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vata, 4-8 centim. longa; spica dense multiflora, bracteis lanceo- 
latis acuminatissimis flores duplo superantibus; sepalum impar 
ovale, eoneavum, obtusum, subearnosum ; sepala lateralia parum 
majora, ovalia vel suborbieularia, valde concava, membranacea, 
Fig. 13. 
Corycium tricuspidatum, Bolus. 
1. Flower, front view, magnified. 2. Flower viewed from behind, magnified. 
3. Column and lip, front view, magnified 5 diameters. 
circa 3 millim. longa; petala oblique ovata, acuta, submembra- 
nacea; labellum e basi cuneata trilobatum, lobis lateribus longi- 
oribus gracilibus divaricato-curvatis, in cuspidas attenuatis, 
medio minore recto interjecto; appendice subnullo vel vix per- 
spieuo. (Es exempl. unico exsicc. in herb. Kewensi.) 
Hab. In Coloniá Capensi, ad Cradock, legit 7. Cooper (anno 
1861) No. 1821, in herb. Kewensi. 
Very distinct by the shape of its lip, which is large for the 
genus and resembles no other species. The habit is somewhat 
like that of C. nigrescens, Sonder, but the flowers do not turn 
black in drying. 
Preryaoprum HASTATUM, Bolus, n. sp. (Fig. 14.) Herba 
glabra, erecta, gracilis, 15-30 centim. alta, facie P. eruciferi. 
Seapus debilis, subflexuosus ; folia duo, inferum oblanceolatum, 
acutum, multinervatum, basi angustatum, erecto-patens, 5-10 
centim. longum, 2-3 centim. latum, superum multoties minus ; 
racemus laxe 6-8-florus, bracteis lanceolatis acuminatis ovaria 
