364 CXXII. ORCHIDACES. 
A small Orchid, with 2 roundish, glabrous, radical leaves; a nude, re- 
versely hairy scape, glabrous above, ending in a spike of 4-5 flowers. 
Open flowers } in. across.—Found by Drége between Mierenkastul and 
Zwartdoorn river. 
19. STENOGLOTTIS, Lindl. 
Sepals converging, free, subequal, the medial concave. Pe- 
tals thinner, like the lateral sepals. Labellum posterior, spur- 
jess, lobed, free. Anther erect; the cells divergent at base ; 
glands of the pollinia nude, hidden behind the rostellum. 
Rostellum minute, 3-toothed, slightly saccate on each side at 
base ; lower lip of stigma long and tongue-shaped.—Lindl. in 
Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. p. 210; Harv. Thes. t. 56. 
An herb, with many radical leaves, and a bracteate scape ending in a 
lax spike of yellow ? flowers.—Found in the Eastern district and at Natal. 
20. SCHIZOCHILUS, Sond. 
Sepals erect, free, equal. Petals erect, free, very delicate, 
much smaller than the sepals. Labellum adnate to the column, 
spurred, fleshy, 3-fid. Anther erect, hooded, with parallel 
cells. Stigma hollow.—Sond. in Linn. xix. p. 78. 
Herbs, with leafy stems, and spiked, yellow or white flowers.—Perhaps 
2 species, found in Eastern district and Natal. , 
21. BARTHOLINA, R. Br. 
Perianth ringent. Calyx tubular at base, secund, with 
equal segments. Petals parallel with the sepals, falcate. 
Labellum spurred, expanded, large ; 3-lobed, the medial lobe 
multifid, the lateral 3-fid; all the lacinie filiform. Anther 
erect, elongate, with parallel, cucullate lobes. Pollinia small, 
on very long, channelled caudicles; the glands hidden under 
the hoods of the anthers.—Lindl. Orch. p. 333. 
Small and most elegant Orchids, with a single, reniform, hairy, radical 
leaf; and a 1-flowered nude stem. Petals white, tinged with violet. La- 
bellum very large in proportion, with a rounded outline, cloven into many 
slender, comb-like lobules, of a violet colour.—1 or 2 species, in the Western 
district. 
22. SATYRIUM, Sw. 
Perianth ringent, the lower lip formed by the subsimilar 
sepals and petals ; the upper lip formed by the helmet-shaped, 
2-spurred or 2-saccate posterior labellum. Column sessile or 
elongate. Anther resupinate ; the cells parallel or divergent. 
Glands nude, separate. Stigma 2-labiate, the upper lip much 
larger than the lower.—Lindl. Orch. p. 335. 
Herbs with leafy or many-sheathed stems, and spicate, often handsome, 
orange pink crimson or greenish flowers.—Many Cape species, dispersed. 
