4
distant erect acute leaf-like sheaths; bracts cucullate, a little
shorter than the pedicels; lateral sepals porrect oblong acute,
O'7-1°2 cm. long; odd sepal erect oblong subacute concave,
0°5-0°9 cm. long, produced at the back into a straight spreading,
or more rarely towards the apex, ascending spur, cylindrical,
inflated at the apex and sometimes obscurely bilobulate, 0°4-0°6 cm.
long; petals erect ligulate, unequally bidentate at the apex,
widened at the base in front and fimbriate on the margin,
0°3-0°4 cm. long; lip subpanduriform, hypochilium ascending
concave, mesochilium ovate, ending in the beaked involute
abruptly deflexed epichilium.

Described from several living and dried specimens.

TAB. 97.-

Tribe OPHRYDEA.
Sub-tribe HABENARIE.
Genus HUTTONAA,

Huttonza fimbriata, Rezchd., fil. 1 Flora (1867), p. 116.
—Herba erecta gracilis glabra, 18-30 cm. alta; caulis debilis
subflexuosus, distanter bifoliatus ; folia caulina patentia cordato-
ovata acuminata longe petiolata, petiolo vaginante, nervis primariis
3-5, 4-7 cm. longa; spica oblonga sub dense 6-1]flora, 3-6 cm.
longa, floribus erecto-patentibus ; bractee lanceolate acuminate,
ovariis subzquilonge ; sepala lateralia patentia elliptica ob-
tusissima, breviter unguiculata, lacerato-serrulata, petalis basi
adherentia, 0°5 cm. longa; sepalum impar ovato-lanceolatum
lacerato-serrulatum, 0°4 cm. longum; petala late obovata, basin
versus saccata unguiculata, margine alte fimbriata, 0°5 cm. longa ;
labellum-patenti-deflexum cuneato-flabelliforme, basi saccatum
margine alte fimbriatum, petalis equilongum ; anthera oblonga
obtusissima. (£x exempl. untco vivo pluribusque exsiccatts.)\—
Hallackia fimbriata, Harvey, Thesaurus Capensts, vol. ii. (1863),
tab. 102,

Hab. : South-eastern Region ; Care Co.tony: Shady places
near Zuurbergen, between Griqualand East and Natal, alt. approx.
1510 met., fl. Feb., 2. Schlechter, 6614!; in thick bush, Kwenkwe
Mt., district Maclear, between Elliot and Maclear, approx. alt.
1585 met., fl. Jan., Bolus, 8774. Natai: without precise locality,
Mrs. J. R. Saunders! R. Hallack.

Plate 97. Fig, 1, flower, front view; 2, lip and column, side
view ; 3, one of the lateral sepals; 4, odd sepal; 5, column,
viewed from above—all variously magnified.

» &)

An erect slender glabrous herb, 18-00 cm. high; stem weak
subflexuous, distantly bifoliate ; leaves cauline spreading cordate-
ovate acuminate, long petiolate, petiole sheathing, primary nerves
3-5, 4-7 cm. long; spike oblong, rather densely 6-11] flowered,
3-6 cm. long, flowers erect-spreading ; bracts lanceolate acuminate,
about as long as the ovary; lateral sepals spreading elliptical,
very obtuse, shortly unguiculate lacerate-serrulate, adhering to

the petals at base, 0°5 cm. long; odd sepal ovate-lanceolate
lacerate-serrulate, 0'-4 cm. long; petals broadly obovate, saccate
towards the base, unguiculate, deeply fimbriate on the margin,
0-5 cm. long; lip spreading-deflexed cuneate-flabelliform, saccate
at base, deeply fimbriate, as long as the petals; anther oblong,
very obtuse.

Described from a living specimen and several dried ones.

TAB. 98.

Tribe NEOTTIEA.
Sub-tribe CORYMBIE.
Genus CORYMBIS.

