TAB. 38. 



Tribe Ophryde.-e. 



Sub-tribe Habenarie^. 



Genus HOLOTHRix. 



Holothrix Scopularia, Reichenhach, fil. in Otia Bot. Hcmib. 

 Fuse ii,, part I. (1881). — Herba erecta, petalis exceptis pills 

 patentibus hirsuta, 20-35 cm. alta ; folia 1-2 radicalia, humistrata, 

 1-5-3-5 cm. long-a ; scapus nudus in g-enere subvalidus, sub- 

 flexuosus, rarius substrictus ; spica sub-secunda dense multiflora, 

 bracteis ovato-lanceolatis acutis longe ciliatis ; sepala lanceolata 

 acuminata, 0-4-0-5 cm. long-a ; petala erecta basi oblonga, apice 

 3fida, laciniis linearibus, 0-7-1 cm. longa ; labellum circuitu 

 cuneatum apice multifidum, laciniis inter se similibus subgequali- 

 busque, petalis aequilongum, calcare cylindrico obtuso apice 

 recurvo, labello tripio breviore ; pollinia clavata caudiculis in 

 g-landula unica filiformi transversa insidentibus. {Ex exempli, 

 plur. vivis exsiccaiisque). — Soopularia secunda Lifidl. ill Cotnp. 

 Bot. Mag. ii., p. 207 (1836) ; //. multisecta, Bol. in Joum. Linn. 

 Soc.,vol. XXV., p. 170 (1890) ; //, p/eistodactij/a, Krdnslin in Engl. 

 Pflanzw. Ost. Afr., pars c, p. 151 (1895); R. A. Rolfe in Flor. 

 Trop. Afr., v. 6, p. 193 (1898) ; //. Nyassce, Rolfe in I.e. fide 

 Schlechter. 



Hab. : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : summit of 

 Elandsberg- Stockenstrom, alt. 1820 met., fl, Jan., W. C. Scully, 

 391, in herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 1371 ; VVitteberg- Mts., alt. circ. 

 1800-2400 met. Drege ; Mt. Currie, 1615 met., fl. Oct., W. Tyson, 

 1542 !; Orange Free State: Mont aux Sources, 2700 met., fl. 

 Jan., H. G. Flanagan, 1980! ; Trans-Vaal : near Barberton, alt. 

 1370 met., fl. Sept.-Oct., E. Galpin, 585!; same station, 

 W. Culver, 72 ! also in Tropical Africa. 



Plate 38. Fig. 1, flower with bract; 2, ditto, side view; 

 3, 3, side sepals ; 4, odd sepal ; 5, one of the petals ; 6. lip ; 7, 

 column, front view ; 8, ditto with the flaps pulled aside to shew 

 the pollinia in situ ; 9, pollinarium ; 10, bract. 



An erect herb, except the petals hirsute with spreading- pilose 

 hairs, 20-35 cm. high ; leaves 1-2, radical, appressed to the 



