tive, g, gland, /, lip, s, stigma, sp, spur, o, ovary ; 8, showing 

 position of the perianth-segments after flowering — sp, spur. 



An erect slender herb, pilose all over except the petals and lip, 

 7*5-20 cm. high; leaf flat on the ground, somewhat convex, 

 evolute during the flowering period, orbicular, cordate at base, 

 1*6-2 '5 cm, in diam.; scape Ifl., the flower horizontal, finally quite 

 erect ; bracts erect ovate cucullate, about as long as the pedicel ; 

 sepals erect linear-lanceolate, shortly connate at base and with 

 the labellum forming a tube, 1-1*2 cm. long; petals erect falcate 

 lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 1*5-1 -8 cm. long; lip spreading, 

 orbicular in outline, 2*3-3*5 cm. long, obscurely 31obed, the lobes 

 multisect, segments decurved linear acuminate, spurred at base, 

 the spur conical, 0*6 cm. long ; anther erect oblong acute, the cells 

 twisted, connective diaphanous, shortly produced at the apex, 

 0*7-0*9 cm. long ; poUinia oblong, the caudicles linear rigid, gland 

 small ; ovary curved, with the pedicel 1*6-2 cm. long. 



Described from several living and dried specimens. The 

 drawing was made from plants collected on the Cape Peninsula. 