Corymbis Welwitschii, Reich. f in Flora (1865), p. 183.—
Herba terrestris erecta glabra, 0°9-1°8 met. alta ; caulis substrictus
foliosus ; folia caulina adscendentia elliptico-lanceolata acuminata,
basi in petiolum vaginantem attenuata, subplicata, marginibus
minute crenulatis, nervis primariis 8-9, subtus prominentibus, ad
25 cm. longa, 6 cm. lata; panicule axillares, subcorymboidez
laxe 4-12flore; bractez ovato-lanceolatea acuminate 1-1°8 cm.
longe ; sepala demum patentia elongato-linearia acuta 6°5 cm.
longa; petala sepalis simillima sed apice paullo latiora, alba ;
labellum erectum petalis sub conforme, apice ovatum acuminatum ;
columna elongata teres, per totam longitudinem labelli incumbens,
6 cm. longa. (Ex exempll. plur. exsiccalis sub num, 8703.)

Hab.: South-eastern Region; Care CoLony: In swampy
shady places near the mouth of the St. John’s or Umzimvubu
River, approx. alt. 50 met., fl. Feb., H. G. Flanagan (No. 8703 in
my herb.).

Plate 98. Fig. 1, upper portion of lip, x2; 2, upper portion
of column, front view, x4, a, anther, g, gland, 7, rostellum,
s, stigma, f, pollinia; 3, ditto, back view; 4, pollinia, front
view, x4; 5, ditto, back view ; 6, sketch of whole plant, reduced.

An erect terrestrial glabrous herb, 0°9-1°8 met. high; stem
rather straight leafy ; leaves cauline ascending elliptic-lanceolate
acuminate, narrowed at base into a sheathing petiole, somewhat
plicate, minutely crenulate on the margins, primary nerves 8-9,
prominent beneath, up to 25 cm. long, 6 cm. broad; panicles
axillary subcorymbose, laxly 4-12flowered ; bracts ovate-lanceolate
acuminate, 1-1°8 cm. long; sepals spreading elongate-linear
acute green 6°5 cm. long ; petals very like the sepals, but a little
broader at the apex, white; lip erect like the petals, ovate at the
apex, acuminate; column elongate terete, incumbent on the lip,
6 cm. long.

Described from several dried specimens, and from notes made
on the living plant,

TAB. 99.

Tribe OPHRYDEA.
Sub-tribe CORYCIEA.
Genus PTERYGODIUM.

Pterygodium leucanthum, o/us i Trans. S. A. Philosoph.
Soc., vol. xvi, part 2 (1905), p. 150.—Herba erecta glabra,
15-35 cm. alta; caulis gracilis subflexuosus, foliatus; folia 4-5,
erecto-patentia, ovato-lanceolata, acuta, siccitate membranacea
venosaque ad 8 cm. longa; racemus laxe 7-10florus; bractez
erecte lanceolata acuminate floribus subzequilonge ;_ sepala
lateralia patentia cymbiformia acuta, margine anteriori obscure
unidentata, circ. 0°8 cm. longa; sepalum impar erectum oblongum
obtusissimum, basi angustatum, cum petalis adhzerentibus con-
cavis cucullum suborbiculare efformans, sepalis lateralibus aqui-
longum ; petala semi-orbicularia, basi modice gibbosa ; labellum
abbreviatum oblongum, latius quam longum, bilobulatum emar-
ginatumve lobulis rotundatis, sursum in appendicem erectum
oblongum carnosum, apicem versum sensim angustatum bifidum,
productum, lobulis deflexis, uncinato incurvis, incrassatis, sub-
divaricatis, obtusis discoloribus. (2x exempll. plur. viv.)

Hab: : South-eastern Region; CAPE CoLony: Steep rocky
places on the Engcobo Mt., Fingoland, alt, 1340 met., fl, Jan,,
Bolus, 8704! and H. G. Flanagan!/,; also on the slopes of the
Kwenkwe Mt., near the Gatsberg, district Maclear, alt. 1676 met.,
fl. Jan., WZ. G. Flanagan ; ORANGE FREE STATE: grassy slopes of
Mapedi’s Peak, Witzie’s Hoek, alt. 2500-2600 met,, fl. Feb.
J. Thode, 57b.

Plate 99. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, ditto, back view ;
3, one of the side sepals; 4, odd sepal; 5, one of the petals ;
6, column and lip, front view ; 7, ditto, side view; 8, ditto, back
view ; 9, one of the pollinia—all variously magnified.

