TAB. 85. 



Tribe Ophryde^. 

 Sub-tribe CORYCIE.E. 

 Genus Ceratandra. 



Ceratandra globosa, Lindley, Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1838), p. 364. 

 — Herba erecta gracilis g-labra, 15-30 cm. alta ; caulis strictus 

 foliosus, foliis erecto-patentibus lineari-lanceolatis, long^e acumina- 

 tis, basi semi-amplexicaulibus, 2-6 cm. longis, radicalibus 10-30, 

 linearibus vel lineari-filiformibus, ad 5 cm. long-is ; spica densa 

 subg^lobosa, 6-12 fl., floribus suberectis ; bracteae foliaceae lanceo- 

 latae, long^e acuminat£e, ovario aequilong-aB ; sepala lateralia adscen- 

 dentia concava ovata subacuta, 0*6 cm. long^a ; sepalum impar 

 suberectum concavum lanceolatum subacutum, petalis leviter 

 cohcerens, lateralibus iequilong-um ; petala breviter ung-uiculata, 

 lamina oblique late ovata, marg-ine anteriore leviter undulata ; 

 labellum ung-uiculatum, ung-ue deflexo oblong-o, lamina erecta sub- 

 reniforme, interdum auriculata, exappendiculatum, 0"5 cm. long-um ; 

 rostelli brachia erecto-incurva ; anthera dependens ; ovarium 

 cylindricum, 0"8-l cm. long-um. i^Ex exempli, plur. exsiccatis et duo 

 vnns.)—C. paruiflora, Limil., Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1838), p. 364. 



Hab. : South-western Region ; Cape Peninsula, g-rassy 

 places, Table Mt., alt. 900 met., fl. Dec, Bolus, 4565! fl. Jan., 

 i?. Marloth, 4546. Mts. above Du Toits' Kloof, alt. 900-1200 met., 

 fl. Jan., Drege, alt. 750 met.. Bolus, 13517! Skurfdeburg- Mts., 

 nr. Gydouw on the Cold Bokkeveld, fl. Dec, A. Bodkin! 

 (No. 13518 in herb. Bolus) nr. Honigvley and Koudeberg-, 

 alt. 900-1200 met., fl. Dec, Drege ; Clanwilliam Div., nr. the 

 summit of the Sneeuwkop, alt. 1800 met., fl. Jan., C. L. Leipoldt, 

 605 ! Cragg-y Peak, Lang-ebergen, nr. Swellendam, alt. 900-1500 

 met., fl. Jan., Burchell, 7336 ; above Zuurbraak, alt. 900-1200 met., 

 fl. Jan., R. Schlechter. 



Plate 85, Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, ditto, back view; 

 3, column and lip, back view ; 4, ditto, side view ; 5, lip, front 

 view ; 6, column, front view ; 7, one of the side sepals ; 8, one of 

 the petals ; 9, poUinium — all variously magnified. 



An erect slender glabrous herb, 15-30 cm. high ; stem straight 

 leafy, the leaves erect-spreading linear-lanceolate, long acuminate. 



