OPHRYDES. 301 
Hab. in Atlantide, Desfontaines. 
Caulis semipedalis. An P. albido affinis? An potius Acerati amandandus ? 
CLXXX. SACCIDIUM. 
Sepala conniventia, lateralia labello supposita et saccata. Petala carnosa 
spathulata dupló longiora. Labellum posticum magnum convolutum 
apice carnosum et divisum brevi-calearatum.  Anthera reclinata, loculis 
basi distantibus adnatis. Pollinia parva, glandulà vix a caudiculà crassà 
distinguendà.————-Folia ...... Caulis pilosissimus. Spica longa, 
cylindracea, densissima. Flores parvi. 
The saccate lateral sepals and whole habit separate this from Peristylus 
and Platanthera; to say nothing of the very curious lip. 
l. Saccrprum pilosum. 
Orchidea pilosa. Burch. Cat. Geogr. no. 7483. 
Hab. ad Caput Bone Spei, Burchell. (exam. s. sp. in herb. Burchell.) 
Folia nulla adsunt in unico exemplari quod coram habeo. Caulis sub- 
pedalis penne columbinz crassitudine, purpurascens, pilis longis divari- 
catis vestitus. Spica 8 poll. longa, densissima. Bractez ovate acumi- 
nate pilose ovario breviores. Flores glabri, 4 lineas longi. Sepala 
equalia ovata acuta, lateralia acute saccata. Petala spathulata, obtusa, 
scabriuscula, sepalis dupld longiora. Labellum magnum, convolutum, 
petalorum longitudine, cuneatum, tridentatum ; dentibus carnosis æqua- 
libus trilobis intermedià nunc integrà. Calcar breve incurvum sub- 
conicum. 
CLXXXI. PACHITES. 
Sepala patentia, impare paulo majori. Petala et labellum posticum ecal- 
caratum conformia. Anthera stipitata, resupinata, loculis basi feré 
adnatis non elongatis divergentibus ; glandulis nudis. Stigma brachiis 
duobus canaliculatis a fronte et rostello subquadrato crassissimo inter 
brachia et antheram interposito. Herba rigida, foliis radicalibus 
gramineis, spicA crassà rigidà, floribus parvis. 
A very curious plant, with a rostellum so thick and large as completely 
to cut off the anther from the stigmatic processes or arms, which project 
forward like two horns. The anther is like that of Repandra. 
1. Pacurrzs appressa. 
Orchidea appressa. Burch. Cat. Geogr. no. 7356. 
Hab. ad Caput Bone Spei, Burchell. (exam. s. sp. in herb. Burchell.) 
Planta sesquipedalis, rigida, crassa, exsiccatione ferruginea. Radices 
videntur fibrosze. Folia radicalia 4 uncias longa, linearia, carnosa, basi 
valdé membranacea et dilatata. Spica fere pedalis, densissima, cylin- 
dracea, floribus arcte appressis, Bractex longè acuminate, appresse, 
