OPHRYDEJE. 333 
I have seen no specimen which answers even tolerably to this descrip- 
tion. Sprengel refers it as a synonym to Cynorchis triphylla, and Reichen- 
bach to C. fastigiata; with both of which its characters are totally at 
variance, 
CXCII. TRYPHIA. 
Tryphia. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1701. 
Sepala conniventia, zqualia, herbacea. Petala linearia, membranacea, 
sepalis longiora, faciei baseos labelli adnata eoque similia. Labellum 
membranaceum, alt? partitum cum columna connatum. Anthera erecta, 
nana; lobis divergentibus. Rostellum ovatum, planum. Glandule 
polliniorum nude. Herba, Africe australis, foliis membranaceis 
radicalibus, floribus secundis. Radices testiculatz. 
1, TavpurA secunda. 
Orchis secunda, Thunb. Prodr. Capens. 4, Flora Capensis, 31. 
Hab. ad Caput B. Spei, Thunberg, prope sinum Algoa, Forbes. (hab. s. sp. 
e Mus. Hort. Soc.) 
Tubercula radicis spharica; radicula lanate. Folia radicalia bina, ovalia, 
acuta. Caulis palmaris, nudus. Racemi secundi, 9 p. longi. Petala 
linearia, obtusa. Labellum laciniis lateralibus petalis aequalibus et con- 
formibus, intermedia cuneatå tridentata. Calcar breve obconicum apice 
uncinatum. 
CXCIII. ARNOTTIA. 
Arnottia. Ach. Rich. Orch. Maur. p. 33. 
Flores resupinati. Sepala inzqualia, lateralibus majoribus aleformibus 
patulis, impari minore erecto. Petala angustiora ascendentia. Label- 
lum posticum, ecalcaratum petalis basi coalitum et conforme. Anthera 
resupinata loculis subparallelis basi divergentibus, glandulis nudis. 
— ——Herba terrestris radice tuberculiferà, caule monophyllo, floribus 
Spicatis, Char. ex. Ach. Rich. 
l. AnNoTTIA mauritiana. Ach. Rich. l. c. t. 7, f. 1. 
? Amphorchis inermis. Thouars, Orch. Afr, t. 5. 
Hab. in Borbonia, Commerson, Thouars. 
Folium radicale ovali-oblongum, 2-3 poll. long. 1 poll. lat. Caulis spi- 
thamzus, Spica densa, globosa; flores purpurascentes. 
P robably the Amphorchis inermis of Thouars is a different species from 
this. As the other Amphorchis appears to be a Cynorchis, it is as well to 
Suppress the former name altogether, in favour of M. Achille Richard s 
Thotliq, 
CXCIV. BARTHOLINA. 
Bartholina. R. Br. H. Kew. 5, 194. 
Perianthium ringens. Calyx basi tubulosus, secundus, laciniis aequalibus. 
