TAB. 19. 



Tribe OPHRYDE.45. 



Sub-tribe Habenarie.e, 



Genus HOLOTHRix. 



A. Holothrix MacOwaniana, ReichenhachfiL, in Otia Bot. 

 Hamb, (1881), p. 108. — Herba erecta pusilla, O-o-O'O cm. alta ; 

 folia g-emina humistrata suborbicularia, obscure apiculata, 

 0*8-1 '4 cm. diam, ; scapus hispidulus evag-inatus, racemo subdense 

 4-9fl., spirali seu quaquaverso, floribus adscendentibus ; bracteae 

 lanceolatae setaceo-acuminatae, ovario pedicellato breviores ; sepala 

 ovata apiculata, 0*2 cm. long-a ; petala erecta oblique lanceolata, 

 longe acuminata, 0'4 cm. longa ; labellum demum deflexum 

 flabellatum, apice irreg-ulariter 6-9 dentatum, basi calcaratum, 

 calcare sa^pissime stricto gracili filiformi acuto, ovario aequilong"0, 

 0*6 cm. longum ; clinandrium subquadratum, apice rotundatum ; 

 pollinia in grlandulas distinctas affixa. {^Ex exempli, phir. viv. 

 exsiccatisqiie.) 



Hab. : South-eastern Region ; Howison's Poort, Albany 

 Div., alt. 600 met., fl. Sept../, G/ass/ (No. 6204 B in herb. Bolus.) 

 Katberg, P. A/acOwan, JV. C. Scully! (No. 6204 in herb. Bolus.) 



Plate 19 A. Fig-. 1, flower, side view ; 2, ditto, viewed from 

 above, obliquely, x 3 diams. ; 3, odd sepal ; 4, side sepals ; 5, 5, 

 petals, X 6 diams. ; 6, lip ; 7, column, side view ; 8, ditto, front 

 view ; 9, ditto, the front flap of the anther-cells forcibly distended 

 to shew the position of the pollinia ; 10, one of the pollinia — 

 all the latter variously magnified. 



An erect dwarf herb, 0"o-0'9 cm. high ; leaves 2, flat on the 

 ground, suborbicular, obscurely apiculata, 0*8-1 '4 cm. diam. ; 

 scape hispidulous, without sheaths, raceme rather densely 4-9fl., 

 spiral or equilateral, flowers ascending ; bracts lanceolate setaceo- 

 acuminate, shorter than the pedicellate ovary ; sepals ovate 

 apiculate, 0*2 cm. long ; petals erect, obliquely lanceolate, long 

 acuminate, 0*4 cm. long ; lip finally deflexed, flabellate, irregularly 

 6-9 dentate at the apex, spurred at base, spur usually straight 

 slender filiform acute, as long as the ovary, 0*6 cm. long ; 

 clinandrium subquadrate, rounded at the apex ; pollinia afiixed to 

 two distinct gflands, 