A glabrous erect herb, 15-35 cm. high; stem slender sub-
flexuous leafy ; leaves 4-5 erect spreading ovate-lanceolate, acute,
membranous and veined when dry, up to 8 cm. long; raceme
axly 7-l0flowered; bracts erect lanceolate acuminate, about as
long as the flowers; lateral sepals spreading cymbiform acute,
obscurely unidentate on the anterior margin, about 0°8 cm. long ;

odd sepal erect oblong, very obtuse, narrowed at base, forming
with the adhering concave petals a suborbicular hood, as long as
the lateral sepals ; petals semiorbicular, slightly gibbous at base;
lip abbreviated oblong, broader than long, bilobulate or emar-
ginate, lobes rounded, produced above into an erect oblong fleshy
appendage, which is gradually narrowed towards the apex and
bifid, the lobes deflexed uncinate incurved, thickened, subdi-
varicate, obtuse, discoloured.

Described from several living specimens.

TAB. 100.

Tribe OPHRYDEA.
Sub-tribe CORYCIE.
Genus PTERYGODIUM.

Pterygodium deflexum, Zolus im Trans. S. Afr. Philosoph.
Soc., vol. xvi. (1905), part 2, p. 151.—Herba erecta glabra,
12-20 cm. alta; caulis validus subflexuosus, foliatus; folia 4-6,
erecto-patentia, e basi lata, vaginante membranacea_linearia
acuminata, 6-10 cm. longa, superiora sensim minora; spica sub-
laxe, 5-20flora, 4-7 cm. longa, 2°3-2°7 cm. diam., floribus erecto-
patentibus; bracteze ovate acute) membranacee venose, medio
transverse plicato-constricte, floribus paullo breviores; sepala
lateralia antica, in laminam late ovatam deflexo-patentem 0°75 cm.
longam coalita, lobis obtusis, marginibus leviter inflexis ; sepalum
impar obcuneato-oblongum obtusissimum, 0°8 cm. longum, cum
petalis adherentibus, saccum efformans, ore suborbiculari, 9 cm,
lata, basi bene gibbosum, ultra apicem ovarii productum ; labellum
e basi cuneata unguiculatum, subreniforme, bilobum, 0°5 cm.
longum, apice 0°6 cm. latum, lobis divaricato-patentibus obtusis,
appendice erecta carnosa lineari, apice biloba, lobis subulatis
acuminatis curvis abrupte deflexis, floris basin fere attingentibus.
(24x exempll. pluribus vivis.)

Hab.. South-western Region; Care Cotony: District
Clanwilliam, open hillsides, Koudeberg, near Wupperthal, alt. circ.
762 met., fl. Oct., Bolus, 8660.

Plate 100. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, ditto, side view ;
3, odd sepal; 4, side sepals, the two united ; 5, one of the petals ;
6, column and lip, side view; 7, ditto, back view; 8, lip, with
part of column, front view; 9, one of the pollinia—all variously
magnified,

An erect glabrous herb, 12-20 cm. high; stem stout, sub-
flexuous, leafy; leaves 4-6, erect-spreading linear acuminate,
broader and sheathing at base, 6-10 cm. long, the upper ones
becoming gradually smaller ; spike somewhat laxly 5-20flowered,
4-7 cm. long, 2°3-2'7 cm. diam., flowers erect-spreading ; bracts
ovate acute, membranous veined, transversely plicate, constricted
in the middle, a little shorter than the flowers; lateral sepals

anticous, united into a broadly ovate deflexed-spreading blade,
0:75 cm. long, lobes obtuse, slightly inflexed at the margins ;
odd sepal obcuneate-oblong, very obtuse, 0:8 cm. long, adhering
to the petals and with them forming a sac, mouth suborbicular,
9 cm. wide, gibbous at base, produced beyond the apex of the
ovary; lip unguiculate, cuneate at base, subreniform bilobed,
0°5 cm. long, 0°6 cm. wide at the apex, lobes divaricately spreading
obtuse, appendix erect fleshy linear, bilobed at the apex, lobes
subulate acuminate curved, abruptly deflexed, almost reaching to
the base of the flower.

Described from several living specimens.

INDEX TO VOLUME IT

Synonyms and species mentioned incidentally only, are printed in italics.

