suberect ; leaves erect, the lower oblong-linear acute, sheathing- 

 at base, 5-15 cm. long, the upper lanceolate acuminate sheath- 

 like, 2-4-5 cm. long ; bracts herbaceous ovate-lanceolate 

 acuminate, exceeding the ovar\- ; lateral sepals spreading, 

 obliquely ovate, acuminate concave, sacculate at base, 1"2-1'4; cm. 

 long ; odd sepal erect subgaleate apiculate, as long as the lateral 

 ones ; petals erect, almost semi-orbicular, concave, margin 

 obscurely undulate, as long as the odd sepal ; limb of the lip 

 deflexed rhomboidal acuminate. O'T 0*8 cm. long, the appendix 

 erect oblong, attenuate towards the apex, incurved and furnished 

 with two fleshy lines, 1 cm. long; arms of the rostellum ascending; 

 stigma somewhat crescent-shaped. 



Described from several dried and living specimens. The 

 drawings were made from plants gathered on the Cape Peninsula. 



