TAB. 50. 



Tribe Ophryde^. 

 Sub-tribe Corycie^. 

 Genus Pterygodium. 



Pterygodium rubiginosum, Sonder, ex Drege, in Lintma, vol. xx, 

 p. 220 (18i7) nomen tantum ; Bolus, in Journ. Linn. Soc. (Bot.) vol. xx, 

 p. 486 (1884). — Herba erecta, 20-27 cm. alta ; caulis foliosus sub- 

 flexuosus ; folia 5-7, lineari-lanceolata acuta vel acuminata erecta, 5- 

 6 cm. longa ; spica cylindrica multiflora, 8-12 cm. longa, bracteis late 

 ovatis acutis ovario ffiquilongis ; sepala lateralia late ovata acuta con- 

 cava patentia, 7 mill, longa ; sepalum impar lanceolatum acutum, 6 

 mill, longum ; petala subrliomboidea erecta expansa angulis subacutis, 

 margine irregulari, sepalo imparl fequilonga multo latiora ; labellum 

 triangulari-bastatum acutum subundulatum multinervum, 3-4 mill, 

 longum, appendice erecta carnosa obovata biloba antice excavata labello 

 longior ; anther^e loculi subspbaerici, glandulas pollinium in sinu mar- 

 ginis superioris ferentes ? ; ovarium rectum, 9 mill, longum. (£".1; 

 exempli. 3 viv., 2 exsiccatisque, Zeyher, 3946). 



Hab: South-western Region; Cape Colony: in moist places, 

 Appel's Kraal near tbe Zondereinde E., Caledon district, alt. between 

 150 and 300 met., fl. Nov., Zeyher, 3946 ! ; moist mountain slopes, 

 Jonker'sboek, near Stellenboscb, alt. 1250 met., fl. Jan., Dr. Marloth, 

 1853!; mountains above Talbagb Waterfall, 400-450 met., Oct. 

 (growing witb Ft. venosum), F. Guthrie! ; on tbe Cape Peninsula, Con- 

 stantia Berg, near tbe summit, at about 960 met., 2 Jan. 1889, A. 

 Bodkin (No. 7048 in my berb.). 



Plate 50. Figs. 1, 2, flowers, magnified 2 diameters; 3, odd sepal; 

 4, side sepals ; 5, petals, — all tbe latter magnified 3 diameters ; 6, 

 column, front view ; 7, ditto, back view, — L, lip ; ap, appendage of the 

 lip ; ac, one of tbe cells of tbe antber ; g, gland of tbe polliuia ; r, 

 rostellum ; 8, one of tbe antber cells ; 9, inner face of one side showing 

 sfj, the sinus for tbe caudicle and gland of the polliuia ; 10, one of the 

 pollinia, — figs. 6-10 variously magnified. 



An erect herb, 20-27 cm. high; stem leafy subflexuous; leaves 

 5-7, linear-lanceolate acute or acuminate erect, 5-6 cm. long; 

 spike cylindrical many-fl., 8-12 cm. long, bracts broadly ovate 

 acute, as long as the ovary ; side sepals ovate acute concave 



