338 



Transvaal. Boschveld, between Elands River and Klippan, 

 li>/tmann, 5061 ! Hoogeveld, near Donkers Hoek, alt. 4700 ft., 

 / hmann, 6534 ! Schlechter, 4137 ! Zuikerbosch Kop, Steenkamps 

 Berg, Nelson, 390 ! near Lydenburg, Wilms, 969 ! Umdomati 

 Valley, near Barberton, alt. 4000 ft., Galpin, 1291 ! Matsaba, in 

 damp places, alt. 2000 ft., Schlechter, 4581 ! near Johannesburg, 

 Rand, 1227 ! between Pretoria and Irene, Burtt Davy, 25 ! 

 Belfast, Burtt Davy, 1290 ! Ermelo Experimental Farm, alt. 

 5-100 ft., Burtt Davy, 7724c ! Liliefontein in Carolina District, 

 Nicholson {in Transvaal Herbarium), 4309 ! and without precise 

 locality, McLea {in Herb. Bolus), 5711 ! 



Natal. Coast-land, lat. 30° S., Sutherland] between Atter- 

 cliffe and Botha's Hill, alt. 600-1500 ft., Sanderson, 98 ! Noods 

 Berg, alt. 2000 ft., Wood, 109 ! in grass-fields, &c, alt. 2000 ft., 

 Wood, 247! near Tugela, Gerrard, 782! and without precise 

 local i ry, Sanderson, 292 ! Gerrard, 253 ! Cooper, 2754 ! Zululand : 

 Isandhlwana, Patteshall Thomas ! 



Lower Guinea. Angola : Huilla, near Lopollo, Welwitsch, 1516 ! 



Var. homostylum, A. W. Hill, formae typicae caulibus 

 folnsque simili ; caulibus saepissime longioribus foliis minoribus 

 superioribus saepius lineari-lanceolatis ad 1 cm. longis ; floribus 

 saepisissime albidis rarius flavis ; segmentis calycis 1-1-6 cm. longis ; 

 corollae tubo 1-1-4 cm. longo, lobis 5-8 mm. longis, 2-4 mm. 

 latis, ovato-lanceolatis acutis ; antheris 1-1*5 mm. longis glandulis 

 minoribus ; filamentis crassioribus supra basin tubi 6-7 mm. insertis, 



sty lis 5 mm. longis, stigmate circiter 3 mm. longo inter antheras 

 nidulante. 



Belmontia natalensis, Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss., ii., 1894, 220. 



,J,t n ™ natalemis ' Schinz in Bul1 - Herb - B oiss., ser. II:, vi., 

 IJUo, 732. 



ti7 NA 7 T ^; I ° anda » Eisbumbini, alt, 1800 ft., Wood, 133 ! Inanda, 

 wood, 541 ! CMairmont, near Durban, alt. 20 ft., Wood, 6100 ! near 



i rE , ?* n ' 7i7 9e S 4919 part1 ^ ! dam P S r <™nd near Pinetown, alt. 

 ouu it., Wood, 6o7! Noodsberg, Wood, 922! moist pastures 



near Umzinto, M'Ken, 15 ! and without precise locality, Sanderson, 



awo ft! wSSfcgf m partly ! Zululand : Ngoya ' alt im ' 



Exochaenium grande is very variable in general appearance ; 

 sometimes the plants are tall and slender, some 16 or more inches 



• h • u°f t S they are dwarf P lants of nofc more than 2 5" 3 inches 

 in Height. In the former case there is usually a branched 



inflorescence with some five or more flowers, whilst in the case of 

 tne smaller plants there may not be more than a single terminal 

 i,?oT t. flowers ar e large and striking, and as Schinz* has 

 til! i a Wn .', ar . heter °styled. In both the long- and short- 

 Sli ? 1, \ e filaments of the anthers are inserted about 6 mm. 

 d n?fcl: / 6 0f , tne cor olla-tube. In the short-styled flowers the 

 . nt hen , are from 2-2-5 mm. long with a large conical stipitate gland 



^ m m - lon S and two smaller- basal glands ; the filaments are 



Ii' vi.f infant' MtUr/ - GeielUc ^ Mr;ch,xxzvii, 330 ; JBmU. Herb. Jiou*.,Bet. 



