TAB. 35. 



Tribe Ophryde.-j:. 



Sub-tribe Habenarie.^-:. 



Genus HOLOTHRIX. 



Holothrix Lindleyana, Rcidicnbach fil, in Olia BoL, Ham- 

 burg (IHSl), p. 119. — Herba erecta praeter scapum pubescentem, 

 glabra, 7-lB cm. alta ; folia dua humistrata, ovata vel ovato- 

 oblonga acuta subaequalia, l'5-5*5 cm long-a : scapus gracilis 

 flexuosus nudus pubescens vel glabrescens ; spica laxe 6-14flora, 

 floribus saspius secundis ; bractccc lanceolata^ cuspidatae, ovario 

 breviores ; sepalum impar ovatum acutum, lateralibus falcatis 

 acuminatis valde concavis, 0"3 cm. longis ; petala erecto-recurva 

 oblonga obtusa 2-8 plo sepalis longiora ; labellum circuitu orbicu- 

 lare, tripartitum, laciniis lateralibus oblongis vel obovatis obtusis, 

 intermedio trifido laciniis oblongis, 0*9 cm. longum, calcare 

 cylindrico saepissime spiraliter recurvo, labello duplo breviore ; 

 pollinia nunc discreta nunc glandulis per filum transversum junctis. 

 [Ex exempli, phi r. vivis cxsiccalisque). Tryphia secunda, Limil. in 

 Comp. Bot. Mag., ii. (183G;, p. 209 ; Harvey, Thes. Cap., ii. (1863), 

 fab. 105. 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : Port Elizabeth, 

 fl. July, Miss IVesl, 210 ! ; Uitenhage, Zwartkops River, amongst 

 mosses in a forest, fl. Sept., Zeyher, 1371 Signal Hill, Grahams- 

 town, 730 met., fl, Sept., E. E. Galpin, 162!; Botha's Hill, fl. 

 Nov., MacOwan, 627! — Karroo Region; near Steytlerville, Dr. 

 Lawrence ! Mts. near Swanepoels' Poort, under shady rocks, 1200 

 met., fl. Sept., R. Marlolh, 4130! 



Plate 35. Fig- 1, flower, side view ; 2, ditto, from another 

 plant; 3, sepals; 4, one of the petals; 5, lip; G, ditto, from 

 another plant ; 7, column, side view ; 8, ditto, front view, r, ros- 

 tellum, g, gland, s, stigma ; 9, poUinium ; 10, pollinarium, from 

 another plant. 



An erect herb, glabrous, except for the pubescent scape, 7-18 

 cm. high ; leaves two, flat on the ground, ovate or ovate-oblong 

 acute subaequal, l'5-5*5 cm. long; scape slender flexuous nude 

 pubescent or glabrescent ; spike laxly 6-14flowered, flowers usually 

 secund ; bracts lanceolate cuspidate, shorter than the ovary ; odd 



