and lip, front view ; 9, ditto, side view ; 10, ditto, part of the 

 rostellum removed; 11, rostellum, viewed from above; 12, vertical 

 section through the anther — all variously magnified. 



A slender herb, 7-20 cm. high ; stem straight or subflexuous, 

 villose, with one sheath at the base and two foliage leaves below 

 the middle, l-2fl. or very rarely 3fl. at the apex ; leaves erect- 

 spreading distant, or more rarely subapproximate, the lower 

 petiolate, the upper amplexicaul, subcordate-ovate or the upper 

 lanceolate-ovate, acute or obtuse, glabrescent villose-ciliolate, 

 1-1 '5 cm. long; bracts like the leaves, erect, somewhat sheathing 

 the ovar}-, pubescent on the lower surface, the lower ones exceeding 

 the villose ovary, the upper ones equalling it in length ; lateral 

 sepals spreading-ascending oblong-obovate, 0'7-0'8 cm. long, with 

 a conical obtuse sac, 0-3 cm. long, below the apex ; odd sepal 

 galeate, the galea almost horizontal depressed oblong, rounded at 

 the back, obtuse or subacute at the apex, pubescent without, 

 0"6-0*8 cm. long ; petals adhering to the galea, adnate to the 

 column, clawed subfalcate. lobed on the anterior margm, 0"6-0*8 

 cm. long ; lip erect, then incumbent over the rostellum, linear, 

 0"7 cm. long, the appendix navicular, the margins inflexed, connate 

 at base and forming a sac, acute, 0*4 cm. long; rostellum concave, 

 the gland-bearing arms projecting forward approximate, spirally 

 twisted. 



Described from several living and dried specimens. The 

 drawing was made from plants collected on the Cape Peninsula. 



