TAB. 89. 



Tribe Ophryde^e. 

 Sub-tribe CORYCIE^. 

 Genus Ceratandra. 



Ceratandra grandiflora, Lindley, Gen. &- Spec. Orch. (1838), 

 p. 3. — Herba erecta g-labra, 15-35 cm. alta ; caulis strictus vel 

 subflexuosus, foliosus, foliis erectis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, 

 basi amplexicaulibus, 2-6 cm. longis, radicalibus plurimis, linearibus 

 vel lineari-filiformibus, l"5-4 cm. long-is ; spica subg-lobosa vel 

 ovata, dense multiflora, floribus erecto-patentibus inversis ; bracteae 

 foliaceae lineari-lanceolatae acuminat^e, ovario aequilongae vel 

 breviores : sepala lateralia adscendentia concava, oblique ovata, 

 acuta, 1-12 cm. longa ; sepalum impar cum petalis laxe cohaerens, 

 patens lanceolatum, acutum vel acuminatum, lateralibus 

 aequilongum ; petala concava unguiculata, lamina oblique late 

 ovata, obtusa vel acuta, basi exteriore auriculata, 1*1-1 -3 cm. 

 long-a ; labellum unguiculatum, ungue deflexo oblongo, 0-5 cm. 

 longo, lamina subreniformi, acuta vel obtusa, basi utrinque 

 auriculata, supra tuberculata, 0-4 cm. longa ; rostelli brachia 

 erecto-incurva, 0-3 cm. longa ; ovarium 0*9-1 "4 cm. longum. 

 [Ex exempli, phir. exsiccntis el nnico vivo.) 



Hab. : South - western Region ; Langebergen, above 

 Montagu Pass, alt. 450 met., fl. Nov., R. Schlechler, 5790 ! Knysna 

 Div., nr. Hartebeest Vlagte, Mundt \ between Vlugt and Knysna, 

 fl. Nov., Bolus, 1553(5'! Humansdorp Div., nr. Storm's River, alt. 

 40 met., fl. Nov., R. Schlechler. South-eastern Region ; nr. 

 Cape Receif, MacOimn ; nr. Port Elizabeth, R. Hallack ; Van 

 Staaden's R. Mts., alt. 420 met., fl. Jan., Bolus, 1553! nr. 

 Uitenhage, Zcj'her ; nr. Grahamstown, alt. 660-720 met., fl. Nov., 

 MacOivan, E. E. Galpin, 309, /. Glass! Zuurbergen, alt. 600-900 

 met., fl. Jul., Drcge. 



Plate 89. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, ditto, side view ; 

 3, 3, petals ; 4, odd sepal ; 5, 5, lateral sepals ; 6, lip ; 7, column, 

 back view ; 8, ditto, front view, from an older flower : 9, trans- 

 verse section through the rostellum ; p, pollinium ; n, anther- 

 cell ; r, rostellum — all variously magnified. 



An erect glabrous herb, 15-35 cm. high ; stem straight or 



