TAB. 47. 



Tribe Opheyde^. 



Sub-tribe Corycieje. 



Genus Cokycium. 



Corycium bicolormn, Swartz, in Konrjl. Vetensk. Acad. Xija Handl., 

 vol. xxi, p. 220 (1800); Lindleij, in Bauer's III. of Orch. Pits., t. 15 

 (1838) ; ih., Gen. d- Sp. Orch. p. 368 (1839).— Herba glabra robusta, 

 15-88 cm. alta ; caulis erectus iuferne foliosus ; folia 6-8, liueari- 

 lanceolata acuminata iiervata interdum midulata, 5-15 cm. longa ; 

 spica cylindi-acea, deuse multiflora, 1-8-2-2 cm. diametro, bracteis 

 floribus brevioribus, flores 4 mill, longi ; sepala lateralia antica, in 

 laminam ovato-rotandatam emarginatam patentem connata ; sepalmu 

 impar lineari-oblongimi obtusum ; petala obUqiie semi-sacciformia 

 falcate acuta ; labelli limbus parvus obovatus emarginatus in carinam 

 appendicis sessile, appendix carnosa antice carinata siu'sum in proces- 

 sum subcucullatum obtusum basi auriculatum dilatata ; antberae loculi 

 antici erecti ; stigmata 2, in apices pulviuuli bippocrepiformis insidentia. 

 (Ex exempli, j/lur. vie. exsiccatisqiie). Ophrys b'lCOlor, Thiinherfj, Prodr. 

 Plant. Cap., p. 2 (1794). C. bicolor, Thunhenj, Flor. Cap., p. 21 (1823). 



Hab : South-western Region ; Cape Coloxy : mountain slopes 

 and plains of the Cape Peninsula, fl. Oct.-Nov., not common, Bolus, 

 2856 ; near Tulbagb, alt. 340 met., Nov., ib., 5282 ; Wellington, Miss 

 Cunvniw/s; Ceres; Eiversdale district, Burchell, 6605!; Vette River, 

 near Riversdale, alt. 90 met., Nov., Schlechter, 1978 ! ; Eiet-Kuil, 

 Zeyher, 8952 ! 



Plate 47. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, ditto, the side sepal pulled 

 down ; 3, ditto, side %-iew ; 4, one of the petals, — aU the foregoing 

 magnified 6 diameters ; 5, column with lip, anterior view ; 6, ditto, 

 posterior view ; 7, ditto, side view ; 8, part of column enlarged, showing 

 side view, the anterior part to the left (the curved dotted line indicates 

 the back part of the appendage of the hp) ; 9, transverse section 

 through the column, at a point below the jimction of the lip and 

 appendage; 10, 11, pollinia. — In the foregoing figures A shows the 

 appendage of the lip; L, the lip; a, the anther-cells; <j, the gland of 

 the pollinia ; r, the rostellum ; s, the stigma. 



A glabrous, often robust, herb, 15-38 cm. high ; stem erect, 

 leafy below; leaves 6-8, linear-lanceolate acuminate nerved. 



