TAB. 62. 



Tribe Ophrydeae. 

 Sub-tribe Habenarieae. 

 Genus Brachycorythis. 



Brachycorythis ovata, Lindleij, Gen. S Sp. Oich., p. 363 (1838) ; 

 Harvey, Tlies. Cap., vol. i, p. 34, t. 53 (1859). — Herba robusta glabra, 

 1-14^-pedalis, tuberibus 3-4-fasciculatis magnis ; caulis erectus dense 

 foliosns ; folia ovata acuta vel acuminata dense imbricata, 4-10 cm. 

 longa, sensira minora in bracteas foliaceas conformes abeuntia ; 

 spica oblonga dense multiflora, bracteis inferioribus flores circa 

 1-3 cm. longos excedentibus ; sepala lateralia adscendentia falcato- 

 ovata subobtusa ; sepalum impar erectum ellipticum ; petala erecta 

 oblique ovata acuta apicem versus supra columnam incurva ; labellum 

 anticum borizontali-porrectum, 1-1-2 cm, longum, ungue magno 

 cymbiformi-gibboso, lamina ampliata subovata, callo linear! majus- 

 cule lougitudiualiter percursa ; anthera fere erecta, tuberculis utroque 

 latere oruata, glandulis pollinium majusculis approximatis; rostellum 

 inter loculos antberae plicatum; stigma depressum marginatum. [Ex 

 exempli, plur. vie. exsiccatisque.) — Platanthera OVata, Schlechter, in 

 Beibl. zu Engl. Bot. Jahh., Xo. 50, Bd. xx, p. 12 (1895). 



Hab: South-eastern Region ; CapeColoxy: Perie Forest, fl. Jan., 

 T. R. Sim, No. 26 ! ; Dobne Mt., alt. 1100 met., Jan., Bolus; near Kei 

 E. moutb, alt. 16 met., Nov., Flanagan, No. 1300!; Tembuland, in 

 grassy places, Jan., Bolus; Pondoland, fl. Febr., Drege, and near 

 Umkwani Pi., alt. 60 met., fl. Oct., Tyson, No. 2670 !— Natal : near 

 Inanda, Nov., Wood, No. 1169 ! ; Swazieland, near Barberton, 1200 

 met., Galpin, No. 725!. — Trans-Vaal Eepublic : Macamac, Mmld ; 

 near Lydenburg, 1500 met., Dec, Schlechter, No. 3922 ! 



Plate 62. Fig. 1, flower, front view; 2, ditto, side view; 3, lip; 

 4, odd sepal ; 5, one of the side sepals ; 6, one of tbe petals ; 

 7, column, witb lip, side view ; 8, column ; 9, one of tbe pollinia, — 

 all variously magnified. 



A stout glabrous herb, 1-1^ feet high, with 3-4 large clustered 

 tubers ; stem erect, densely leafy ; leaves ovate acute or 

 acuminate densely imbricate, 4-10 cm. long, becoming 

 gradually smaller above and passing into leaflike bracts ; spike 



