TAB. 80. 



Tribe OPHRYDEyE. 



Sub-tribe CORYCIE^. 

 Genus Pterygodium. 



Pterygodium hastatum, Bolus, in Joiirn. Linn. Soc, vol. xxv. 

 (1889), p. Ill, Jig. 14. — Herba erecta g-labra, 15-28 cm. alta ; caulis 

 strictus vel subflexuosus debilis, bi- vel rarius trifoliatus, foliis 

 distantibus, apice laxe B-8florus, floribus suberectis ; folia erecta 

 oblonga acuta, basi vaginantia, 5-14 cm. longa, superius saepe 

 vaginiforme ; bracteae herbaceas lanceolatce acuminatae, ovarium 

 aequantes vel excedentes ; sepala lateralia patentia, oblique ovato- 

 lanceolata acuminata concava, 0*7-0"8 cm. longa ; sepalum impar 

 erectum concavum oblongo-lanceolatum apiculatum, apiculo 

 reflexo, lateralibus ^quilongum ; petala erecta, circuitu subsemi- 

 orbicularia concava, margine anteriore crenulata, sepalo imparl 

 aequilonga ; labelli limbus deflexus oblongus obtusus, margine 

 crenulatus, 0*3 cm. longus, appendice erecto, duplo majore, cuneato, 

 apice hastato, vel Slobo, lobo intermedio multo majore, antice 

 excavato ; ovarium gracile, cum pedicello 1 cm. longum. [Ex 

 exempli, plur. cxsiccatis et iinico vivo.) 



Hab. : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : nr. Kentani, 

 alt. 300 met., fl. April, Alice Pegler, 1183 ! " Big Bush," Cala, alt. 

 circ. 1200 met., fl. Feb., F. C. Kolbe\ Dohne Hill, fl. March, 

 T. R. Sim, 22 ! — Orange Free State : T. Cooper, 1090 ! [in herb. 

 Kew.) Summit of Amaqua Mt. , Witzie's Hoek, alt. 2300 met., 

 fl. Feb.,y. Thode, 57 ! — Natal : Drakensbergen, nr. Van Reenen, 

 alt, 1500 met., fl. Mar.ji'?. Schlechter, 6923 ! — Trans- Vaal : summit 

 of Saddleback Mt., Barberton, alt. 1440 met., fl. Mar., E. E 

 Galpin, 1256! W. Culver, 87; fl. April, G. Tkorncroft ! (Trans- 

 Vaal Department of Agriculture, No. 4506.) 



Plate 80. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, one of the side 

 sepals, back view ; 3, odd sepal, side view ; 4, one of the petals ; 

 5, lip and column, front view ; 6, ditto, back view ; 7, pollinium ; 

 8, pollen grain ; 9, apical portion of appendix of lip from another 

 plant — all variously magnified. 



An erect glabrous herb, 15-28 cm. high ; stem straight or sub- 

 flexuous weak, bi- or more rarely trifoliate, leaves distant, laxly 



