TAB. 11. 



Tribe Xeottee^. 



Sub-tribe Spieanthej. 



Genus Plattlepis. 



Platylepis glandulosa, Reichenhach fil., in Linncea, vol. xli, p. 62 

 (1877 ). — Herba decimibens, rbizomate repente, 35-50 cm. alta. Eadices 

 tuberosjp cylindi-ic-je lanosie ; caiilis laxe foliosus ; folia 4-8, petiolata 

 ovata acutissima reticulato-venosa, petiolo basi dilatato vaginante, cum 

 petiolo (4 cm.) 12-5 cm. longa ; spica cylindrica, dense multiflora, 10- 

 13 cm. longa, bracteis late ovatis concavis, dense glanduloso-villosis, 

 ovariis subiequilongis ; flores parvi glabri, vel sepalo impari dorso 

 glaudiiloso ; sepala lateralia libera oblonga subacuta, basi gibbosa, 

 adscendentia deinde dimidio longitudinis reflexa, circa 8 mill, longa ; 

 sepahim impar cum petalis lineari-spatbulatis adherentibus lanceolato- 

 cucullatum, subacutimi erectiun, lateralibus nequilongum ; labeUum 

 anticum erectimi ovatimi cucullatimi, apice contracto acuto recurvo, 

 extus verruculosum, marginibus in tubo columnar duas tertias partes 

 suae longitudinis adbasrens, eique subaequaKs, basi bigibbimi, gibbo 

 utroque intus caUo orbiculari colorato ornato ; columna erecta bemi- 

 cylLndrica tubulosa bvaliua, apice in rostellum anticum bilobum pro- 

 ductum, lobis erectis falcato-subulatis, basi in mentum minutnm 

 producta ; antbera pone rostellimi in tubo column* semi-immersa 

 erecta lanceolata, loculis distinctis ; pollinia granulosa in caudiculas 

 duas pendula, glandula minutissima ; stigma infra rosteUimi anticum 

 bippocrepiforme pulvinatiun, membrana angusta marginatum ; capsula 

 oblonga, 9 mill, longa. (ii> ej-empU. plur. e.vsicc., jloribusque in glycer. 

 serratis.) Notiophrys glandulosa, Lindletj, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. vi, 

 ;>. 138 (1862) ; Diplogastra angolensis, Wehcitsch, in Flora (1865) 

 p. 183. 



Hab: South-eastern Region; Natal: in swampy places on the 

 sbores of tbe Bay of Xatal, ti. Febr., J. J/, n'ood, 4122 ! ; J. Sanderson, 

 1048. — Also recorded from Prince's Island, Barter, 1952 ; and Golungo 

 Alto, West Africa, Wehcitsch. 



Plate 11. Fig. 1, flower, witb bract, magnified about 3 diameters ; 

 2. flower ; 3, odd sepal witb petals ; Sb, ditto, sligbtly opened, front 

 view ; Sc, one of tbe petals detacbed ; 4, lip; 5, ditto, tbe arrow marks 

 tbe limit of adbesion to tbe column, — all tbe latter magnified 4 dia- 

 meters ; 6, column witb lip, posterior view ; 7, column, anterior view ; 

 8, ditto, side view ; 9, ditto, tbe tube opened, sbowing antber attacbed 

 inside; 10, section of column near tbe base; 11, ditto near the 

 summit ; 12, antber, side view, witb fragment of column ; 13, poUmia, 

 — all tbe last variously magnified ; s, indicates tbe stigma. 



A decumbent herb with creeping rhizome, 35-50 cm. high ; tuberous 

 roots cylindrical woolly ; stem loosely leafy ; leaves 4-8, petiolata 

 ovate, very acute, netted-veined, petiole dilated and sheathing at base, 

 including the petiole 12*5 cm. long; spike cylindrical, densely many- fl., 



