TAB. 45. 



Tribe Opheyde^. 



Sub-tribe Corycie^. 



Genus Corycium. 



Corycium crispum, Swartz, in Koiujl. Vetensk. Acad. Xya Handl., 

 vol. xxi, J). 22 (1800) ; Ker, in Juurn. Sci. E. Inst. Lond., vol. vi, t. 1, 

 f. 1 [sub. C. hicoloro). — Herba erecta robusta, 20-30 cm. alta; caulis 

 rectus, usque ad basin spicae foliosus ; folia 6-10, ligulata acumiuata, 

 margiue crispo, laevia, subtus glauca, erecto-patentia, 7-15 cm, louga ; 

 spica cylindrica, dense multiflora, 3-4 cm. diam., floras late patentes, 

 bracteis lanceolatis ; sepala lateralia connata antica falcato-lanceolata 

 deflexa, demum apicem versus plus minus soluta ; sepalum impar 

 lanceolatum ; petala oblique semi-sacciformia, basirotuudata inflataque ; 

 labelli limbus oblongus exsertus, ter latior quam longus, vix emargi- 

 natus, basi unguiculatus, appendice e basi crassa columnari deinde 

 biloba, lobis majusculis ligulatis late incurvis ; rostella et stigmata 2, 

 dissita, basi labelli appendicis posita. {Ex exewpU. plxir. viv. exsiccatis- 

 que). Orchis coccinea, Bu.cbaum, Cent., vol. iii, }3. 7, t. 11 (1729) ; 

 Arethusa crispa, Thunhen,, Frodr. Plant. Cap. p. 3 (1794). 



Hab : South-western Region; Cape Coloxy: Groene Kloof and 

 Swartland, ThiDtbery, Dret/e, dc. ; sandy downs, near Tigerberg, alt. 30 

 met., fl. Sept., Bolus, 3934 ; Eaapenburg, near Cape Town, Guthrie. 



Plate 45. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, ditto, back view; 3, a 

 petal ; 4, odd sepal, — all the foregoing magnified 3 diameters ; 5, 

 column, with lip, front view ; 6, ditto, back view ; 7, ditto, side view ; 

 8, one of the pollinia, — all the latter variously magnified ; the letter A 

 indicates the appendage of the lip ; L, the limb of the lip ; a, the 

 anther cells ; s, the stigma. 



Erect robust, 20-30 cm. high ; stem straight, leafy to the base 

 of the spike ; leaves 6-10, ligulate acuminate, strongly crisped, 

 smooth spreading-erect, 7-15 cm. long; spike cj'lindrical, densely 

 many-fl., 3-4 cm. in diameter, flowers spreading horizontally,- 

 bracts lanceolate ; side sepals connate, anticous deflexed falcate- 

 lanceolate, becoming more or less separated towards the apex in 

 age, 6-8 mill, long ; odd sepal lanceolate ; petals obliquely semi- 

 sack-shaped, broadly rounded and inflated at base ; limb of the 

 lip exserted oblong, three times wider than its length, slightly 



