TAB. 20. 



Tribe QPHRYDE.'E. 



Sub-tribe Habenarie.e. 



Genus HOLOTHRIX. 



Holothrix Schlechteriana, Kninslin, ex Schlechter^ in Oestr. 

 Bot. Zeitschr. (1899), />. 21 ; et in Orch, Gen. et Sp. I., p. 588.— 

 Herba erecta gracilis, 15-35 cm. alta ; folia 2, humistrata, 

 superiora ovata, inferiora reniformia, apiculata glabra, 8-6 cm. 

 longa ; scapus strictus, vaginulis 3-6, dissitis squamiformibus 

 ornatus, basin versus hispidulus, racemo subdense multifloro, 

 floribus patentibus ; bracteae ovato-lanceolatce acuminatje, ovario 

 subaequilongae ; sepala oblonga, apicem versus ampliata, apiculata, 

 0'4 cm. longa ; petala circuitu oblongo-obovata, 5-7 secta, laciniis 

 recurvis lineari-filiformibus, 0*9 cm. longa ; labellum 7-9 sectum, 

 laciniis lateralibus gradatim brevioribus, petalis eequilongum ; 

 clinandrium ovatum, connectivo breviter producto ; poUinia clavata, 

 in glandulas distinctas affixa. {Ex exempli, plur. viv. exsiccalisqiie.) 



Hab' : Karroo Region ; on a dry stony hill, near Laingsburg, 

 fl. Dec, .V. S. Pillans! (No. 9367 in herb Bolus.) South- 

 western Region; Humansdorp Div., near Clarkson, alt. 150 

 met., fl. Nov., R. Schlechter, 6015! South-eastern Region; 

 near Port Elizabeth, McKay! Redhouse, fl. Oct., Florence Paterson! 

 Witte Klip, fl. Dec, Ethel West! Albany Div., Howison's Poort, 

 alt. 600-900 met., fl. Nov.-Dec,/. Glass, 423 ! Queenstown Div., 

 Mrs. Barber. 



Plate 20. Fig. 1, flower, side view ; 2, ditto, oblique 

 view, rather flattened to shew the column ; 3, odd sepal ; 4, 4, 

 side sepals ; 5, 5, petals ; 6, lip ; 7, ditto, from another plant ; 8, 

 column, side view ; 9, ditto, front view ; 10, one of the poUinia — 

 all variously magnified. 



An erect slender herb, 15-35 cm. high ; leaves 2, flat on the 

 ground, the upper one ovate, the lower reniform, apiculate 

 glabrous, 3*6 cm. long ; scape straight, bearing 3-6 scattered 

 scale-like bracts, hispidulous towards the base, the raceme rather 

 densely many-flowered, flowers spreading ; bracts ovate-lanceolate 

 acuminate, about as long as the ovary ; sepals oblong, widened 

 towards the apex, apiculate, 0'4 cm. long ; petals oblong-obovate 



