TAB. 84. 



Tribe Ophryde.-e. 

 Sub-tribe CORYCIE.4?. 

 Genus Pterygodium. 



Pterygodium nigrescens, Schlech/cr, in Bull. Herb. Boiss., 

 vol. vi. (1898), p. 847. — Herba erecta glabra, exsiccata atrata, 

 15-40 cm. alta ; caulis strictus foliosus ; folia erecto-patentia lanceo- 

 lata acuminata, prominenter nervata, subplicata, 5-15 cm. longa ; 

 spica oblonga vel cylindrica, dense multiflora, floribus suberectis ; 

 bracteffi herbaceae lanceolatae acuminata^, flores excedentes ; sepala 

 lateralia patenti-deflexa connata concava suborbicularia, apice 

 excisa, 0*5 cm. longa ; sepalum impar erecto-incurvum, lanceolato- 

 vel ovato-oblongum, sulcatum, lateralibus cequilongum ; petala 

 incumbentia concava, circuitu suborbicularia, sepalo impari aequi- 

 longa ; labelli limbus porrectus rotundato-cuneatus, apice truncatus, 

 reflexus vel brevissime excisus, 0-3 cm. longus, appendice erecto 

 unguiculato, lamina bipartita, segmentis divaricatis revolutis, 0*4 

 cm. longis ; ovarium breviter rostratum, 0"8-l*2 cm. longum. 

 {Ex exempl. unico vivo pbiribiisqtie exsiccatis.) Corycium 

 nigrescens, Sond., in LinncBa, vol. xix. (1847), p. 110. 



Hab. : South-western Region ; nr. George, in grassy places, 

 fl. Oct., Mund, R. Schlechter, 2326. South-eastern Region; 

 Cape Colony : Kraggakamma, nr. Port Elizabeth, fl. June, 

 Ethel West, 305 ! nr. Grahamstown, fl. Nov.-Dec, Schonland ! 

 (No. 5981 in Herb. Bolus), Zeyher, J. Glass; Boschberg, 

 nr. Somerset East, P. MacOwan ; Hangklip, nr. Queenstown, 

 alt. 1500-1800 met., fl. Jan., E. E. Galpin, 1776; summit of the 

 Drakensberg, on Satsanna's Peak, alt. 2760 met., fl. Mar., id. 

 6844 ! Griqualand East, nr. Kokstad, alt. 1500 met., fl. Dec, 

 W. Tyson, 1592! — Natal: Mrs. K. Saunders! nr. Pinetown, 

 300-900 met., fl. Oct.-Nov., /. Sanderson, 485! Inanda, alt. 540 

 met., /. M. Wood, 530. — Orange Free State : Bester's Vlei, nr. 

 Harrismith, alt. 1020 met., fl. Jan. -Feb., Bolus, 13515 !—Trans- 

 Vaal : nr. Barberton, alt. 1050 met., fl. Dec, W. Culver, 59; 

 nr. Bergendal, alt. 1890 met., fl, Dec, R. Schlechter, 4013! 

 Houtboschberg, alt. 1710 met., fl. Feb., Bolus, 11170! Belfast, 

 fl. Feb.,/. Burtt-Davy, 1293! 



