TAB. 21. 



Tribe OPHRYDE.^i. 



Sub-tribe HABEXARiE.i:. 



Genus Holothrix. 



Holothrix Reckii, Bolus, n. sp. — Herba erecta gracilis, scapo 

 excepto, omnino glabra, 20-30 cm. alta ; folia 2, humistrata, per 

 anthesin emarcida ; scapus strictus, vaginulis 3-5, dissitis bractei- 

 formibus ornatus, basin versus hispidulus, racemo laxe 8-13fl., 

 quaquaverso, floribus erecto-patentibus ; bractete late ovata 

 setaceo-acuminatffi, supra medium subarticulatce, sjepe discoloratEe 

 0'5-0'7 cm. longce ; sepala oblonga apix;ulata, 0"-i cm. longa ; 

 petala 9fida, laciniis capillaribus, lateralibus sensim brevioribus, 

 omnibus patenti-recurvis, 0*9-1 cm. longa ; labellum concavum 

 deflexum 9-llfidum, laciniis lateralibus sensim brevioribus, 1-1 •! 

 cm. longum, basi calcaratum, calcare apice recurvo, infundi- 

 buliformi acuto, 0*o cm. longo ; clinandrium oblongum, apice 

 rotundatum, supra glandulas subconstrictum, rostelli lobo inter- 

 medio clavato ; glandul^e orbiculares magnae ; ovarium cum 

 pedicello 0*9-1 "2 cm. longum. {^Ex exempli, pliir. exsiccatis et 

 fiorihiis servatis. ) 



Hab. : Kalahari Region ; Trans-Vaal : Koodoe's Poort, 

 Pretoria, fl. Sept., Z. Reck! (Colonial Herb. 1003.) 



Plate 21. Fig. 1, flower, side view ; 2, bract ; 3, one of the 

 sepals ; 4, one of the petals ; 5, lip ; 6, column, front view ; 7, 

 clinandrium, the anther-flaps pushed aside to shew the pollinia in 

 situ ; 8, one of the pollinia — all variously magnified. 



An erect slender herb, glabrous except for the scape, 20-30 cm. 

 high ; leaves 2, flat on the ground, withered during the flowering 

 period ; scape straight, furnished with 3-5, scattered bract-like 

 sheaths, hispidulous towards the base, the raceme laxly 8-13fl., 

 equilateral, flowers erect-spreading ; bracts broadly ovate seta- 

 ceously acuminate, above the middle subarticulate and often dis- 

 coloured, 0-5-0-7 cm. long ; sepals oblong apiculate, 0*1 cm. long ; 

 petals 9fid, the laciniae hair-like, the lateral ones becoming 

 gradually shorter, all spreading-recurved, 0*9-1 cm. long ; lip 

 concave deflexed 9-llfid, the lateral segments becoming gradually 

 shorter, 1-1*1 cm. long, spurred at base, the spur recurved at the 



