TAB. 28. 



Tribe Ophryde^:. 



Sub-tribe Habenarie^:. 



Genus Cynorchis. 



Cynorchis compacta, Reichenbach, f hi " Flora,'''' 1888, 

 p. 149. — Herba terrestis erecta glabra, palmaris vel spithairicea ; 

 tubera ovoidea vel fusiformia 1'7-t cm. longa, caulis validus brevis 

 monophyllus basi vaginis laxis tectus ; folia erecto-patentia ovata 

 acuta basi scapum laxe vaginantia 4-9 cm. longa ; racemus laxe 

 3-lOflorus vel in speciminibus cultis multifloris, floribus albis labelli 

 disco roseo-punctatis ; bracteee lanceolatce acuminatce ovario pedi- 

 cellato multo breviore ; sepala erecto-patentia obovata subacuta 

 0*4-0"5 cm. longa ; petala erecta oblique ovata obtusa, 0*4 cm. 

 longa ; labellum circuitu late obovatum Slobum O'8-l cm. longum, 

 loois obovatis obtusissimis lamellis binis minimis obscure cris- 

 tatum, basi in calcare cylindricum incurvum 0*5 cm. longum 

 productum. {^Ex icone a beato Sandersoni delineata.) 



Hab. : South=eastern Region ; Natal : without locality, 

 J. Sanderson! on rocks near Emberton, alt. 600 met., fl. Aug. 

 /. M, Wood, 5765 ! 



Plate 28. Fig. 1, odd sepal ; 2, 2, side sepals ; 3, 3, petals ; 

 4, lip and column ; 5, ditto, shewing spur ; 6, column ; 7, column, 

 with stigma — all variously magnified. 



A terrestrial erect glabrous herb, about a span high ; tubers 

 ovoid or fusiform, 1-7-5 cm. long; stem stout short, bearing one 

 leaf, at the base covered with loose sheaths ; leaves erect-spreading, 

 ovate acute, at the base loosely sheathing the scape, 4-9 cm. long ; 

 raceme laxly 3-lUflowered, or in cultivated specimens with many 

 flowers, flowers white with reddish spots on the disc of the lip ; 

 bracts lanceolate acuminate, much shorter than the pedicellate ovary ; 

 sepals erect-spreading obovate subacute, 0-4-0-5 cm. long ; petals 

 erect obHquely ovate obtuse, 0*4 cm. long ; lip in outline broadly 

 obovate 31obed, 0-8-1 cm. long, lobes obovate very obtuse, 

 obscurely crested with two very small lamellae, produced at base 

 into a cylindrical incurved spur 0-5 cm. long. 



Described from a drawing made by the late Mr. J. Sanderson 



