TAB. 22. 



Tribe Ophkyde.4<.. 



Sub-tribe H.ABEXAKlE.i:. 



Genus Habexaria. 



Habenaria dives, Reichenbach f., in '■'Flora" (1867), />. 117. 

 Herba erecta glabra, 25-57 cm. alta ; caulis foliosus, foliis erecto- 

 patentibus amplexicaulibus oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis vel acumina- 

 tis, conspicue Bnerviis, inferioribus 8-11 cm. long^a. superioribus 

 sensim minoribus ; racemus cylindricus obtusus, sjepissime dense 

 multiflorus, floribus adscendentibus, inter minores generis ; 

 bracteai foliacea? concave ovato-lanceolata; acuminata^, minutissime 

 glanduloso-ciliolata?, ovario pedicellate subajquilongaj ; sepala 

 lateralia refiexa semi-obovata apiculata, 0'5-0"6 cm. longa ; 

 sepalum impar demum patens lanceolatum concavum, lateralibus 

 ccquilongum ; petala erecta bipartita, segmento posteriore lineari- 

 lanceolato, sepalo impari a^quilongo, anteriore breviore, oblique 

 ovato ; labellum patens opartitum, segmentis obtusis, lateralibus 

 oblongis, 0"2-0'3 cm. longis, intermedio paullo angustiore, duplo 

 longiore, basi calcaratum, calcare filiformi, ovario pedicellate 

 suba^quilongo ; clinandrium oblique ovatum obtusum ; rostellum, 

 manu expansum, circuitu subreniforme, lobo intermedio triangular! 

 obtuso, glanduliferis incurvis ; ovarium cum pedicello 1 '5-2 cm. 

 longum. {Ex exempl. iinico vivo, pliiribusqiie exsiccatis.) 



Hab.: South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony: Maclear distr., 

 near Ugie, alt. 1200-1500 met., flor. Jan., Bo/us, 8776! H. G. 

 Flanagan. — N.\t.\l : McKen and Gerrard, 4 ! near Lynedoch, alt. 1500 

 met., fl. Feb., /. M. Wood, 4828! Itafamasi, fl. Dec, id., 737! 

 Zululand, Eshovve, li. Jan., H. H. W. Pearson! — Tr.\ns-Vaal : 

 between Pilgrim's Rest and Sabie, and at Sabie Falls, alt. 1410 

 met., fl. Jan., /. Biirtt-Davv ! (Trans-Vaal Col. Herb. 1582! 

 1555 !) 



Plate 22. Fig. 1, flower, side view ; 2, ditto, seen from 

 above, somewhat diagrammatic ; o, one of the petals ; 4, column ; 

 5, rostellum, flattened out ; (i, one of the pollinia. 



An erect glabrous herb, 25-57 cm. high ; stem leafy, the leaves 

 erect-spreading amplexicaul oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 

 conspicuously onerved, the lower ones 8-11 cm. long, the upper 