Tas. No.
Acrolophia, cochlearis, Schlechter

and Bolus - = By ost}
7 fimbriata, Schlechter - 8

45 micrantha, Schlechter
and Bolus - - 8
Angraecum, arcuatum, Lindl. =. al
i bicaudatum, Lind. Sse
- conchiferum, Zinddl. - 4
3 Mystacidii, Reichb. f. - 2
% Saundersiz, Bolus oy ee
Ansellia Africana, Zind/l. - = 2h)
Pe gigantea, Reichb. f. SH)
Bonatea clavata, Lindl. = = 35)
5, foliosa, Lindl. - - 46
7. micrantha, Lindl. - er iy
+5 speciosa, Willd. = - 44
Calanthe natalensis, Rezchb. fi. - 7

ap sylvatica,var. natalensis,
Reichb. f. . - Zab Pal
Corymbis Welwitschii, Rezchb. f/ 98
Cymbidium aculeatum, Swartz - 25
of Buchanant, Reichb. f. 19
x giganteum, Swartz - 13
* pedicellatum, Swartz - 25
3 plicatum, Lindl. - 25
Cynorchis compacta, Reichb. f. - 28
Cyrtopera Oliveriana, Reichb. f. - 10
», pedicellata, Lindl. - 25
Derameria Culveri, Schlechter - 40
Disa zmula, Bolus - SS Oe
», bifida, Swartz - = - 96
,, bivalvata, Dur. and Schinz 66
», Bolusiana, Schlechter - =) 90
5, capricornis, Reichb. f. - it)
», cernua, Swartz - = = 9

.. Charpentieriana, Reichb. f. 77

5, Cooperi, Reichd. f. - 65
49 55 var. Scullyi,
Schlechter - = (5

Disa cornuta, Swarfz -
cornuta, Krdnsl.

”

Swarts -

cylindrica, Swarlz

densiflora, Bolus
draconis, Swartz
filicornis, Thunb.
flexuosa, Swarts

gladioliflora, Burch.
grandifiora, Linn. f.

inflexa, Mund.
lugens, Bolus

macroglottis, Sond.
macrostachya, Bolus

Marlothii, Bolus

melaleuca, Swartz

modesta, Reichb. f.

natalensis, Lindl.

oligantha, Rechd. f.

oreophila, Bolus

parvilabris, Bolus

patens, Thunb.
physodes, Swartz

polygonoides, Lindl.

prasinata, Ker
racemosa Linn.
Ke var.

ve

Schlechter-

reticulata, Bolus

Richardiana, Lehm.

rosea, Lindl.

rufescens, Swartz

Schlechteriana, Bolus

Scullyti, Bolus
secunda, Swartz

Telipogonis, Reichd. /.

tenella, Swartz
Thodet, Kidnsl.
Tysonii, Bolus
uniflora, Berg.
vaginata, Harv.
venosa, Swartz

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INDEX.

Tas. No.
Epiphora, pubescens, Lindl. - - 30
Eulophia, aculeata, ‘Spreng. - 25
Eulophia zmula, Schlechter - 16
zqualis, Bolus = - 21
a bicolor, Reichb. f. - - .24
3 Buchanani, Bolus - = 2b
a Buchanant, Reichb. f. - 19
“5 capensis, Bolus - - 2D
5 clavicornis, Lindl. - 18
= cochlearis, Lindl. - =) aS
Eulophia Dregeana, Lindl. - = 9
< “: emarginata Lindl. -
i ensata, Lind. - - 26
a flaccida, Schlechter = A)
a Flanaganii, Bolus - :
+ hians, Spreng - -
Pe laxiflora, Schlechter 14, 15
_ lissochiloides, Lindl. -
si micrantha, Lindl. - =e)
ae nutans?, Sonder - Sea
3 odontoglossa, Reichb. f. - 25
Oliveriana, Reichb. f. 25, 10
A Pillansii, Bolus - 2 27
a platypetala, Lind. = Golly:
a plicata, Bolus = = US
Be Reichenbachiana, Bolus
Pda NS,
se speciosa, Bolus - - 13
a streptopetala, Lindl. - 12
e tuberculata, Bolus = 72
= Zeyheri, Hook f. - 24
Habenaria arenaria, Lind. ~
3 Boltont, Harv. - - 45
e Bonatea, Reichb. ff - 44
<A as var. Boltoni,
Bolus - - - 45
- clavata, Reichb. f. - 43
- foliosa, Reichb. f. - 46
2 micrantha, Reichb. f.- 42
~ polyphylla, Avdnzl. - 46
vobusta, N. E. Brown - 44
Hallac kia fimbriata, Harv. - ar |
Herschelia Charpentieriana, Kranz 77
“p lugens, Kranz - - 76
Holothrix Burchellii, Reichd. J. = oo
Hs condensata, Sonder - 36
a Culveri, Bolus - 40)
i Lindleyana, Reichd. f 8)
Ay multisecta, Bolus - - 38
- Nyasse, Rolfe - - 38
ss orthoceras, Reichb. f.- 34
¥ pleistodactyla, Kranzl, 38
pe rupicola, Schlechter - AQ
5s secunda, Reichb. ff - 37
Scopularia, Reichb. f.- 38
Huttonza, fimbriata, Reichb. f. - 97
Limodorum giganteum, Thunb, - 13
i hians, Thunb. - - 18
Lissochilus equalis, Lindl. - = 2

