TAB. 55. 



Tribe Vandeae. 



Sub-tribe Sarcantheae. 



Genus Mystacidium. 



Mystacidium filicorne, LimUey, in Hook. Comp. Bot. Maq., vol. ii, 

 p. 206 (1836) ; Harvey, Thes. Cap., vol. ii, p. 48 {t. 175) (1863).— 

 Herba epiphytica glabra, breviter caulescens vel saepe acaulescens ; 

 radices ad 4 mill, diametro; folia 3-5, disticba lingulata obtusissima, 

 oblique emarginata, coriacea rigida, 3-9 cm. longa ; racemi plures, 

 nunc adscendeutes mine peuduli laxe multiflori, 6-10 cm. longi, 

 pedunculis saepe flexuosis, bracteis cucullatis caducis ; Acres secundi 

 vel quaquaversi ; periantbii segmenta sub^equalia subconfoimia pa- 

 tentia lanceolata vel lineari-lanceolata acuminata, 8-11 mill, longa, 

 labello basi dente utroque latere donato, calcare basi infundibular! 

 sursum sensim augustato filiformi, saepius arcuato-incurvo pendulo, 

 3-5*2 cm. longo ; columna brevis; clinandrium oblongum obtusissimum ; 

 rostellum rostratum porrectum tripartitum, segmentis lateralibus line- 

 aribus papilloso-barbatis, intermedio lanceolate nudo subtruncato ; 

 pollinia ovoidea, glandulis lanceolatis sub segmentis rostelli lateralibus 

 insertis, pagina inferiore viscida, stipitibus discretis linearibus com- 

 planatis. {Ex e.vempl. viv. etch, plurihus exsiccatisqiie). — Epidendrum 

 capense, Linnaeus fil., Siippl.,p. 407 (1781)?; Limodorum lon^iconni, 

 Swaitz, in Schrad, Jouni. But., vol. ii, p. 230 (1799); Eulopliia longi- 

 cornis, Spreng. Syst. Vey., vol. iii, p. 720 (1826); An^raecum capense, 

 Lindley, Gen. £• Sp. Oich., p. 248(1833) ; AeranthilS plicomis, Beichen- 

 haclifil, in Walp. Ann., vol. vi, p. 900 (1861). 



Hab : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : forest, Koratiu, 

 district George, Sept., Dicye. — South-eastern Region; near Enon 

 M.S., fi. Dec, Zeyher, No. 1118 ; near Fish R., fl. Jan., and near St. 

 Jobn's E., fl. Febr., Dri'(je; near Kei E. moutb, fl. Jan., H. G. Flanayan, 

 No. 1254! — Natal: witbout station (according to Wood's Catalogue). 



Plate 55. Fig. 1, odd sepal ; 2, a side sepal ; 3, a petal ; 4, column 

 witb lip spread out, part of the spur cut ofl"; 5, lip, side view ; 6, column, 

 front view ; 7, ditto, side view ; 8, apex of the rostellum viewed from 

 above ; 9, ditto viewed from below, the viscid surface of tbe glands 

 being underneath ; 10, pollinia, the stipites curved after removal ; 

 11, section of a stipes. 



A glabrous epiphytical herb, with very short stem, or stemless ; 

 aerial roots 4 mill, in diameter ; leaves 3-5, distichous oblong or 

 tongue-shaped, unequally emarginate leathery rigid, 3-9 cm. 

 long ; racemes several, ascending or pendulous, laxly many-ii., 

 6-10 cm. long, peduncles frequently flexuous, bracts hooded 

 caducous, flowers secund or turned every way ; segments of the 

 perianth nearly equal in length, similarly shaped spreading 

 lanceolate or linear-lanceolate acuminate, 8-11 mill, long, the 



