TAB. 16. 



Tribe Ophryde^. 



Sub-Tribe Habenakie.-e. 



Genus Huttonj.a. 



Huttonaea pulchra, Harvey, in Thes. Cap., vol. u.,p. 1., /. 101. 

 — Herba erecta gracilis glaberrima, ad 35 cm. alta ; caulis strictus 

 vel subflexuosus, basi vagina praeditus, distanter 2foliatus, apice 

 6-9florus ; folia patentia petiolata, petiolo vaginante, 0-7-4"5 cm. 

 longo, ovata acuta, basi cordata, nerviis primariis 5-7, 4*5-9'5 cm. 

 longa, 2*5-7 cm. lata ; bracteae ovato-lanceolatce, longe acuminatae, 

 ovario aequilongae vel breviores ; sepala lateralia patentia subrhom- 

 boidea, obtusa vel subacuta, Integra vel s^epius irregulariter 

 serrata, 0*7 cm. longa ; sepalum impar erectum ovatum, breviter 

 unguiculatum, subacutum, 0*5 cm. longum ; petala erecta ungui- 

 culata, ungue 0*3-0'o cm. longo, lamina cucullata fimbriata, 0*5- 

 0-7 cm. longa ; labellum deflexum, planum vel concavum, circuitu 

 orbiculare, basi truncatum, fimbriatum, 0*6 cm. longum ; anthera 

 ovata obtusissima, loculis basin versus divergentibus, 0-3 cm. 

 longa. {Ex exempli, plur. viv. exsiccatisque.) 



Hab. : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : Katberg, 

 alt. 1200 met., fl. Mar., Mrs. Henry Hiitton ; Engcobo, fl. Feb., 

 A. G. McLonghlin, 32 ! Cala, " Big Bush," alt 1200 met., fl. Feb., 

 F. C. Kolbe (No. 1653 ! in herb. Pegler). 



Plate 16. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, one of the side 

 sepals ; 3, odd sepal ; 4, column with lip, side view ; 5, column, 

 front view, the flaps of the anther sacs forcibly opened — s, stig- 

 matic surface ; 6, one of the pollinia. 



An erect slender glabrous herb attaining a height of 35 cm. ; 

 stem straight or somewhat flexuous, bearing a sheath at the base, 

 distantly 21eaved, 6-9fl. at the apex ; leaves spreading petiolate, 

 the petiole sheathing, 0*7-4 -5 cm. long, ovate acute, cordate at 

 base, primary nerves 5-7, 4"5-9'5 cm. long. 2-5-7 cm. broad ; bracts 

 ovate-lanceolate long acuminate, as long as or shorter than the 

 ovary ; lateral sepals spreading somewhat rhomboidal, obtuse or 

 subacute, entire or more often irregularly serrate, 0'7 cm. long ; 

 odd sepal erect ovate, shortly clawed, subacute, 0*5 cm. long ; 

 petals erect clawed, the claw 0"3-0'5 cm. long, lamina cucullate 



