inflexed, not as long as the galea ; lip linear rather obtuse, dilated 

 towards the apex, 0-3-0'4 cm. long ; anther slightly resupinate, 

 deeply excised, the connective very short ; stigma large for the 

 size of the flowers, the rostellum very small, exserted at the apex, 

 (gland not seen) ; ovary cylindrical, 0-7-0-8 cm. long. 



The drawing of the plant was copied from the figure in Engler's 

 Bot. Jahrb. vol. xxxi., t. 3, with the courteous consent of 

 Herr W. Engelmann. The analyses were made from a dried 

 flower of the type given to me by Dr. Schlechrer, whose descrip- 

 tion I have taken over. 



B. D. brevicornis, Bolus, in Journ. Linn. Soc, vol. xxv. (1890), 

 p. 196. — Herba erecta glabra, -0-40 cm. alta ; caulis strictus vel 

 subflexuosus, foliosus; folia erecta, lineari-lanceolata vel lanceolata, 

 acuta vel acuminata, inferiora 5-12 cm. longa, superiora in bracteas 

 abeuntia ; spica cylindrica, dense vel sublaxe multiflora, 6-20 cm. 

 longa, floribus adscendentibus ; bracteas erectae ovatze acuminatae, 

 floribus cequilongie vel paullo breviores ; sepala lateralia deflexa, 

 apice involuta, oblique oblonga, obtusa, sub apice apiculata, 

 0-5-0-6 cm. longa ; sepalum impar erectum galeato-concavum, 

 basi calcaratum, calcare plus minusve inflato, obtuso vel subacuto, 

 ovario breviore ; petala carnosa erecta, oblique ovata, subfalcata, 

 apice inaequaliter bilobulata, 0-4-0-5 cm. longa ; labellum patenti- 

 deflexum lineare, basin versus paullo angustatum, petalis aequi- 

 longum ; rostellum subquadratum emarginatum ; anthera resupi- 

 nata, glandula unica semi-orbicularis ; ovarium 1-1 '2 cm. longum. 



{Ex exempli, plnr. viv. exsiccatisquc.) Monadenia breuicomi's, 



Lifidl., Gen. &^ Sp. Orch. (1838), /. 357. 



Hab. : South-western Region ; Humansdorp Div., near 

 Storms River, alt. 60 met., fl. Nov.. R. Schlechter, A. Penther, 

 P. Krook. South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : near Port 

 Elizabeth, fl. Nov.. R. Hallack .' ( \o. 6093 in herb. Bolus), /. 

 McKay! hills near Grahamstown, alt. 600 met., fl. Dec. -Jan., 

 Bolus, 7317 ! fl. Nov., MacOivan, 679 ; marshy places, nr. Kei 

 R. mouth, alt. 60 met., fl. Aug., H. G. Flanagan, 1807! nr. 

 Thomas' River, Cathcart, alt. 780 met., fl. Jan., id. 1687! nr. 

 Engcobo, fl. Dec, A. G. McLoughlin, 12 ! Insiswa mt., alt. 

 c. 1800 met., R. Schlechter.—^ ktki. : J. Sanderson, 894 ! Mrs. K. 

 Saunders! Inanda, /. M. Wood. Kalahari Region ; Trans- Vaal : 

 summit of Houtboschberg, alt. 1800-2100 met., fl. Mar., R, 

 Schlechter, 4713 ! 



Plate 40- B. Fig. 1, flower, oblique view ; 2, odd sepal, 

 front view ; 3, side sepal, back view ; 4, one of the petals ; 5, lip ; 



