TAB. 78. 



Tribe OPHRYDE.'E. 

 Sub-tribe CORYCIE^. 

 Genus Pterygodium. 



Pterygodium cruciferuiti, Sonder. in Linncea, vol. xix. (1847), 

 p. 109.— Herba erecta glabra, 15-25 cm. alta ; caulis strictus vel 

 flexuosus, 2foliatus, foliis distantibus, apice laxe 2-6florus, floribus 

 suberectis, breviter pedicellatis ; folia erecta vel erecto-patentia, 

 lineari-lanceolata acuta, inferiora 7'5-17 cm. longa, superiora 

 minora ; bracteae foliaceae, lanceolate vel ovato-lanceolatae acutae, 

 inferiores floras excedentes, superiores breviores; sepala lateralia 

 divaricata, apice decurva, concava, oblique ovato-lanceolata, 

 acuminata, 1'3-1"5 cm. longa ; sepalum impar erectum concavum 

 lanceolatum apiculatum, lateralibus aequilongum ; petala erecta 

 concava, fere orbicularia, sepalo imparl aequilonga ; labelli limbus 

 deflexus linearis, 0*4 cm. longus, appendice erecto cruciato, 

 brachiis adscendentibus incurvis obtusis, 1*1 cm. longo ; anthera 

 horizontalis ; stigmata duo distantia ; ovarium 1-1 "4 cm. longum. 

 {^Ex exempli . pbir. vtv. exsiccalisque.) 



Hab. : South-Western Region ; slopes of Table Mt. above 

 Kamp's Bay, alt. 90 met., fl. Sept., 7?. Marloth! Bolus, 4964! 

 (Herb, Norm. Aust.-Afr., 316). Cape Flats, nr. Wynberg, fl. Oct., 

 R. Schlechler, Bolus! nr. Simon's Bay, fl. Oct., R. Brown; 

 between Groene Kloof and Malmesbury, alt. 90 met., fl. Oct., 

 Bohis, 4 334 ! nr. HouwHoek, alt. 240 met., fl. Oct., R. Schlechter ; 

 nr. Swellendam, Mund. 



Plate 78. Fig. 1, flower^ front view; 2, one of the petals; 

 3, odd sepal ; 4, one of the side petals ; 5, column and lip, front 

 view ; 6, ditto, side view ; 7, column, back view— the appendage 

 of the lip and its arms cut off — ^just above the base, a, anther ; 

 g, gland of the poUinium ; s, stigma ; 8, poUinium — all variously 

 magnified. 



An erect glabrous herb, 15-25 cm. high ; stem straight or 

 flexuous, 2foliate, the leaves distant, laxly 2-6fl. at the apex, the 

 flowers suberect, shortly pedicellate; leaves erect or erect-spreading, 

 linear-lanceolate acute, the lower 7*5-17 cm. long, the upper 

 smaller; bracts leaf-like, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, the 



