TAB. 17. 



Tribe Ophryde.*:. 



Sub-tribe Habexarie.^. 



Genus Holothrix. 



Holothrix hispidula, Dur. et Schius, in Consp. Fl. Afr., 

 vol. V. (1895), p. 70. — Herba erecta g^racilis, omnibus partibus, 

 petalis exceptis, hirsutis, 10-20 cm. alta ; folia solitaria vel 2na, 

 humistrata, per anthesin marcida, suborbicularia crassa, 0-8-1. cm. 

 longa ; scapus strictus subvalidus evaginatus, setis retrorsis ; spica 

 sublaxa, floribus spiraliter dispositis, s^epissime deflexis ; bracteie 

 ovata? acutae, apice capiilis tribus tortis longis prjeditce, ovario 

 subaequilongae ; sepala lateralia oblique ovata acuta, impar 

 oblongum, 0"2-0"3 cm. longa ; petala lineari-oblonga obtusissima 

 flexa, 0-J: cm. longa ; labellum subinfundibuliforme, petalis 

 aequilongum, breviter Slobum, vel interdum obscure 5lobum, lobis 

 ovatis subobtusis, intermedio longiore latioreque, basi calcaratum, 

 calcare conico recurvo, 0"3 cm. longo ; columna oblonga truncata ; 

 poUinia in glandulam unicam affixa. (^.v. exemplL pliir. viv. 

 exsiccatisque.)— Orchis lu'spidu/a, L. /, Suppl. (1781), p. 40; 

 0. hispida, Thunb., Prodr. PL Cap. (1794), p. 4; Flor. Cap. 

 {ed. 1823)./. 6; Habenaria hispida, Spreng., Tent. Suppl. (1828), 

 P- 27; Holothrix paruifolia, Lindl., Gen. and Spec. Orch. (1835), 

 p. 283 ; Bol. Orch. Cape Penins. (1888), /. 115, t. 24. 



Hab.: South-western Region; Cape Peninsula, in sandy 

 places on Table Mt., alt. 720-10oO met., fl. Dec-Jan., Thiinberg ; 

 Bolus, 7034! Th. Kdssner; R. Schlcchtcr, 482. Waai \'ley, fl. 

 Dec, Wolley-Dod, 2339 ! Langebergen, near Zuurbraak, 

 Swellendam Div., alt. 1050 met., fl. Jan., R. Schlechter. Mts. near 

 Knysna, Forcade. 



Plate 17. Fig. 1, flower, side view; 2, ditto, front view; 

 3, sepals ; 4, petals ; 5, lip, viewed from above ; 6, ditto, side view ; 

 7, bract ; 8, column, front view ; 9, pollinarium — all variouslv 

 magnified. 



An erect slender herb, all the parts, except the petals, hirsute, 

 10-20 cm. high ; leaves solitary or binate, flat on the ground, 

 withered during the flowering period, suborbicular thick, 0-8-1 cm. 

 long ; scape straight, somewhat stout, without sheaths, clothed 



