TAB. 88. 



Tribe Ophryde^. 

 Sub-tribe CORYCIE^. 

 Genus Ceratandra. 



Ceratandra atrata, Dtirand et Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr., 

 p. 123 (1895). — Herba erecta glabra, 10-35 cm. alta; caulis strictus 

 vel subflexuosus, foliosus, foliis erecto-patentibus vel apice incurvis, 

 lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis semi-amplexicaulibus, 2'5-8 cm. 

 longis, radicalibus plurimis lineari-filiformibus, ad 6 cm. longis ; 

 spica oblonga vel cylindrica, laxe vel dense multiflora, floribus 

 patentibus vel erecto-patentibus, inversis ; bracteas foliaceae 

 lanceolatae acuminatae, ovarium excedentes ; sepala lateralia 

 adscendentia concava, oblique ovata, acuta, 0-8-1 -2 cm., long-a ; 

 sepalum impar cum petalis laxe ag-glutinatum, deflexum lanceo- 

 latum acutum, 1-1 "3 cm. long-um ; petala breviter unguiculata, 

 subfalcata, lamina oblique ovata, obtusa, margine exteriore incurva, 

 sepalo impari jequilonga ; labellum posticum exappendiculatum 

 unguiculatum, ungue deflexo oblongo, 0-4 cm. longo, lamina 

 circuitu subreniformi, auriculata, apice breviter acuta, supra 

 tuberculata, 0-4 cm. longa ; rostelli brachia erecta vel erecto- 

 incurva, 0*6 cm. longa ; ovarium cylindricum, 0'8-l*4 cm. 

 longum. {Ex exempli, pliir. viv. exsiccaiisguc). Ophrys atrata, 

 Linn., Mant. (1767), p. 121. Pterygodium atratum, Sw., in 

 Kongl. Vet. Acad. Handl. (1800), p. 218. Ceratandra chloroleuca, 

 Mtind., ex Lindl., Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1838), p. 364; Baur, III. 

 Orch. t. 16. Ceratandra auriculata, Lindl., Gen. & Sp. Orch, 

 (1838), p. 364. 



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

 on the sandy downs, and on the mountain-tops, 15-1050 met., fl. 

 Oct.-Jan., Ecklon &= Zeyher, Rehmann, 572, Bolus, 4546! R. 

 Schlechter, 125 ! C. B. Fair! Wolley-Dod, 2249 ! Between Groene 

 Kloof and Saldhana Bay, fl. Sept.-Oct., Drege ; Piquetberg, alt. 

 600-900 met., id.; Langebergen, nr. Zuurbraak, alt. 450 met, fl. 

 Oct., R. Schlechter, 5707; Outeniquabergen, above Montagu 

 Pass, alt. 1050 met., fl. Nov., R. Schlechter, 5811 ; nr. George, 

 Boiaie. 



Plate 88. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, 2, lateral sepals ; 

 3, odd sepal ; 4, 4, petals ; 5, lip, front view ; 6, ditto, side view ; 