”

99

”

”

Tas. No.
Lissochilus Buchanani, Reichb. f.

parviflorus, Lindl. — -
platypetalus, Lindl. -
speciosus, R. Brown -
streptopetalus, Lindl. -

Listrostachys arcuatus, Reichb. f.

Monadenta cernua, Dur. & Schinz

densiflora, Lindl. -
inflata, Sond. - =
leptostachya, Sond. -
macrocera, Lindl. -
macrostachya, Lind.. -
physodes, Reichb. f. -
prasinata, Lindl. -
reticulata, Dur. and
Schinz - - -
rufescens, Dur. and
Schinz - -

Mystacidium Alicia, Bolus - -
Mystacidium caffrum, Bolus -

gracile, Harv. - -
Millari, Bolus - =
Peglerz, Bolus -
pusillum, Harv. -

Ophrys bivalvata, Linn. f. - — -
patens, Linn. f. - =

bed

Orchis, bicornis, Linn. - -
cornuta, Linn, - - -
draconis, Linn. ff. - .

”

be]

”

”

filicornis, Linn. f. - -

flexuosa, Linn. - = =
foliosa, Swartz - -

lutea, Buxbaum -
secunda, Thunb. -
speciosa, Linn, f. -
tenella, Linn. f. -

| Penthea, filicornis, Lindl. -

melaleuca, Lindl. -
patens, Lindl. -
reflexa, Lindl. -
triloba, Sond. - -

Polystachya capensis, Sonder

)

”

9

”

”

Lindleyana, Harv.

Ottoniana, Rezchb. f.
pubescens, Reichb. f.

Sandersonii, Harv.
similis, Rezchb. f.

Pterygodium deflexum, Bolus

”

icucanthym: Bolus

Satyrium aculealum, Linn. f.

”

acuminatum, Lindi.
Atherstonet, Reichb. f.
bicorne, Zhunb. -
bifidum, Thunb. -
“candidum, Zind/. -
capense, Linn. -
carneum, R. Br. -
cassideum, Lindl. -

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12
22
15
12

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91
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89
89
85
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91

INDEX,

Tas. No.
Satyrium chrysostachyum, Hersch. 47
ga cornutum, Thunb. - - 8
* coriifolium, Swar/z - 47
A cucullatum, Lindl. ee
a cucullatum, Swarts - 49
a cylindricum, Thunb, - 73
nS densiflorum, Lindl. = Bil
ei Draconis, Thunb, - - 74
% erectum, Swartz - - 56
a erectum, Lindl. - - 47
ne ertostomum, Thunb. - Ol
a flexuosum, Thunb. = op
foliosum, Swartz - -. 50
sn giganteum, Linn. f. o> 1B)
oe Hallackii, Bolus - - 50
< leucocomos, Reichb. f. - 61
6 longibracteatum, Rolfe - O61
lupulinum, Lindl. = 50
re Mechowianum, Krinzl.- 61
Ae membranaceum, Swartz
57, 58
a << N.E. Brown 57
as microrhynchum,
Schlechter 62
A monopetalum, Kransl. - 61
a3 occultum, Rolfe - - 61
Be odorum, Sond. - Se ti
. parviflorum, Swar/z - 51
ss patens, Swartz = = HS

Tas. No.

