little longer than the ovary; rostellum ascending oblong truncate; 

 glands small, on either side of the rostellum behind the apex ; 

 stigmatiferous lobe linear-oblong incurved, nearly twice as long 

 as the rostellum. 



Described and drawn from a living plant gathered near Cape 

 Town. There are two colour varieties, one with dark brown, the 

 other with tawny yellow flowers. These sometimes grow together, 

 and do not seem to differ otherwise. The species is very distinct, 

 not much resembling any other known to me. It does not appear 

 to be common, and in some years is scarcely to be seen. Lindley 

 describes the petals as sometimes minutely pubescent ; I have 

 never found them otherwise than glabrous. 



