Described from dried specimens and fresh flowers preserved in 

 formalin. In general appearance this most nearly resembles M. 

 Cdffnini niihiy but is well disting-uished by its smaller flowers, 

 different sepals and petals and more especially the lip. 



Mystacidium Aliciae, n. sp. — Epiphytica acaulis pusilla 

 glabra ; radices ccrales filiformes 0'08-0*09 cm. crassag ; folia 2-4 

 patentia obovato-oblonga injequaliter obtuseque biloba coriacea 

 --2*5 cm. longa ; racemi patentes graciles sublaxe 3-oflori, O'H-1 

 cm. longi ; rhachis flexuosa ; pedicelli gracillimi, cum ovariis 0*0 

 cm. longi ; sepala lateralia patenti-decurv'a, oblonga, acuta, 0.4 

 cm. longa ; sepalum impar erectum conforme ; petala erecto- 

 patentia ovata acuta sepalis aiquilonga ; labelli lamina arcuato- 

 decurva lanceolata acuta marginibus incurvis petalis subsequilonga, 

 calcare pendulo cylindrico subrecto, apicem versus sensim atten- 

 uate, acuto, 0*8-0-9 cm. longo, medio 0'06 cm. diametiente ; 

 rostellum porrectum deflexum subulatum acutum, appendice 

 lineari barbata in utroque latere ornatum ; pollinia lenticularia, 

 in stipitibus filiformibus tenuissimis afiixa ; glandula; lanceolata^ 

 mininice. 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : in a forest 

 near Kentani, alt. 305 meters, fl. Feb., Alice Pcglcr, 886 ! 



Plate 6. B. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, ditto, side view ; 

 3, odd sepal ; 4, side sepal ; 5, one of the petals ; 6, upper 

 portion of lip, side view ; 7, column, side view ; 8, ditto, front 

 view, shewing the pollinarium in situ ; 9, rostellum ; 10, pol- 

 linarium. 



A small glabrous acaulescent epiphyte ; aerial roots filiform 

 0-08-0-09 cm. in diameter ; leaves 2-4 spreading obovate-oblong 

 unequally and obtusely bilobed coriaceous, 2-2*ocm.long ; racemes 

 spreading slender somewhat laxly 3-5flowered, 0"8-l cm. long ; 

 rhachis flexuose ; pedicels very slender, tog-ether with the ovaries 

 0*6 cm. long ; side sepals spreading-decurved oblong acute, 0*4 

 cm. long ; odd sepal erect similar in shape ; petals erect-spreading 

 ovate acute, as long as the sepals ; limb of the lip arcuate-de- 

 curved lanceolate acute, with the margins incurved, as long as 

 the petals ; spur pendulous cylindrical almost straight, gradually 

 attenuated towards the apex, acute 0-8-0-9 cm. long, at the middle 

 0-06 cm. in diameter ; rostellum projecting forward then deflexed 

 subulate acute, furnished with a bearded linear appendage on each 

 side ; pollinia lenticular attached by very slender filiform stalks 

 to the lanceolate glands. 



Described from fresh specimens. The flowers are white or 

 pale cream and the leaves dark olive green, not glossy, paler and 

 subglaucous below. Allied to M. piisilhun Harv.^ but the flowers 

 are larger, the perianth segments are differently shaped and equal 

 in length, while the spur of the lip is much shorter. The column 

 and rostellum also are different. 



