TAB. 82. 



Tribe Ophryde^. 

 Sub-tribe CORYCIE^. 

 Genus Pterygodium. 



Pterygodium excisum, Schlechter, in Bull. Herb. Boiss., 

 vol. vi. (1898), p. 851. — Herba erecta glabra, 8-22 cm. alta ; caulis 

 strictus foliatus ; folia erecta vel erecto-patentia, linearia acuminata, 

 basi dilatata vag-inantia, 2-5-7 cm. longa ; spica oblong-a vel 

 cylindrica, dense multiflora, 2-5-7 cm. long-a ; bracteae herbaces, late 

 ovatae vel ovatae, acutae, ovarium s^epius excedentes ; sepala 

 lateralia porrecta, apice adscendentia, membranacea connata 

 concava suborbicularia emarg-inata, 5 cm. longa ; sepalum impar 

 erecto-incurvum lineari-oblong-um sulcatum, lateralibus paullo 

 longuis ; petala erecta concava, fere semi-orbicularia, margine 

 involuta, sepalo impari aequilonga ; labelli limbus cuneatus, apicem 

 versus ampliatus, retusus, 0-2 cm. long-us, appendice erecto 

 ung-uiculato, lamina bipartita, segmentis horizontaliter divaricatis, 

 rotundatis ; stigmata duo ; ovarium apice rostratum, 0-5-0-7 cm. 

 longum. {Ex exempli, plur. viv. exsiccatisqiie. ) — Gorycium excisum, 

 Lindl., Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1839 j, p. 368. Orch. Cape Penins. 

 (1888), t. 20. 



Hab. : South-western Region ; Cape Peninsula, sandy flats 

 and mts. up to 240 met. alt., fl. Oct.-Dec, Bolus, 4832! (Herb. 

 Norm. Aust.-Afr., 180.) Steenberg, C. B. Fair! (No. 9343 in 

 herb. Bolus.) Mts. nr. the Tulbagh Waterfall, fl. Nov., Ecklon ^y 

 Zeyher, 1576 ! between Berg Vlei and Lang Vlei, alt. infra 300 

 met., fl. Nov., Drege ; nr. Porterville, fl. Dec, G. Edwards! 



Plate 82. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, ditto, oblique view 

 from the back ; 3, column and lip, front view ; 4, ditto, back view; 

 5, ditto, side view ; 6, pollinium — all variously magnified. In the 

 foregoing figs. Bs indicates the odd sepal ; ss, the connate side 

 sepals ; l, the limb of the lip ; A, appendage of ditto ; a, the 

 anther ; g, the gland of the pollinium ; s, one of the stigmas 

 separated from the other by the appendage of the lip. 



An erect glabrous herb, 8-22 cm. high ; stem straight leafy ; 

 leaves erect or erect-spreading linear acuminate, dilated and 

 sheathing at base, 2-5-7 cm. long ; spike oblong or cylindrical, 



