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quales. Sepala minus acuta quam in Tr. secunda, galeata, 
labello hand multum breviora. Petala linearia obtusa mem- 
branacea ascendentia basi labello adnata. Labellum petalis 
paulo brevius omnino nudum; lacinia intermedia 3-partita, 
lobis linearibus obtusis lateralibus obtusiusculis, intermediis 
acutiusculis. Anthera loculis arcuatis, basibus angustatis trun- 
catis. Glandulae pollinicae minim ae nudae inter plicas ro- 
stelli jacentes. Rostellum parvum tenue utrinque leviter 
plicatum ad glandulas recipicudum medio in mucrone piano 
decuryo productum.“ 
»A curious little plant about half the height and with flowers 
ha ^y one quarter the size of Tr. secunda. The way in which the 
in very curious and would produce the appearance of a sevenlobed 
bp if it were that the petals stand erect in their usual position and 
pull the lip up to them by means of the membrane that connects 
them.* 
Holothrix parviflora Rchb. f. Otia (1881), 119. — Tryphia parvi- 
flora Lindl. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. U (1836), 200. 
Wortlich copiert aus Lindl. 1. c. 
Cap der guten Hoffnung. 
19* Holothrix Monotris Rchb. f. „Sepala mem- 
branacea postice connata, lateralibus antice distinctis, labello 
petalisque duplo minora. Petala carnosa acuminata. La- 
ellum liberum, apice carnosum trifidum cucullatum basi cor- 
uutom. Anthera libera, erecta, loculis, basi divergentibus 
Va vulis exterioribus dilatatis, incurvis glandulam tegentibus. 
~ Radices testiculatae. Folium minimum radicale. Caulis 
re rorsum hispidus. Flores parvi secundi. Bracteae et sepa- 
lorum margines hispidi. tt 
„Planta facie Holothrichis parvifoliae. Folium 1 solita- 
j^HB minimum ovatum hispidum. Caulis aphyllus retrorsum 
bre P1 . us * Bracteae cucullatae, strigoso-hispidae floribus duplo 
®VB>res. Calyx tridentatus ciliatus. Petala ovata acuminata 
bari°^k Ca ^ Ce dup *° lon &* ora> Labellum petalis parallelum 
i in: undibulare apice carnosum trilobum, lobis lateralibus 
e j A GI * . mtermedio paulo brevioribus. -i (Ex Lindley, spe- 
ues non visa). 
