acute I'-'i cm. long pubescent on the outside ; petals oblanceolate 

 g-labrous, as long as the sepals ; lip Blobed, the intermediate lobe 

 somewhat truncate, emarginate, mucronate, lateral lobes cuneate, 

 much shorter, rather obtuse, disk furnished with three rows of 

 fleshy tubercles, produced at base into a filiform arcuate spur, 

 usually longer than the ovary ; ovary slender arcuate pubescent, 

 2-5 cm. long. 



Described from two living cultivated specimens. The flowers 

 are lilac, the labellum showing a tendency towards a salmon- 

 colour as they advance in age. The Perie Bush is the only station 

 in Cape Colony from which it has been recorded. 



