TAB. 41. 



Tribe Ophetde^. 



Sub-tribe Dise^. 



Genus Browxleea. 



Brownleea recurvata, Somier, in Linnaa, vol. xix, p. 107 (1847); 

 Harvey, Thes. Cap., vol. ii, p. 3, t. 104 (1863).— Caiilis 20-42 cm. 

 longus, teres erectus subflexiiosus, basi vagina inelusus ; folia 3, caulina 

 remota lanceolata acuminata erecta, inferius 6-7 cm. lougum, superiora 

 sensini minora ; racemus sublaxus, 3-15-fl., bracteae foliaceae floribus 

 subfequilongfe ; sepala lateralia lanceolata acuta patentia vel deflexa, 

 7-8 mill, longa ; sepalum impar (cum petalis) galeatum, dorso rotun- 

 datum, apice Ubero acuminato recurvato, basi in calcar subfiliforme 

 arcuatum apice tumidiusculum ovario brevius productum ; petala 

 oblique falcato -lanceolata, ori galeae fequilonga ; labeUum miuutum 

 lineari-subulatum, ad stigmatis faciem arete applicitum, vix 2 mill, 

 longum ; rostellum erectum, brachiis parallelis, basi utroque latere 

 tuberculo majuscule adscendente ornatum ; antbera clavata ; ovarium 

 cylindrico-clavatum, basi attenuatum. {Ex exempli, plur. iiv. exsicca- 

 tisqiie). Disa recurvata, Ecichenbach Jil., Otia Bot. Hamb.Tp. 119 (1881). 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : on mountains, 

 fl. Febr.-April ; Eland's Eiver, Uitenbage, Ecklon d- Zeyher ; Bosch- 

 berg, Somerset East, alt. 1370 met., MacOican, 526 ! Howison's Poort, 

 near Grabamstown, alt. 750 met., J. Glass! Bazija Mr., Kaflfraria, alt. 

 1070 met., J. Baiu; 625 ! 



Plate 41. Figs. 1, 2, flowers ; 3, one of the petals, — the foregoing 

 magnified about 3 diameters: 4, lip; 5, 6, 7, column, front, side, and 

 back view, respectively; 8, one of thepollinia, — all the latter variously 

 magnified. 



Stem 20-42 cm. long, terete erect subflexuous, enclosed at 

 base in a narrow sheath ; leaves cauline, 3, distant lanceolate 

 acuminate erect, the lowest 6-7 cm. long, the upper gradually 

 smaller ; raceme somewhat lax, 3-lo-fl., bracts leaflike about as 

 long as the flowers ; side sepals lanceolate acute, spreading or 

 deflesed, 7-8 mill, long ; odd sepal (together with the petals) 

 galeate, rounded at the back with a short free acuminate recurved 

 apex, spur subfiliform arched, slightly swollen at the apex, 

 shorter than the ovary ; petals obliquely falcate-lanceolate, as 



