TAB. 63. 



Tribe Opheydeae. 

 Sub-tribe Habenaeieae. 

 Genus Bkachycoeythis. 



Brachycorythis Tysoni, Bolus, in Journ. Linn. Soc. {Bot.), lol.xs., 

 p. 485 (1884). — Herba glabra, l-l^-pedalis, tuberibus testiculatis in- 

 divisis ; caulis gracilis erectus strictiusculus laxe paucifoliatus ; folia 

 2-4 subremota erecto-patentia, lanceolata vel oblouga acuta, inferiora 

 6-12 cm. loDga, snperiora sensim minora ; spica angusta, laxe o-lO-fl., 

 bracteis ovatis acuminatis tloribus fere aequilongis ; sepala lanceolata 

 acuminata, 7-9 mill, longa, lateralia patentia, impar erecto-deflesum ; 

 petala erecta oblonga acuta apice obscure deuiata, sepalis paullo 

 breviora, supra columnam incurva ; labellum auticum, borizontali- 

 porrectum vel defiexum, sepalis parum longius, ungue cymbiformi 

 lamina fere aequilongo, lamina ampliata suborbiculari obtusa vel 

 cuspidata, minutissime crenulata, medio callo colorato vix elevato 

 longitudinaliter percursa ; columna erecta subcylindrica ; autbera 

 terminalis ovata, loculis parallelis, tuberculis nullis ; rostellum inter 

 loculos antberae plicatum ; glandulae pollinium ovatae, in alabastro 

 approximatae, per antbesin sub rostello fere absconditae ; stigma in 

 facie columuae positum depressum margine elevato ; ovarium sub- 

 prismaticum, costis prominentibus. [Ex exempli, plur. viv.) — Neobo- 

 lusia. Tysoni, Schlechter, in Beihl. cm Emil. But. Jahrh., Xo. 50, Bd. xx, 

 p. 30 (1895). 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : Katberg, MacOuan, 

 No. 1109 ! ; Kaffraria, Mrs. Barber, Xo. 40 ! ; Xalanga, alt. 1450 met., 

 fi. Jan., also near Maclear and in many places in Tembuland, Bolus; 

 near Umtata, Schlechter, No. 6343 ! ; in marsby places near Kokstad, 

 alt. 1540 met., fl. Febr., Tyson, No. 1083 !. — Trans- Vaal Eepublic : 

 near Botsabelo, Dec, Schlechter, No. 4062 ! ; Houtboscb Mt., 2000 met., 

 Febr., Schlechter, No. 4447 I 



Plate 63. Fig. 1, flower, side view; 2, ditto, front view ; 3, one of 

 tbe petals ; 4, lip ; 5, column, witb lip, side view ; 6, column, front 

 view ; 7, pollinia, in the bud or newly-opened flower ; 8, one of tbe 

 pollinia from a more mature flower, witb the gland as retracted under 

 the fold of the rostellum ; 9, section of tbe ovary, — all variously 

 magnified. 



