TAB. 42. 



Tribe Ophryde.e. 



Sub-tribe Dise^. 



Genus Beo'^^'nleea. 



Brownleea Galpini, n. sj>. — Herba glabra 18-60 cm. alta ; caulis 

 teres erectus, basi vagina acuta inclusus ; folia 3, caulina remota 

 lineari-lanceolata acuta 3-nerva erecta, inferius 10-13 cm. longum, 

 superiora sensim minora ; racemus abbreviatus subcapitatus ovatus vel 

 bemispbericus, 8-12-fl., 1-8-3 cm, longus, bracteis foliaceis lanceolatis 

 ovario brenoribus ; sepala lateralia lanceolata acuta, 6 mill, longa ; 

 sepalum impar (cimi petalis) galeatum infundibulare, siu'sum louge 

 angustatimi obtusum, apice libero subrecurvo, lateralibus aequilongum, 

 in calcar filiforme ovario duplo brevius productum; petala subovata, 

 margine autico uudulato crispulatoque, basin versus lobato, ori galeae 

 aequilonga ; labellum basi semi-annulare stigma arete cingens, limbo 

 libero lineari erecto minimo, circa 1 mill, longo ; rostellum supra 

 stigma erectiun, brachiis elougatis parallelis approximatis, basi bituber- 

 culatum ; antbera reclinato-incurva, loculis basi in canales caudiculiferes 

 productis, glandulis approximatis borizoutalibus ; stigma pulvinatum 

 adscendens ; ovariimi clavato-cyliudricum, circa 1-2 cm. longum, basi in 

 stipitem brevem attenuatum. [Ex exempli, plur. exsicc, jioribusque in 

 sp. ruii servatis.) 



Var. major: floribus plus quam quarta parte majoribus ; petalis 

 latioribus apice rotundatis, magis lobatis concavisque ; labello duplo 

 longiore. 



Hab: South-eastem Region; C.u'e Colony: banks of streams 

 near Kokstad, alt, 1540 met., March, Tyson, 1084 ! — Tkaxs-Vaal 

 Eepublic: between Barberton and Swaziland, alt, 1-400 met,, March, 

 E. E. Galpin, 1255 ! — Var. major: south side of Mt. Currie, near 

 Kokstad, alt. 2000 met., March, Tyson, 1074 ! 



Plate 42. Fig, 1, flower ; 2, ditto, the sepals removed ; 3, odd 

 sepal ; 4, a side sepal, — all the foregoing magnified about 4 diameters; 

 5, a petal, magnified about 6 diams, ; 6, lip ; 7, 8, column, with lip, 

 fi-ont and side views, — all the latter variously magnified, — Yar. major : 

 9, flower ; 10, a petal, magnified about 4 diams, ; 11, column with lip 

 12, apex of one of the arms of the rostellum, — all the latter variously 

 magnified. 



