TAB. 83. 



Tribe Ophrydeje. 

 Sub-tribe CORYCIE^. 

 Genus Pterygodium. 



Pterygodium orobanchoides, Schlech/er, in Bull. Herb. Buiss. , 

 vol. vi. (1898),;;). 848.— Herba erecta valida glabra, 10-40 cm. alta 

 caulis strictus foliosus ; folia erecto-patentia ensiformia, acuta vel 

 acuminata, basi vaginantia, marg-ine S£epe undulata, in bracteas 

 sensim abeuntia, ad 20 cm. longa ; spica cylindrica vel lanceolata, 

 dense multiflora, 4-16 cm. longa ; bracteae membranaceae, late 

 ovatae, acutas vel acuminatae, ovario aequilong-ae vel paullo 

 longiores ; sepala lateralia connata porrecta concava ovato- 

 rotundata subemarg-inata, 0-5-0-6 cm, longa ; sepalum impar 

 horizontale, apice incurvum, oblongo-lanceolatum obtusum, later- 

 alibus paullo longius ; petala horizontalia concavissima oblonga, 

 oblique acuta vel obtusa, basi rotundato-sacculata, sepalo impari 

 aequilonga ; labelli limbus porrecto-deflexus cuneatus bifidus, lobis 

 divaricatis obtusissimis, vix 0*3 cm. longus, appendice subhorizon- 

 tali, apice bilobo, lobis obtusissimis, basi profunde bifido, seg- 

 mentis lineari-lanceolatis, in saccos petalorum productis, 0*4 cm. 

 longis ; rostelli brachia adscendentia ; anthera erecta ; stigma 

 hippocrepiforme. [Ex exempli, plur. vi'v. exsiccatisqiie.) Corycium 

 orobanchoides, ^w., In Kongl. Vet. Acad. Hmull., vol. xxii. (1800), 

 p. 222. Ker, in Journ. Sci. R. Inst., vol. viii. (1820), /. 3, /. 3 ; 

 Bot. Reg. (1888), /. 45. 



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

 15-210 met., fl. Aug.-Oct., Ecklon 6^ Zeyher, MacOwan, Bohis, 

 3935! (Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 181.) Tyson, 181, R. Schlechter, 

 1334; Berg River, nr. Paarl, fl. Sept. -Oct., Dre^e ; nr. Piquet- 

 berg Rd., alt. 150 met., fl. Sept., R. Schlechter, 2140; Clanwilliam 

 Div. , foot of the Olifantsriverbergen, alt. 90 met., fl. Aug.-Sept., 

 R. Schlechter. 



Plate 83, Fig. 1, flower, side view; 2, ditto, front view; 

 3, lateral sepals, upper surface ; 4, odd sepal, ditto ; 5, one of the 

 petals ; 6, lip, front view ; 7, limb of the lip ; 8, lip and column, 

 oblique view 9, ditto, front view ; 10, column, front view ; 11, 

 ditto, back view. 



