TAB. 49. 



Tribe Ophryde^. 

 Sub-tribe Coeycie^. 

 Genus Pterygodium. 



Pterygodium venosum, Lindley, Gen. d Sp. On-Jt., p. 3G7 (1839) ; 

 Harvey, Thes. Cap., vol. i, p. 59, t. 94 (1859). — Tubera plura cylindrica 

 lanuginosa ; caulis erectus spitbauifeus vel minor, dense foliosus ; folia 

 infera lanceolata vel ohovata, 1-2 cm. longa, saperiora longiora (ad 5 

 cm.) angustiora acmninata ; spica cylindrica sursum angustata, dense 

 multiflora, bracteae lineares acuminatse floribus paiillobreviores; flores 

 circa 1 cm. longi et lati ; sepala lateralia late ovata vel suborbicularia 

 emarginata, valde concava, patentia ; sepalum impar angustius ob- 

 tusum; petala flabelliformi-cnneata incnrva patentia, margine supei'iori 

 eroso-denticulata, quam sepalis paullo latiora ; labellum suborbiculare 

 concavura crenulatum, basin versus tubeiculo subulate ornaium, 

 appendix erecta carnosa bipavtita, segmentis cornuifoimibus obtusis 

 curvis ; coluuma biloba ; antberte loculi in margine exteriori utriusque 

 lobi auriculaeformis positi, erecti, glandulis pollinium superioribus ; 

 stigmata 2 ; ovarium cylindricum. (Ex exempli. 2 vivis.) 



Hab: South-western Region; Cape Colony: "on the Winter- 

 lioek, Tulbagb, at 3000 ft., Dr. Pappe, Nov."; on mountain slopes 

 near Villiersdorp, alt. GOO met., fl. Nov., Bolus, 6281 ; near Palmiet 

 E., on tbe main road to Caledon, Nov., ib. ; near Tulbagb Waterfall, 

 mountain sides, alt. 400-450 met., fl. Oct. (with Ft. ruhujinosiivi, 

 Sonder), F. Guthrie. 



Plate 49. Figs. 1, 2, flowers; 8, one of the petals; 4, column 

 with lip, posterior view, — all the foregoing magnified 3 diameters ; 5, 

 lip and appendage ; 6, sepals ; 7, column, posterior view, tbe lip 

 removed, the arms somewhat forced outward ; 8, column, front view ; 

 9, one of the pollinia, — all the latter variously magnified. 



Tubers several, cylindrical, closely woolly ; stem erect, 15-22 

 cm. high, closely leafy ; lower leaves obovate or lanceolate, 1-2 

 cm. long, upper longer (2*5-5 cm.) narrower acuminate ; spike 

 cylindrical, densely many-fl., bracts linear acuminate a little 

 shorter than the flowers ; flowers about 1 cm. long and wide ; 

 side sepals broadly ovate or suborbicular emarginate, very con- 

 cave, spreading ; odd sepal narrower obtuse ; petals fan-shaped* 



