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pauciflori, aut flos terminalis solitarius. Flores parvi, pedicellis fili- 
formibus. 
Several very distinct species appear to have been mentioned under the 
name of Disa torta, so that it is not possible to tell from descriptions or 
definitions to which the name has been applied. I have therefore quoted 
no synonym to the majority of the species, but have placed them under 
the genus. 
Schizodium differs from Disa in its very peculiar habit, in the form of 
the labellum, and in the nearly constant lobing of the petals. The species 
are defined chiefly by the characters of their flowers. 
‘l. Scuizopium flexuosum. 
S. sepalis subrotundo-oblongis obtusis venosis superiore apiculato calcare 
brevi inflexo, petalis integris basi dilatatis apice linearibus carnosis 
galeæ longitudine, labello ovato crispo apice acuminato integro. 
Disa flexuosa. Swartz in Act. Holm. 1800, p. 212. Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed, Schultes, 9. 
Orchis flexuosa. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1331. 3 
Satyrium flexuosum. Thunb. Prodr. 9. 
Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei; in arenosis depressis et vere inundatis campis 
Groenekloof et Swartland, inter Cap et Draakenstein, atque Stellen- 
bosch, florens a Junio usque in Octobrem, Thunberg, prope Klein 
Draakenstein, Drege. (hab. s. sp. 
Maximum generis, caule 1-11-pedali, rigido, nitido, valde flexuoso, ad 
omnem flexuram vagina rigidà erecta concavà obtusà aucto. Flores 
crocei. 
2. Scuizopium arcuatum. 
S. sepalis acuminatissimis canaliculatis arcuatis lateralibus longioribus 
calcare ascendente filiformi, petalis duplà brevioribus lobo altero lineari 
auriculA baseos lineari rotundatà integerrimà, labello glabro epichilio 
filiformi basi rhombeo concavo marginibus inflexis. 
Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei; prope Caledon? Dr?ge. (hab. s. sp.) 
3. Scnizoprvw longipetalum. 
S. sepalis acuminatissimis canaliculatis arcuatis lateralibus longioribus 
caleare descendente filiformi, petalis sepalo supremo eequalibus lobo 
altero lineari basi exauriculatis, labello glabro epichilio filiformi recto 
basi dilatato subrotundo membranaceo. 
Hab. ad Cap. B. Spei; in Paarlberg, Drege. (hab. s. sp.) 
Flores pauld minores quam in precedente. 
4. Scnizopium obtusatum. 
S. sepalis linearibus subzqualibus obtusis calcare ascendente apice retuso. 
petalis brevissimis pubescentibus oblique truncatis auricoll based. 
natà rotundatà glabra, labello pubescente epichilio ovato acuminato 
obtuso canaliculato. 
Hab. ad Ccp. B. Spei, ad Dutoitskloof, Dr?ge. (hab. s. sp.) 
Flores praecedentibus minores, pallidi, maculati. 
5. Scuizopium obliquum. 
S. sepalis linearibus acutis lateralibus longioribus calcare ho 
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rizontali fili- 
