TAB. 86. 



Tribe Ophryde^. 

 Sub-tribe CORYCIE.^. 

 Genus Ceratandra. 



Ceratandra Harveyana, Lind/ey, Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1838), 

 p. 365. — Herba erecta g-labra, 7-17 cm. alta ; caulis flexuosus, 

 remote foliatus, foliis erectis lineari-lanceolatis, acutis vel acuminatis, 

 basi laxe vaginantibus, 1*5-3 cm. long-is, radicalibus 8-7, linearibus, 

 ad 3 cm. longis; spica subdense 3-llfl., floribus erecto-patentibus ; 

 bracteae herbaceae, late ovatae, acuminatae vel acutae, ovario 

 breviores vel rarius aequilong^ ; sepala lateralia patentia concava 

 oblongo-obovata, 1-1*2 cm. longa ; sepalum impar resupinatum 

 concavum lanceolatum obtusum, cum petalis laxe cohaereiis 

 lateralibus aequilongum ; petala unguiculata, lamina oblique 

 rotundata, margine crenulata, sepalo impari aequilonga ; labell 

 limbus deltoideo-hastatus acutus, supra tuberculatus, 0*4 cm 

 longus, appendice multo majore, basi contracta subquadrata 

 sursum in brachia duo dilatata, apice in plicas duas latas stigma 

 obtegentes reflexa ; rostelli brachia lata auriculjeformia ; stigma 

 bilobum ; ovarium 1-1 "2 cm. longum. (^.v exempli, plur. viv. 

 exsiccatisque). Ic. PL, ser. 2, vol. ix. (1889), /. 1840. 



Hab, : South-western Region ; in damp grassy places on 

 Table Mt., alt. 660-900 met., fl. Dec, Zeyher, Hatvey, Bolus, 

 4548! IVolley Dod, 2185! sandy flats, nr. Wynberg, alt. 15 met., 

 fl. Nov., Dr. Becker. 



Plate 86. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, ditto, back view, x2 ; 

 3, sepals and petals ; 4, column and lip, viewed obliquely ; 5, ditto, 

 side view ; 6, ditto, back view ; 7, one of the pollinia — all the 

 latter variously enlarged. 



An erect glabrous herb, 7-17 cm. high ; stem flexuous, remotely 

 leafy, the leaves erect linear-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, loosely 

 sheathing at base, l"5-3 cm long, the radical ones 3-7, linear, 

 attaining 3cm. in length; spike somewhat densely 3-llfl., the 

 flowers erect-spreading ; bracts herbaceous, broadly ovate, 

 acuminate or acute, shorter than or more rarely as long as the 

 ovary ; lateral sepals spreading concave oblong-obovate, 1-1 '2 cm. 

 long ; odd sepal resupinate concave lanceolate obtuse, loosely 



