TAB. 56. 



Tribe Yandeae. 



Sub-tribe Sarcantheae. 



Genus Mystacidium. 



Mystacidium gracile, Harvey, Thcs. Cap., vol. ii, /). 48, t. IT-A 

 (1863). — Herba epipbytica glabra breviter caulescens ; folia 2-4, 

 oblonga apice inaequaliter biloba coriacea erecto-patentia, 2-3*8 cm. 

 longa ; racemi plures, laxe 5-8-fl., 4-6 cm. lougi, bracteis miuutis 

 poculiformibus membranaceis caducis ; periantbii segmenta patentia 

 subaequilonga acuta vel acuminata, 7-8 mill, longa ; sepala lateralia 

 lanceolata, imparl cum petalis subulatis ; labellum basi circa marginem 

 oris calcaris orbiculare 1-2-lobulatum, sursum subito contractum limbo 

 anguste lanceolato, calcare filiformi incurvo, 3-3-5 cm. longo; cohimna 

 brevis ; rostellum rostratum trifidum, segmentis lateralibus linearibus 

 barbatis primum rectis turn polliniis demptis divaricatis, segmeuto 

 intermedio lanceolato acuminato nudo ; glandulae sub apice rostelli 

 approximatae, stipitibus discretis filiformibus ; pollinia subsphaeroidea. 

 [Ex exempli. pJur. viv. exsiccatis(]iie.) 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : in woods near 

 Komgha, alt. 610 met., fl. May-June, Flanagan, No. 822! Herb. 

 Norm. Aiistr-A/r., No. 1369 ; Klaklazele Mt., near Fort Beaufort, 

 Cooper, No. 271, fide Harve\j. — Natal: Dargle Farm, Mrs. Fannin 

 Zululand, Etsbowe, Mrs. Saiuulers. 



Plate 56. Fig. 1, flower ; 2, odd sepal ; 3, side sepals ; 4, petals ; 

 5, lip ; 6, column, side view ; 7, column, front view, tbe pollinia 

 removed; 8, ditto, pollinia in situ; 9, under side of tbe apex of tbe 

 rostellum, sbowing glands in tbeir position ; 10, upper side of ditto 

 after removal of glands, — all variously magnified. 



A glabrous epiphytical nearly stemless herb ; leaves 2-4, 

 oblong, unequally bilobed at the apex, leathery erect-spreading, 

 2-3-8 cm. long ; racemes several, loosely o-8-fl., 4-6 cm. long, 

 bracts minute cup-shaped membranous caducous; segments of 

 the perianth spreading, equal in length, acute or acuminate, 

 7-8 mill, long; side sepals lanceolate, odd sepal and petals 

 subulate ; lip orbicular at the base round the wide orifice of the 

 spur mth one or two small lobules, thence suddenly contracted 



