very obtuse subequal, or the intermediate lobe more rarely a little 

 larger, crested with two lines of tubercles ; column produced at 

 base into a projectinij foot. 



Plate 10. Figs. 1, 2, flowers enlarged ; 3, odd sepal ; 4, 4, 

 side sepals ; 5, 5, petals ; 6, lip, all natural size ; 7, lip, enlarged ; 

 8, lip, with column, side view, enlarged ; 9, column, side view, 

 enlarged ; 10, ditto, front view, ditto ; 11, pollinarium, enlarged ; 

 12, operculum. 



A stout plant generally recognizable in the field by its dull 

 mauve-coloured flowers. It is pretty frequent in the mountains on 

 the South-east of Southern Africa, but there is no record of its 

 occurrence west of King William's Town. 



