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LIV. BRACHYCORYTHIS PUBESCENS, Harv. ( Orchidee.) 
_B. pubescens : densissime pubescens, foliis ovatis acuminatis, sepalis 
elliptico-oblongis obtusissimis, petalis oblongo-linearibus obtusis, labelli 
sacculo brevissimo, limbo defiexo argute tridentato, dentibus lateralibus 
incurvis. 
Has.—Plentiful near D’Urban, Port Natal, J. Sanderson. (Herb. T. C. D.) 
Duscr.— Root and lower part of stem not seen. Stem (probably) 
2 feet high, densely imbricated throughout with leaves, velutino- pubes- 
cent, as are also the leaves, bracts, ovaries, and sepals, Leaves closely set 
on all sides, ovate, acuminate, flat, subcordate, and amplexicaul at base, 
the upper ones 13-2 inches long, and 1-14 wide. lowers very many 
in a long leafy spike, “crimson and white,’’ 3-4 lines long. Sepals 
and petals erect; the /abellum pendulous. Lateral sepals elliptic-oblong, 
very obtuse, obliquely ovate at base, 3-nerved; back sepal elliptical, 
much shorter. Peta/s equalling the back sepal, or a little longer, broadly 
linear or sub-oblong, slightly curved, unequal at base. Cup of the da- 
bellum very short and small; the limb broadly obovate and sharply 
3-toothed, the lateral teeth turning inwards. Ovary densely pubescent. 
A very distinct species, recently sent by Mr. Sanderson, and no- 
ticed by no other collector, though said to be common in the neigh- 
bourhood of D’Urban, where probably many more of these curious plants 
are still ‘‘ wasting their sweetness on the desert air.’”’ I hope this notice 
may attract the attention of residents at Natal to their neglected ground- 
Orchidea. 
Fig. 1, Brachycorythis pubescens, upper portion of a flowering stem, the natural 
size. Fig. 2,a flower; 3, the same, after the sepals have been removed; 4, sepals; 5, 
petals; all enlarged. 
LY. HABENARIA ARENARIA, Lindl. ( Orchidea.) 
H. arenaria: foliis binis radicalibus oblongo-ovatis acutis, scapo 
vaginato, racemo laxo multifloro, bracteis membranaceis acuminatis pe- 
dicellis ovariorum longioribus, labelli tripartiti laciniis anguste lineari- 
bus acutis lateralibus recurvis brevioribus, calcare pendulo clavato-fili- 
formi ovario longiore.—Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orchid., p. 817. Burch. Cat. 
Geogr., No. 5654. j 
Haz.—Cape, Burchell, Howison’s Poort, H. Hutton! C. Zeyher! Albany, Mrs. F. 
W. Barber! (Herb. T. C. D.) 
Descr.— Bulb ?—Leaves two, 4-6 inches long, 2-3 inches wide, 
ovate-oblong, acute, thin and membranous when dry, probably softly- 
succulent when fresh, many-nerved. Stem 1-14 feet high, slender, 
laxly sheathed; the lower sheath often leafy, the rest laxly clasping, 
acuminate. Raceme 3-8 inches long, laxly several flowered. Lraets 
lanceolate or ovato-lanceolate, about 14 times longer than the stalks of 
the ovary. Flowers 2-2} lines long, the spur 2 inch long, thickened 
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