TAB. 98. 



Tribe Ophkydeae. 

 Sub-tribe Cokycieae. 

 Genus PTERXGODirM. 



Pterygodimn Flanagani, n.sp. — Herba glabra erecta snbrobusta, 

 f-1-pedalis; caulis stricms dense foliosus ; folia dense imbricata 

 erecto-patentia vel apice saepe recurva ovata vel ovato-lanceolata 

 acuminata multinerva, basi caulem laxe vaginantia, 3-8 cm. longa ; 

 spica oblonga dense multiflora, bracteis ovato-lanceolatis submem- 

 branaceis, apicibus saepius reflexis ; iiores in geuere inversi, circa 

 1-2 cm. longi, 1-5 cm. espansi ; sepala lateralia patentia ovato- 

 lanceolata subobtusa multinerva, basi connata ; sepalum impar 

 inferum anticum deflexum, lateralibus subconforme, petalis primum 

 adhaerens demum saepe solutum ; petala deflexa lauceolata subacuta 

 concava incurva ; labellnm superum erecto recurvum lingaaeforme, 

 sepalis fere aequilongum, infra medium basin versus callis parvis 

 numerosis instructum, appendice e basi limbi orta oblonga subcamosa 

 nervo elevato percursa, labello daplo breviore. {E.v exempli, plur. 

 exsiccatis.) 



Hab: South-eastern Region; Cape Colony: Broughton, near 

 Molteno, alt. 1940 met., fl. Dec. (1892), H. G. Flanagan, Xo. 1639, in 

 my herb., herb. Kew, ic. 



Plate 98. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, tbe connate side sepals ; 

 3, odd sepal; 4, petals ; 5, lip, with appendage, front view ; 6, ditto, 

 back view ; 7, ovary ; 8, a bract, — all variously magnified, and all 

 from dried specimens. 



A glabrous erect somewhat robust herb, f-1 foot high ; stem 

 straight densely leafy ; leaves thickly imbricate erect-spreading 

 or often recurved at the apex, ovate or ovate-lanceolate acuminate 

 many-nerved, loosely sheathing the stem at base, 3-8 cm. long ; 

 spike oblong densely many-flowered, bracts ovate lanceolate sub- 

 membranous, usually reflexed at the apex ; flowers inverted, 

 about 1*2 cm. long, I'o cm. wide ; side sepals spreading ovate- 

 lanceolate subobtuse many-nerved, connate at base ; odd sepal 

 inferior deflexed, ovate-lanceolate, at first adherent to the petals 

 often becoming free ; petals deflexed lanceolate subacute concave 



