TAB. 18. 



Tribe Ophrvde.^. 



Sub-tribe HABEXARiE.i:. 



Genus Holothrix. 



Holothrix squamulosa, Lindley, in Comp. Bot.Mag., vol. ii. 

 (1836), 206. — Herba erecta, omnibus partibus. petalis exceptis, 

 hirsutis vel squamulosis, 10-20 cm. alta. ; folium humistratum, 

 saepe per anthesin marcescens, late ovatum, acutum carnosum, 

 l"3-2*5 cm. long-um ; scapus strictus subvalidus evaginatus ; 

 bracteae ovatce acutas, ovario breviores vel aequilongae ; sepala 

 ovato-lanceolata, acuta vel obtusa, 0'2-0'3 cm. longa ; petala 

 adscendentia linearia obtusa, 0-6 cm. longa ; labellum 5-7fid., 

 lobis linearibus, obtusis inaequalibus, intermedio longissimo, basi 

 calcarata, calcare conico, saepissime valde recurvo, ovario paullo 

 breviore ; columna ovata obtusa ; poUinia in glandulam unicam 

 affixa ; ovarium curvatum, 3-0'o cm. longum. {Ex. exempli, 

 plur. viv. exsiccatisque.) — //, Harueiana, Lindl., ib. ex. parte. 



\'.AR. A. SCABRA. — Folia superne squamulosa. — //. squamu/osa, 

 Lindl. , ib. 



\'.\R. B. HiRSUTA. — Folia superne dense hirsuta. — H. Harueiana, 

 Lindl. , ib. 



Var. C. glabrata. — Folia superne, marginibus exceptis, 

 glabrata. 



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

 places on the Cape Flats, fl. Sept. -Oct., Ecklon ; Zeyher ; 

 R. Schlechter, 1689; ^(^///^ 3929 ! (Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afn.'llO.) 

 7022! Table Mt., alt. 750 met., fl. Oct., W. H. Harvey; 

 R. Schlechter, Q>0. Muizenberg, fl. Jan., rFb//£'j'-Z)(>^, 784 ! road- 

 side, Garcia's Pass, Riversdale Div., alt. 480 met., fl. Oct., 

 Bolus, 11383! 



Plate 18. A. Var. sc.\bra. Fig. 1, sepals ; 2,3, lip ; 4, flower, 

 side view; -5, petals — all x 4 diams.; 6, column, front view; 

 7, ditto, tilted back to shew stigma ; 8, poUinia ; 10, section of 

 leaf; 11, leaf-scales of upper surface; 12, section of flower 

 through the middle, showing a, anther, s, stigma ; 15, a lip with 

 seven lobes — variously enlarged. 



