TAB. 34. 



Tribe Ophryde.*:. 



Sub-tribe Habenakie^:. 



Genus HOLOTHRIX. 



Holothrix orthoceras, Reichenbach, fil. in Otia Bot. Hamb. 

 (1881), p. 119.— Herba terrestris erecta 8-25 cm. alta ; folia 2 

 radicalia humistrata ovata acuta reticulato-venosa iiicequalia, 

 2-7 cm. longa ; scapus strictus v^el flexuosus gracilis nudus 

 pubescens ; spica sublaxe 5-16flora, floribus secundis, 2-6 cm. long-a ; 

 bracteae lanceolatae setaceo-cuspidatce, ovario paullo breviores ; 

 sepala ovata acuminata, 0*25 cm. longa ; petala duplo longiora, 

 nunc oblique lanceolata acuminata nunc ovata acuminata; labellum 

 circuitu obovatum Slobum, lobis lateralibus oblongis acutis 

 patentibus integris vel rarius bilobis, intermedio multo latiore 

 tri-vel-multilobulato, 0"9 cm. longum, calcare recto cylindrico- 

 conico 0'4 cm. longo ; glandulae duae discretae. {Ex exempli, 

 plur. viv. exsiccatisque.) — Tryphia orthooeras, Ha)'v. in Thes. Cap. 

 ii., p. 4, tab. 105. 



Hab. : South=eastern Region ; Cape Colony : rocky places 

 in woods near Grahamstown. P. MacOwa}i, No. 1288 in my herb. ; 

 ditto fl. March, B. South! Perie, alt. 1200 met., fl. Nov., T. R 

 Situ, 947 !— Trans-Vaal : Barberton, alt. 1080 met., fl. March, 

 Culver, 50 ! ; Houtboschberg, alt. 1650 met., fl. March, R. 

 Schlechter, 4788! 



Plate 34. Fig. 1, flower, side view ; 2, 2, side sepals ; 3, 

 odd sepal ; 4, 4, petals ; 5, one of the petals from another flower ; 

 6, lip ; 7, ditto from another flower ; 8, 9, 10, column ; 11, pollinia. 



An erect terrestrial herb, 8-25 cm. high ; leaves 2, radical 

 appressed to the ground, ovate acute netted-veined unequal, 2-7 

 cm. long ; scape straight or flexuose slender nude pubescent ; spike 

 rather laxly 5-16flowered, flowers secund, 2-6 cm. long ; bracts 

 lanceolate cuspidate, a little shorter than the ovary ; sepals ovate 

 acuminate, 0'25 cm. long ; petals twice as long, obliquely lanceo- 

 late acuminate or ovate acuminate ; lip obovate in outline Slobed, 

 lateral lobes oblong acute spreading entire or more rarely bilobed, 

 intermediate much broader, 3- or many-lobulate, 0'9 cm. long, 

 spur straight cylindrical-conical, 0*4 cm. long ; glands 2, distinct. 



Described from several living and dried specimens. 