Satyrium princeps, Bolus — - -
a retusum, Z7nd/. - -
oe rufesce nS, Thunb. - =
Fe Schinztt, Dur. & Kranz.
xe secundum, Thunb. =
aS shirense, Rolfe - -
= tenellum, Thunb. - =
0 trinerve, Zind/._ - -
oF triphyllum, Krinzl, — -
5 utriculatum, Sond. -

AS Woodii, Schlechter
Zombense, Rolfe -

Schizodium bifidum, Rezchd, f. -
39 flexuosum, Lindl. -
~ inflexum, Lind. -
95 longipetalum, Lindl. -
Pe obtusatum, Lindl, -

rigidum, Zzndl.
Scopularia Burchellii, Lindl.

56 secunda, Lindl,
Serapias aculeata Thunb. -
a melaleuca Thunb. -

” patens Thunb. >
a pedicellata Thunb. -

Stenoglottis fimbriata, Zind/.

Tryphia major, Sond. - -
sth orthoceras Harv. -
a secunda, Lindl. =

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ANGRA-CUM CONCHIFERUM, Z/WoneEY-

MYSTACIDIUM MILLARI, Bozus.

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AGROLOPHIA MICRANTHA, ScaLecHTer avo Bolus

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EULOPHIA OLIVERIANA (Rercus.F) BoLtus

Tab. 77

H. Bolus. del.ad vivam. 24.192. Miles, Lith, London,W

SweoPeA NUTANS © SonaeEe

Tab.72.

Miles, Lith, London,W.

H.Bolus del ad vivam, I3,X1.1890

EI OPHIA STREPTOPETALA: LimgpLer

H.Bolus del.ad vivam 3.1.1886 . Miles, Lith, London,W.

REVO DAIA SPECIOSA Bozvs

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FULOPHIA FLANAGANI! Bozus.

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H Bolus del.ad vivam.I3.1!.93. Miles, Lith, London,W.

FULOPHIA AAMULA, SCHLECHTER

H.Bolus de! ad vivam 28 X1'95 Miles, Lith. London,W

EWVEOPHIA. PLATYPETALA, LweLex

Tao! 16:

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H. Bolus, del. 5.X. 1901

HIANS, SPRENGEL.

SuLorniA

H Bolus del ad vivam. |4 XI. 92. Miles, Lith. London,W.

EULOPHIA REICHENBACHIANA Bouus.

H Bolus del ad vivam 22.1. 93 Miles, Lith, London,W

SEbavOPRhiA. FLACCIDA. SCHLECHTER

Tab 27.

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H Bolus. del ad vivam. [5.X1'92.

EULOPHIA AEQUALIS, Bozus.

Te0- 25

H.Bolus del ex vivo 24.X.89 Miles, Lith, London,W

EULOPHIA TUBERCULATA , Bozus.

(Lissochilus platypetalus , Lindley)

Tab 24.

H Bolus. del, ad vivam. Jan.30.JB96. Miles, Lith.London,W.

EULOPHIA ZEYHERI, HooxweR Fiz.

Tab. 20.

H.Bolus,del.ad vivam Miles, Lith. London,W.

EULOPHIA CAPENSIS, sazus.

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del. ex vivo

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Miles, Lith, London,W,

CYNORCHIS COMPACTA,..” REIcuB. FIL.

H_ Bolus, del. ex vivo.4. 7 1886. Miles, Lith, London, W.

ANSELLIA AFRICANA, L/NDL VAR.

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A.Bolus del ex vivo.!1.12.89.

REICHBA

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POLYSTACHYA PUBESCENS

H. Bolus, del ad vivam. 14XII 95. Miles, Lirh. London ,W.

POLYSTACHYA SANDERSONII, HARVEY.

H. Bolus del 14 10 1884 ex vivo. Miles, Lith. London.W.

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HOLOTHRIX ORTHOCERAS, ReicHensacn Fit.

Tab. 52.

H.Bolus del. ad vivam II.1X/92 Miles, Lirh,London,W.

