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quales. Sepala miniis acuta quam in Tr. secunda, galeata, 

 labello haud multum breviora. Petala linearia obtusa raem- 

 branacea ascendentia basi labello adnata. Labellum petalis 

 paulo brevius omnino nudum; lacinia intermedia 3-partita, 

 lobis linearibus obtusis lateralibus obtusiusculis, intermediis 

 acutiusculis. Anthera loculis arcuatis, basibus angustatis trun- 

 catis. Glandulae polliiiicae minimae nudae inter plicas ro- 

 stelli jacentes. Kostellum parvum tenue utrinciue leviter 

 plicatum ad glandulas recipicudum medio in mucrone plano 

 decurvo productum." 



„A curious little plant about half thc height and with flowers 

 hardly one quarter the size of Tr. secunda. Tiie way in which the 

 petals adhere by their base to t]\e face of the lower part of the lip 

 in very curious and would produce the appearanco of a sevenlobed 

 lip if it were tliat the petals stand erect in their usual poaition and 

 pull thc lip up to them by raeans of the membrane that connects 

 them." 



Holothrix parviflora Hchb. f. Otia (1S81), 119. — Tryphia parvi- 

 flora Lindl. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. U (1836), 200. 



Wortlich copiert aus Lindl. 1. c. 



Cap der guten Hoffnung. 



19. H 1 t h r i X M o n o t r i s Rchb. f. „Sepala mera- 

 branacea postice connata, lateralibus antice disthictis, labello 

 petahsque duplo minora. Petala carnosa acuminata. La- 

 belhim liberum, apice carnosum trifidum cuculhitum basi cor- 

 nutum. Anthera libera, erecta, loculis, basi divergentibus 

 valvulis exterioribus dihitatis, incurvis glaudulam teg-entibus. 

 — Radices testiculatae, Folium minimum radicale. Cauhs 

 retrorsum hispidus. Flores parvi secundi. Bracteae et sepa- 

 lorum margines hispidi." 



„Planta facie Holothrichis parvifoliae. Folium 1 solita- 

 rium minimum ovatnm hispidum. Caulis aphyllus retrorsum 

 hispidus. Bracteae cucullatae, strigoso-hispidae floribus duplo 

 breviores. Calyx ti-identatus ciliatus. Petala ovata acuminata 

 carnosa, calyce duplo longiora. Labellum petalis parallelum 

 basi infundibulare apice carnosimi trilobimi, lobis lateralibus 

 unidentatis intermedio paulo brevioribus." (Ex Lindley, spe- 

 cies mihi non visa). 



