TAB. 81. 



Tribe Ophryde.e. 

 Sub-tribe CORYCIE^. 

 Genus PXERYGODIUM. 



Pterygodium magnum, Reichenbach, /., in " Flora " (1867), 

 p. 117. — Herba erecta valida glabra, 60-115 cm. alta ; caulis 

 strictus foliosus ; folia erecta vel erecto-patentia, oblongo-lanceo- 

 lata, acuminata vel acuta, basi vaginantia, sensim in bracteas 

 abeuntia, ad 28 cm. longa ; spica cylindrica, dense multiflora, 

 floribus erecto-patentibus ; bracteae herbaceae patenti-deflexae 

 lineari-lanceolatae, acuminatae vel acutce, floras saepius excedentes ; 

 sepala lateralia patenti-porrecta, oblique ovato-lanceolata acumin- 

 ata, 0'9 cm. longa ; sepalum impar erectum concavum oblongo- 

 lanceolatum acuminatum, lateralibus aequilongum ; petala erecta, 

 circuitu fere semi-orbicularia, basi subtruncata, margine exteriore 

 lacerato-fimbriata, sepalo impari cequilonga ; labelli limbus deflexus 

 cuneato-flabelliformis, margine inferiore lacerato-fimbriatus, 0"5 cm. 

 longus, appendice erecto cucullato, apice bifido, segmentis inflexis, 

 0'6 cm. longo ; anthera subhorizontalis ; ovarium 1-1*4 cm. longum. 

 [^Ex exenipl. untco vivo pluribusqtie exsiccatis.) 



Hab. : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : Coldspring 

 Farm, nr. Grahamstown, alt. 660 met., fl. Jan. -Feb. , /. Glass! 

 Boschberg, nr, Somerset East, fl. Jan., P. MacOwan ; summit of 

 the Kagaberg, fl. Feb., id. ; Engcobo Mt., fl. Jan., Bolus, 10288 I 

 A. G. McLoughlin, 26. Griqualand East, banks of streams at the 

 foot of Mt. Currie, alt. 1530 met., fl. Feb., Miss Brownlee I 

 (No. 1604 in herb. Tyson.) Pumugwan Hill, nr. Clydesdale, 

 alt. 900 met., fl. Dec, W. Tyson, 2707 !— Natal : Lynedoch, alt. 

 1200-1500 met., fl. Feb.,/. M. Wood, 1014 !- Trans- Vaal : nr. 

 Barberton, alt. 1200-1500 met., fl. Jan., W. Culver ; Houtbosch- 

 berg, alt. 1950 met., fl. Feb., R. Schlechter, 4475. 



Plate 81. Fig. 1, flower with bract, front view; 2, lip and 

 column, oblique view ; 3, ditto, back view ; 4, odd sepal ; 5, one 

 of the side sepals ; 6, one of the petals ; 7, column, back view ; 

 8, pollinium — all variously magnified ; 9, reduced sketch of whole 

 plant. 



