TAB. 87. 



Tribe Ophryde.'E, 

 Sub-tribe CORYCIE^. 

 Genus Ceratandra. 



Ceratandra bicolor, Sonder, in Lhuicea, vol. xx. (1847), 

 p. 220. — Herba erecta glabra, 7-23 cm. alta ; folia radicalia 5-10, 

 erecta linearia acuta, ] 'b-'-^o cm. long-a ; caulis flexuosus, distanter 

 foliatus, foliis erecto-patentibus lineari-lanceolatis acutis, basi 

 vaginantibus, sensim in bracteas transeuntibus, 1-3 cm. longis ; 

 spica laxe l-9fl., (sjepius 2-4fl.), floribus erecto-patentibus; bracteae 

 herbaceae, late ovatte, ovario multo breviores ; sepala lateralia 

 patenti-deflexa concava ovata obtusa, 1-1*2 cm. longfa ; sepalum 

 impar resupinatum lanceolatum, petalis laxe cohaerens, lateralibus 

 aequilong^um ; petala resupinata concava, oblique cuneato-obovata, 

 marg-ine superiore ampliata crenulata, sepalo imparl ccquilong-a ; 

 labelli limbus supra medio tuberculatus, unguiculatus, lamina 

 sublunata, lobis lateralibus adscendentibus, marg-ine crenulata, 

 1 cm. longus, appendice alte bifido, segmentis erecto-incurvis 

 linearibus, acutis vel obtusis, 0'7-0'8 cm. longis ; ovarium 0'9-l"2 

 cm. longum. {Ex exempli, pliir. viv. exsiccatisque). 



Hab.: South-western Region ; Cape Peninsula, among 

 Restiaceae, and especially after bush fires on the upper mountain 

 slopes and on the tops, alt. 390-900 met., fl. Dec. -Jan., Table Mt., 

 Reh7nann, 566, Bolus, 4564 ! R. Schlechter, 95 ! Wolley-Dod, 2208! 

 Muizenberg, Bolus! (Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 340.) French 

 Hoek, alt. 840 met., fl. Nov., R. Schlechter, 9296! Mts., nr. 

 Tulbagh, Zeyher, 1574 ! Cold Bokkeveld, at the Gydouw, alt. 

 990 met., fl. Dec, Bolus, 13516! 



Plate 87. Fig. 1, flower, viewed obliquely, x 1| diams.; 

 2, column, with lip, back view ; 3, lip ; 4, lip, side view ; 5, petal ; 

 6, odd sepal ; 7, column, front view ; 8, section of the ovary — all 

 the latter variously magnified. 



An erect glabrous herb, 7-23 cm. high ; radical leaves 5-10, 

 erect Hnear acute, 1-5-3 -5 cm. long ; stem flexuous, distantly leafy, 

 the leaves erect-spreading linear-lanceolate acute, loosely sheathing 

 at base, gradually passing off into the bracts, 1-3 cm. long; spike 

 laxly l-9fl. (usually 2-4fl.), the flowers erect-spreading; bracts 



