TAB. 37. 



Tribe OphrVde^.. 



Sub-tribe Habenarie.4<:. 



Genus HOLOTHRIX. 



Holothrix secunda, Reichoibach fil, in Otia Bat. Hamb. Fasc. 

 ii., pars. 1, p. 119 (IHHI ). — Herba erecta gracilis glabra, 10-25 cm. 

 alta ; folia radicalia dua humistrata ovata vel suborbicularia saepe 

 carnosa inaequalia, 2-4-5 cm. longa ; scapus nudus flexuosus ; 

 spica laxe 8-20flora secunda, 3-10 cm. longa ; bracteae lanceolatae 

 cuspidatae ovario breviores ; sepala ovata acuta 0"8 cm. longa ; 

 petala labello adnata, lanceolata sursum attenuata, 0*7 cm. longa ; 

 labellum circuitu orbiculare apice 5fidum, laciniis patentibus 

 linearibus inter se suba^qualibus, totum petalis a^quilongum, 

 calcare leviter recurvo cylindrico obtuse, labello duplo breviore ; 

 glandulas pollinium 2, discrete. {Ex exempli, plur. viv. cxsicca- 

 /isguc). — Orchis secunda, Thimb. Prodr. pi. Cap. (1794), p. 4 ; 

 Flor. Cap., cd. 1828, p. G; Tnjphia major, Sonder, in "• Lhmcea,'' 

 xix. (1847). p. 82. 



Hab : South-western Region ; Clanwilliam, alt. 100 met., fl. 

 August, J?. Schlcchter, 8599! same place, C. L. Leipoldt ! near 

 Wupperthal, alt. 900 met., fl. Oct., Bolus, 9094.— Namaland, 

 near Ookiep, alt. 9G0 met., fl. Sept., G. Warden, No. G570 

 in my herb. ; near Ashton, distr. Worcester, alt. 200 met., 

 R. Marloth, 3234 ! 



Plate 37. Fig. 1, flower, side view ; 2, ditto, front view ; 

 3, 3, side sepals ; 4, odd sepal ; 5, 5, petals ; G, lip ; 7, column, 

 *front view, the flaps of the anther cells pulled open to shew the 

 pollinia in situ ; 8, one of the pollinia — all variously magnified. 



An erect slender glabrous herb, 10-25 cm. high ; leaves 2, radical, 

 appressed to the ground, ovate or suborbicular, often fleshy, unequal, 

 2-4-5 cm. long ; scape nude flexuous ; spike laxly 3-20flowered 

 secund, 3-10 cm. long- ; bracts lanceolate cuspidate s-horter than 

 the ovary ; sepals ovate acute 0-3 cm. long ; petals adnate to the 

 lip, lanceolate, attenuate upwards, 0*7 cm. long ; lip orbicular in 

 outline, 5fid at the apex, the segments spreading linear subequal, 



