TAB. 76. 



Tribe Ophkydeak. 

 Sub-tribe Diseae. 

 Genus Pachites. 



Pachites appressa, LimUey, Gen. S Sp. Orch., p. 301 (1835). — 

 Herba glabra erecta, f-l^-pedalis ; caulis subflexuosus foliosus ; folia 

 circa 4-5 caulina ligulata acuminata erecta, iufimum circa 10 cm. 

 longum, superiora sensim minora in bracteas abeuutia ; spica laxe 

 multiflora, 9 cm. longa (vel, ex Lindley " fere pedalis densissima 

 cylindrica floribus arete appressis."), bracteis lanceolatis inferioribus 

 ovario subaequilongis ; sepala late ovata subobtusa, 7 mill, longa, 

 lateralibus patentibus, imparl deflexo ; petala erecto-patentia oblonga 

 sepalis angustiora paullo breviora ; labellum lanceolatum erectum, 

 fasciis duabus parallelis coloratis ornatmn ; columna erecta stipitata 

 periantbio brevier, postice processibus binis cornaiformibus rostello 

 aeqiiilongis aucta ; rostellum terminale erectum crassum triangulare 

 truncatum columna latius ; antberae loculi in utroque latere stigmatis 

 positi, paralleli remoti adscendentes vix erecti ; glandulae basi rostelli 

 affixae uudae remotae ; stigma anticum majusculum oblougum vel 

 subbippocrepiforme depressum marginatum ; ovarium subcylindricum 

 costatum. (£".1; exempt, unico vivo.) 



Hab : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : near Swellendam, 

 on tbe summit of tbe Laugebergen, 15 Jan., 1815, Burchell, No. 7356 ! 

 in herb. Kew ; on tbe slopes of tbe same mts., near Zuurbraak, alt. 

 about 1100 met. (also seen at 450 and 600 met., deflorate) fi. begin- 

 ning of Jan. (1893), R. Schlechter, No. 2157!; also seen by bim on 

 tbe same range at Garcia's Pass, near Eiversdale, Febr., 1893, but 

 deflorate. 



Plate 76. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, one of tbe side sepals; 

 3, odd sepal ; 4, 5, petals ; 6, 7, tbe lip, sbowing eitber side ; 8, 

 column, front view ; 9, ditto, side view ; 10, ditto, viewed posteriorly ; 

 11, one of tbe poUinia ; 12, section of ovary. — all variously magnified. 



A glabrous erect herb, f-lg^ feet high; stem subfiexuous leafy; 

 leaves about 4-5 along tbe stem, ligulate acuminate erect, the 

 lowest about 10 em. long, the upper gradually smaller passing 

 into bracts ; spike loosely many-fl., 9 cm. long (or, according to 

 Lindley's description and Burchell's specimen, " almost a foot 



