76 MR. H. bolus's contrteutioxs 



lateralia cuneato-flabellata, marglnibus superior! et anteriorifim- 

 brillatis, multinervia, circa 9 mm. longa ; labellum exacte flabella- 

 tum,petali8 margine anteriori multo minus fimbrillaiit*, appendice 

 magno, cucullato, suberccto, media antice fisso, galea Disperidis 

 cucuJhtce fere instar j columua hippocrepica, glandulis polli- 

 niorum antice subapproximatis ; ovarium gracile, 3*5 cm. longum. 



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Febr. Mac 



Owan^ in herb. Gub. Capensi ; ad ripas rivuli monte Currie, Gri- 

 qualand East, 5100 ped., Febr., legit Bomina F. Brownlee^ Tyson 

 JVo. 160J. in herb. Bolus. 



The habit is entirely that of Ft. inversum, S\v., and very dif- 

 ferent from that o^ Ft. venosum, LindL, to which Prof. Eeichen- 

 bach compares it, probably by a slip of the pen^ or typographical 

 error. The curious appendage of the labellum is difterent from 

 anything else in the genus ; the column most resembles that of 

 Ft, carnosum^ Lindl. ; but the ghmds of the pollinia are nearer 

 together. Tyson's No. 1G04 is less robust and shorter than 



MacO 



To 



the last-named gentleman I am indebted for flowers preserved 

 in spirit. 



[The Kew Herbarium contains the following specimens of 

 this fine species, which, according to Mr. Hutton, '' grows to 5 

 feet in height, flowers green, striped with light red ; January ; 

 soft tubers like -D/sa, leaves thick and succulent." — Kagaberg, 

 3000 ft., Hutton !, Natal, Wood 909 !, Cooper 3621 !, Mrs. Fan- 

 nin ! ; Nottingham, Natal, Fuchanmi \ Some of these specimens 

 are between 3 and 4 feet high. — N. E. B.] 



DisPEKis oxYGLOSSA, Bolus, u. sp. (PL I. figs. G-12.) Erecta, 

 gracilis, glabra, 20-25 cm. alta ; folia 2-3, oblonga acuta, basi vagi- 

 nantia, 2-3 cm. longa, G mm. lata, internodiis 4-5 cm. longis ; race- 

 mus laxe 2-3-florus ; bractea? ovatse acuminatse, complicatae, ovano 

 suba^quilongfe ; sepaluin dorsale fornicatum, apice longe acumi- 

 nato, 1'6 cm. longum ; sepala lateralia lanceolata acuminata, ar- 

 cuato-patentia, 1*6 cm. longa, infra medium calcari obtuso 5 mm- 

 longo aucta ; pctala lateralia sub galea agglutiuata, eaque suba^qui- 

 longa unguiculata, oblique lanceolata acuminata, margine anrerion 

 lobo auriculaeformi praidita ; labellum basin versus lineari-unguicu- 

 latum,imabasi colunmse adnatum, deinde bipartitum, labiis valde 

 divergentibus, labio antico lanceolato acuminate, semi-compHcato, 



