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179. POLYSTACHYA CAPENSIS, Sond. ( Orchidea.) 
P. Capensis: caule bulboso brevi vaginato, foliis binis lineari-ob- 
longis v. lingulatis obtusis emarginatisve basi vaginantibus, spica sim- 
plici pauciflora, pedunculo ovariisque pubescentibus, floribus extus 
glabris, petalis oblongo-obovatis, labello intus hispidulo lobis lateralibus 
brevibus obtusis, lobo medio ovato acuminato undulato. P. Capensis, 
Sond / in Hb. E. & Z. 
Hax.—On trees, Eastern Frontier, E. and Z.! Albany District, Mrs. H. Hutton ! 
British Caffraria, 7. Cooper, 203. Fort Bowker, on the Bashee, J. H. Bowker, 600! 
Natal, J. Sanderson, 560. (Herb. T. C. D.) 
Descr.—Stem, or pseudo-bulb, ovoid, an inch or less in length, 
coated by scales. eaves two, varying considerably in length and 
breadth, from 1} inches to 4 inches long, 2-5 lines wide, obtuse. Pe- 
dunce. equalling the leaves or shorter, pubescent, bearing 2-3 flowers, 
rarely 4-flowered. Ovary minutely pubescent. Flowers externally 
glabrous. Petals oblong-obovate. Labellum somewhat ridged in the 
centre, the lateral lobes short and blunt, medial lobe longer, ovate-sub- 
acuminate, undulate. Pol/inia 4, connate in pairs. 
This is the smallest of the Cape Polystachye, or perhaps of the 
genus. It is very constant in most of its characters in the many spe- 
cimens that have passed through my hands, and seems to be not un- 
common in the Eastern Districts. I am indebted to Mrs. Henry Hutton 
for a great number of well dried specimens of it, one of which has been 
used in our plate. The chief variations that I have noticed have been in 
the comparative length and breadth of the leaves. 
Fig. 1, plants, the natural size. Fig. 2, a flower, pulled open; 3, labellum ; 4, 
petal; 5, lateral sepal ; 6, back sepal; 7, anther; 8, pollinia; all magnified. 
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180. TULBAGHIA ACUTILOBA, Harv. (Liliacee.) 
T. acutiloba: foliis numerosis brevibus linearibus acutis glabris, 
pedunculo foliis multo longiori 3-6-floro, perianthii laciniis lineari lan- 
ceolatis acutis, interioribus ad nectarium longé adnatis. 
Has.—District of Queenstown, T. Cooper, 463. Natal, October, 1860, J. San- 
derson, 271. Near D’Urban, Gerr. and M'Ken, 740. (Herb. T. C. D.) 
Descr.— Root not seen. Leaves 4-8, erect or spreading, 2-4 inches 
long, 1 line wide, acute. Scape 8-12-16 inches long, bearing an umbel 
of 3-6 flowers, apparently of a dull brownish-green colour. Spatha- 
ceous bracts 2, lanceolate acuminate. Pedicels slender, longer than the 
flowers. Perianth with a sort thick bluntly 6-ribbed tube, rather 
longer than the segments, and a stellately spreading limb, crowned by 
a fleshy oblong nectary, which is very bluntly 3-crenate. Segments of 
the perianth semi-lanceolate, very acute; the three innermost adnate to 
the sides of the nectary for at least = of theirlength. Stamens 6, in- 
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