TAB. 73. 



Tribe Ophryde.e. 



Sub-tribe DiSE.E. 



Genus Brachycorythis. 



Brachycorythis pubescens, Harvey, Thes. Cap. vol. \., p. 35, 

 L 54. — Herba erecta valida, omnino, petalis labelloque exceptis, 

 velutino-pubescens, 20-45 cm. alta ; caulis strictus striatus, dense 

 foliosus ; folia erecta vel erecto-patentia, lanceolata vel ovata, 

 acuminata, inferiora amplexicaulia, superiora sessilia, prominenter 

 nervia, 2-5 cm. longa ; spica cylindrica, dense vel sublaxe multi- 

 flora, floribus erecto-patentibus, 10-20 cm. long-a; bracte^ foliaceae 

 lanceolatae acuminatse, flores excedentes vel squantes ; sepala 

 lateralia erecta concava, oblique ovata, obtusissima, extus pubes- 

 centia, 0'6-0'7 cm. longa ; sepalum impar erectum oblong-um 

 obtusissimum, lateralibus cequilong-um ; petala erecta, oblique 

 oblonga-ovata, obtusa, 05 cm. long^a ; labellum patens vel patenti- 

 deflexum, basi sacculatum, infra medium subconstrictum, apicem 

 versus ampliatum, apice Slobum, lobis acutis vel obtusis, later- 

 alibus incurvis paullo longioribus, 0'8 cm. long"um, ad 0'8 cm. 

 latum; rostellum breve, lobo intermedio reflexo, glanduliferis abbre- 

 viatissimis ; anthera erecta oblong-o-obovata ; stig-ma depressum ; 

 ovarium 1-1*5 cm. long"um. {Ex exempli, plur. viv. exsiccalisgiie.) 

 Platanthera Brachycorythis, Schltr.^ in Engl. Bol. Jahrb.. vol. xx. , 

 Beibl. 50 (1895), p. 12. 



Hab. South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : Engcobo, fl. 

 Dec, A. G. McLaughlin., 40! — Natal: Mrs. K. Sannders ! nr. 

 Durban, y. Sanderson ; nr. Pietermaritzburg", fl. Dec, T. R. Sim^ 

 4204 ! — Trans- Vaal : nr. Lydenburg, alt. 1500 met., fl. Dec, 

 R. Schlechler, 3926! nr. Barberton, alt. 600-1200 met., fl. Dec, 

 W. Culver, 15 ! Swazieland, between 'Mbabane and Bremersdorp, 

 alt. 900 met., fl. Jan., Bolus, 12318! 



Plate 73. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, side sepal, inner 

 view ; 3, ditto, outer view ; 4, odd sepal, inner view ; 5, ditto, 

 outer view ; 6, one of the petals ; 1 , column and lip, side view ; 

 8, column, front view, all variously magnified ; 9, portion of the 

 root tubers — reduced in size. 