HOLOTHRIX LINDLEYANA , RE/CHEWBACH FIL

H. Bolus. del. 29.12.83.

HOLOTHRIX CONDENSATA sow

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HOLOTHRIX SECUNDA, RE/ICHENBACH SIL.

Tab. 58.

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ladvivam 3.1. 1894. Miles, Lith. London,W

HOLOTHRIX SCOPULARIA RE/CHENBACH FIL.

Tab. 3D.

H.Bolus. del, advivam 29 1X.92. Miles, Lith. London,W.

HOLOTHRIX BURCHELLII, REVCHEW BACH FIL.

Tab. 40.

Miles, Lith. London,W.

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SATYRIUM PARVIFLORUM, SWARTZ.

H Bolus del.2i.8.62. Miles, Lith. London,W.

SATYRIUM ODORUM SONDER.

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SATYRIUM ERECTUM, Swartz.

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SATYRIUM PRINCEPS, fozus.

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SATYRIUM MEMBRANACEUM, Swar7z.

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Tab 67.

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DISA ROSEA, Lywozrey

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DISA BIVALVATA , DUR. & SCHINZ.

H. Bolus del. ad vivam, 4 1.1897. Miles, Lith. London,W,

DIsA MARLOTHI. Boxus.

Tab. GE

H. Bolus del. ad vivam 12.12. (880 Miles, Lith. London .W.,

Disk. ElMLICORNIS. Ginn) Taune.

Tab. 09

H Bolus del, ad vivam,26.X1.'93 Miles, Lith. London,W.

DIsA PATENS (LINN.F) 7THUNB.

H.Bolus del, 14.X1.1904 Miles, Lith. London,W.

DISA TELIPOGONI!S. RercHa fat.

H Bolus del, 5.XI, 1882 Miles, Lith,London,W,

Disa VAGINATA, HARVEY

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DISA LUGENS BOLUS.

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H. Bolus del. 29.XII'84. ex vivo

DISA (Herschelia) CHARPENTIERIANA, AE/CHB.F

Tab. 78

H.Bolus, del. ex vivo.17.1. 1896. Miles, Lith. London,W

DISA OREOPHILA, Bo.uus.

Tab. 79

H.Bolus del. ex vivo, 19,2. 1890. Miles, Lith London,W

DiIsA GLADIOLIFLORA . BuRCcHEL.

Tab 80

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DisA RACEMOSA, Linnaeus Fit.

H Bolus del.ad viv

Tab. 86

H.Bolus 6.X1, 82. Miles, Lith. London,W.

Disa VENOSA, SWARTZ.

Tab. 87

Miles, Lirh.London,W.

H.Bolus del. ad vivam 15.12. 1896.

SiShk- “OLIGANTHA, ReicHagrieé

Tab. 88

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Tab 89

H. Bolus del.advivam.30.VII.°92. Miles, Lith, London,W.

DISA RUFESCENS SWARTZ. S MONADENIA.

Tab IO.

H.Bolus del. 6.1.84. Miles, Lith. London,W

DISA (MONADENIA) -BOLUSIANA, SCHLECHTER.

H Bolus del.ex vivo13X89, Miles, Lith. London, W.

DISA, MONADENIA,CERNUA, SWARTz.

Tab. 92

H.Bolus del ad vivam.17.\0 1880 Miles, Lith. London,W

SemizoplrwmM FLEXUOSUM, LINDLEY.

H.Bolus del, ad vivam 19.10, 1887 Miles. Lith, London,W

Sei @) 1M INFLEXUM, LeaNDLEx

Tab. 94

s del ad vivam 7.VIII..92. iles, Lith.Lon
SCHIZODIUM RIGIDUM LINDLEY

H. Bolus del.ex vivo 13.1X’85. Miles, Lith.London,W

SCHIZODIUM RIGIDUM ,LINDLEY.

H. Bolus del. ex vivo..2.\X. 85. Miles, Lith, London,W.

SCHIZODIUM BIFIDUM, REICHENBACH Fit.

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Miles, Lirh, London W.

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PTERYGODIUM LEUCANTHUM, Botus.

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Miles, Lith. London W

H.Balus del.ad vivam 5.X.1897

PTERYGODIUM DEFLEXUM. Bouus.

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