TAB. 88. 



Tribe Ophrydeae. 



Sub-tribe Diseae. 



Genus Schizodium. 



Schizodium antenniferum, SMechter, in Enr/ler's Botanische 

 Jahrhucher, ined. — Herba glabra erecta pusilla, 8-11 cm. alta ; caulis 

 aphyllus filiformis rigidiusculus flexuosus saepissime bis terve abrupte 

 flexus, levis, bracteis 3 minimis rigidulis cucullatis ovato-lanceo- 

 latis acuminatis remote vestitus; folia 4-6, radicalia, rosulata 

 humistrata lanceolata acuta crispulata, 1-1-5 cm. longa ; racemus 

 laxe 2-4-fl., floribus patentibus, bracteis lanceolatis pedicellis gracil- 

 limis subaequilongis ; sepala lateralia patentia lanceolata acuminata, 

 saepius medio torta, circa 1-3 cm. longa ; sepalum impar conforme 

 erecto-recurvum, calcare arcuato obtuso limbo breviore donatum ; 

 petala erecta oblonga truncata, angulo exteriore superiore processu 

 filiform! patente 1-1-1 '5 cm, longo ornata ; labellum bypocbilio 

 concavo, mesochilio suborbiculari convexo, epichilio filiformi pendulo 

 l'2-l-5 cm. longo; rostellum inter Scbizodia insigne, majusculum 

 erectum trilobum, lobis subulato-linearibus acutis, lateralibus incurvis, 

 intermedio erecto. [Ex exempli, plur. viv.) 



Hab: South-western Region; Cape Colony: summit of the 

 Piquetberg Mfc., near the town, alt. 490 met., &. Sept., Sclilechter, 

 No. 5248 !. 



Plate 88. Figs. 1, 2, 3, flowers ; 4, one of the side sepals ; 5, odd 

 sepal; 6, one of the petals; 7, lip; 8, column, front view; 9, ditto, 

 side view ; 10, rostellum, detached and laid open, — all variously 

 magnified. 



A small glabrous erect herb, 8-11 cm. high ; stem leafless 

 wiry rigid smooth and polished, flexuous and generally twice or 

 thrice abruptly bent, bracts 3 very small rigid hooded ovate- 

 lanceolate acuminate distant ; leaves 4-6, radical rosulate lying 

 flat on the ground lanceolate acuminate crispulate, 1-1*5 cm. 

 long ; raceme laxly 2-4-fl., flowers spreading, bracts lanceolate 

 about as long as the slender pedicels ; side sepals spreading 

 lanceolate-acuminate, usually twisted in the middle, about 1"3 cm. 

 long; odd sepal of similar shape but shorter, erect-recurved, 



