fl. Mar., IV. Culver, 66 ; nr. Belfast, alt. 1950 met., fl. T)ec., Bolus, 

 12326 ! Henderson & Forbes Concession, alt. 1350 met.,- fl. Dec, 

 E. E. Galpin, lYl ! nr. Ermelo, fl. Jan., /. Burtl-Davy, 916 ! 



Plates 68 & 69. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, ditto, oblique 

 view, most of the ovary cut off; 8, column with one petal, from 

 another plant ; 4, side sepal, ditto ; 5, odd sepal, ditto ; 6, petal, 

 ditto ; 7, petal, from Mrs. Paterson's plant ; 8, one of the pollinia, 

 ditto ; 1), tuber, ditto — all variously magnified. 



An erect, usually stout, glabrous herb, attaining 1*25 met. in 

 height, usually 60-80 cm. high ; stem straight leafy ; radical leaves 

 3-5 from a separate bud or all cauline, erect-spreading oblong, 

 ovate, ovate-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, 8-20 

 cm. long, the upper gradually passing off" into the closely clasping 

 sheaths ; spike cylindrical, densely many-flowered, the flowers 

 erect, 18-35 cm. long ; bracts cuneate-ovate, acuminate or acute, 

 reflexed at the apex, membranous, as long as or shorter than the 

 flowers ; lateral sepals spreading ovate-oblong obtuse, 0'5-0-7 cm. 

 long ; odd sepal erect galeate obtuse, spurred just below the 

 middle, the spur pendent obovate, inflated or somewhat compressed, 

 very obtuse, as long as the limb ; petals erect, at the apex inflexed 

 over the rostellum, obliquely obovate, subfalcate obtuse, 0*4-0"5 cm. 

 long ; lip spreading-deflexed linear, dilated a little towards the 

 apex, as long as the petals ; rostellum erect, deeply 31obed, the 

 lobes equal in length, the lateral subacute ; anther erect or sub- 

 erect obtuse, the glands pear-shaped ; stigma conspicuously pro- 

 jecting beyond the ovary, much shorter than the rostellum ; ovary 

 0*8-1 cm. long. 



Described from several dried and living plants. The drawing 

 of the whole plant with figs. 7, 8 and 9 were made by Mr. F. Bolus 

 from Mrs. Paterson's specimens sent from Port Elizabeth. The 

 remaining figs, were made from a plant received in a dried condition 

 from Mr. J. M. Wood, from Natal — which has larger flowers than 

 is usual in the species. 



