50 CONSPECTUS TABULARUM. 
Lindleyana not merely by its narrow leaves, but by its branching inflo- 
rescence and narrower petals, 
Fig. 1, stem, leaves and inflorescence; the natural size. Fig. 2, a flower, pulled open; 
3, labellum ; 4, side view of the same; 5, a petal; 6, back sepal; 7, lateral sepal; 8, 
column; 9, anther, removed; 10, pollinia; all magnified. 
178. POLYSTACHYA LINDLEYANA, Harv. ( Orchide@.) 
P. Lindleyana: caule bulboso apice attenuato vaginato, foliis binis 
oblongo-lanceolatis v. ligulatis obtusis y. subacutis multistriatis basi 
vaginantibus, spica simplici multiflora, pedunculo ovariisque pubescenti- 
bus, floribus extus glabris, petalis oblongi-obovatis, labello intus 
pubescente lobis omnibus ovatis subacutis. Lpiphora pubescens, Lindl.! 
in Herb. Drege. Lindl. in Hook, comp. Bot. Mag. vol. 2, p.201. Sond., 
in Linn. vol. xix. p. 71. 
Haz.—On trees, and sometimes on rocks, throughout the Eastern Districts, in Caffraria, 
Krakakamma Forest, E. § Z.! Drege! H. Hutton! Near Port Elizabeth. Mrs. Hol- 
land! (cum icone). Highlands, Mrs. F. W. Barber, 261! Kreili’s Country, Bowker ! 
354, Caffirland, Rev. J. Brownlee. (Herb. T. C. D.) 
Drscr.—Stem or pseudo-bulb 1-2 inches long, 4-5 lines wide at base, 
tapering upwards, and quite covered with sheaths. eaves 2, varying 
from lanceolate to strapshaped, and from acute to obtuse, 83-9 inches 
long, 5~8 lines wide. Pedune. simple, pubescent, bearing 2-4 small, 
acute empty bracts, and ending in a longer or shorter simple spike of 
flowers. Ovary pubescent. Flowers externally glabrous. Petals oblong- 
obovate, obtuse. Label/um hispid within, depressed or concave in the 
centre, all the lobes ovate, subacute, the terminal broader. Pollinia 4, 
connate in pairs. 
This is the plant on which Dr. Lindley founded his genus Epiphora, 
which he described in his paper on Drege’s Orchids, above quoted. He 
there remarks on its near resemblance in many respects to Polystachya, 
but states that it differs in the pollen masses, to which he attributes a 
caudicle. Probably the specimen he examined was in bad order; for 
after repeated examinations of numerous specimens, I have been un- 
able to detect any difference in structure between the pollinia of this — 
and of the other Cape species here figured, which so closely resemble — 
it in every other respect. As most Polystachye are “ pubescent,” I have 
ventured to alter the specific name in changing the genus. 
Fig. 1, plant; the natural size. Fig. 2, flower, pulled open; 3, labellum; 4, petal ; 
5, lateral sepal; 6, back sepal; 7, column; 8, anther; 9, pollinia ; all magnified. 
