spreading, 7 mill, long ; odd sepal lanceolate acute, 6 mill, long ; 

 petals subrhomboidal erect expanded, the angles subacute, mar- 

 gins irregularly toothed or lobulate, as long as the odd sepal to 

 which they are attached but much wider; lip triangular-hastate 

 acute, somewhat waved, veined, 3-4 mill, long, appendage erect 

 fleshy obovate bilobulate, hollowed out in front, about one-third 

 longer than the lip ; cells of the anther subspherical, bearing 

 the glands of the pollinia in a sinus of the upper margin ? ; ovary 

 straight, 9 mill. long. 



Described from three living, and two dried specimens. Colour 

 of the flowers dull red, the appendage yellow. The species has 

 the habit of Pt. venosum, with which it is sometimes found 

 growing, but as may be seen here, it is very distinct from that, 

 or indeed from any other known to me. It seems to be somewhat 

 rare, and hence I have cited in full all the recorded stations ; 

 most of the later collectors have only obtained one or two speci- 

 mens ; how many Zeyher distributed I have no means of knowing. 

 This is one of the several species which have been found on the 

 Cape Peninsula since the publication of my monograph on the 

 Orchids of the Cape Peninsula (1888), and hence does not 

 appear there. 



