COXXII. ORCHIDACE®. 367 
30. FORFICARIA, Lindl. 
Perianth concave, ringent. Sepals free, concave, the inter- 
mediate spurless, larger than the lateral, and lapping over 
them in the bud. Petals free, subulate, abruptly twice bent 
in the bud. Labellum fleshy, truncate, free, small. Anther 
reclinate, with parallel, close-lying cells, and 2 nude, triangular 
glands. Stigma adnate, hollow, simple.—Lindl. Orch. p. 362. 
A single species, with rigid, linear, acute radical leaves, and racemose 
flowers.—Found in Dutoit’s Kloof by Drége. 
31. HERSCHELIA, Lindl. 
Perianth ringent, as in Disa, Petals hidden under the galea, 
fleshy, collateral, eared at base, hatchet-shaped at the apex, 
twice as long as column. Labellum oblong, fleshy, quite en- 
tire. Column small, 2-parted. Stigma fleshy, raised, concave, 
at the base of the labellum. Rostellum 3-parted ; the lateral 
lobes narrower, acuminate ; a dorsal, linear, 2-lobed appendix 
is placed’in front of the anther. Anther horizontal, with 
parallel, short cells; glands 2, very large, truncate, horny, 
toothed.— Lindl. Orch. p. 362. 
HT. celestis, Lindl., the only species, grows on the summit of Table 
Mountain, flowering in March. It has many setaceous, radical leaves, and 
a slender distantly-sheathed stem, 1-2 feet high, ending in a raceme of 4-6, 
sky-blue flowers. A most elegant plant, with the aspect of a Disa, sect. 
Trichochila. 
32. BRACHYCORYTHIS, Lindl. 
Perianth oblique. Sepals free, the back one slightly con- 
cave, ovate, much smaller than the lateral, unequal-sided ones. 
Petals oblong, erect, oblique at base, fleshy in the middle, ad- 
nate at base to the column. Labellum longer than the lateral 
sepals, coriaceous, concave at base, but spurless, dilated and 
3-toothed at the apex. Anther reclinate, 2-celled, pedicelled, 
adnate to the large, ovate stigma, hidden within the cavity of 
the labellum. Glands 2, nude.—Zindl. Orch. p. 363; Harv. 
Thes. t. 58, 54. 
Leafy herbs, with densely-flowered, leafy spikes.—2 species, natives of 
Caffraria and Port Natal. 
33. HUTTONZA, Harv. 
Perianth 2-labiate, the upper lip formed of the ovate, quite 
entire, flat sepals, of which the lateral are much the largest, 
united in a single piece by the bases of the claws of the petals. 
Petals with long claws, and a hood-shaped, fimbriate limb. 
Labellum free, flat, fimbriate. Anther resupinate; the cells. 
