TAB. 14. 



Tribe Ophryde.4-:. 



Sub-tribe Habexarie.^. 



Genus Bartholixa. 



Bartholina pectinata, R. Broivn, in Ait Hort. Keiv. cd. 2, 

 W (1813), 19i. — Herba erecta g^racilis, petalis labelloque exceplis, 

 pilosa, 7'o-20 cm. alta ; folium humistralum subconvexum, per 

 anthesin evolutum, orbiculare, basi cordatum, 1'6-2'ocm. diam.; 

 scapus uniflorus, flore horizontali, demum erecto ; bracteee erectae 

 ovatcB cucullatce, pedicello subaquilongae ; sepala erecta lineari- 

 lanceolata, basi breviter connata cum labello tubum formantia, 

 1-1 "2 cm. longa ; petala erecta falcata lanceolata, acuta vel 

 acuminata, 1"5-1*8 cm. long-a ; labellum patens, circuitu orbiculare, 

 2*3-3'5 cm. longum, obscure 31obum, lobis multiseciis, segmentis 

 decurvis linearibus acuminatis, basi calcaratum, calcare conico, 

 0'6 cm. longo ; anthera erecta oblonga acuta, loculis tortis, 

 connective diaphano, apice breviter producto, 0'7-0"9 cm. longa ; 

 pollinia oblonga, caudiculis linearibus rigidis, glandula parva ; 

 ovarium curvatum, cum pedicello l"6-2 cm. longum. {Ex. exempli, 

 pliir. viv. exsiccatisque.) Bot. Reg. i. 1653. Orchis Burmanniana, 

 Linn. Sp. PL, ed. 2 (1763), p. 1334 / pectinata, Thunb., Prodr. 

 PL Cap. (1794), />. 4 ; Arettiusa ciliaris, Linn. /., Suppl. Syst. Veg. 

 (1781), p. 405 ; Bartholina Burmanniana, Ker, in Joum. Sci. R. 

 Inst., vol. iv. (1818), p. 204, /. vi., fig. 2. 



Hab.: South =western Region ; Cape Peninsula, sandy places, 

 near Kamp's Bay, alt. 15 met., fl. Sept., MacOwan ! (Herb. Norm. 

 Aust.-Afr. , 154.) Kenilworth Race Course alt. 21 met., fl. Aug.- 

 Sept., Bolus, 7216! Roadside, Hout Bay, fl. Sept., Wolley-Dod, 

 1700 ! Cedarbergen, near Krakadouw Pass, alt. 900 met., fl. Oct., 

 A. Bodkin! (No. 18,500 in herb. Bolus.) — South-eastern Region ; 

 near Port Elizabeth, fl. Sept., Esther Smith! near Grahamstown, 

 Featherstone's Kloof, alt. 630 met., fl. Sept., Bolus, 1932 ! 



Plate 14. Fig. 1, flower, front view, nat size ; 2, ditto, the 

 lip removed except a section of the spur — a, anther-cells, r, 

 rostellum, s, stigma, sp, spur, o, ovary; 3, lip, spread out ; 4, bract, 

 ovary and column — c, connective ; 5, one of the pollinia ; 6, one 

 of the petals ; 7, longitudinal section through a flower — Is, further 

 sepal, Ip, further petal, tns. middle sepal, a, anther-cell, r, connec- 



