equally long ; side sepals narrow lanceolate acuminate, obliquely 

 and suddenly bowed or arched at the base, thence nearly 

 straight; odd sepal broader, acute; petals lanceolate subundulate; 

 lip ovate-lanceolate, very acuminate, spur cylindrical obtuse, 

 slightly incurved, a third part shorter than the limb ; column 

 oblong, narrowed above ; anther somewhat square, bilobed ; 

 rostellum subulate, very acuminate, bent downward and then 

 sharply up-curved or hooked, perforate near the apex (for the 

 reception of the single ? gland ?) ; pollinia elliptical [stipes and 

 gland not seen] ; capsule elliptical, ribbed, about 3"5 mill. long. 



Described from 3 dried specimens as above ; the flowers are 

 evidently white, their small size in comparison with the large 

 membranous bracts, seems to distinguish the species very well ; 

 there is nothing resembling it in the Kew herbarium. All the 

 flowers I examined had lost the stipes and gland of the polli- 

 narium ; and I only found one pollinium which had lodged in 

 the cavity of the stigma ; but I infer from the perforate rostellum 

 (which I have not observed in any other species) that there is 

 probably only one gland. I have dedicated this highly inter- 

 esting little species to its discoverer, Mrs. Charles Saunders, who 

 is a diligent observer of Nature in the woods of Zululand, and 

 has contributed several novelties to botanical science. 



