TAB. 41. 



Tribe Ophryde.e. 



Sub-tribe HABENARlEJi. 



Genus Stenoglottis. 



Stenoglottis fimbriata, Ltndley, in Hook. Cotnp. Bot. Mag., 

 vol ii., p. 210 (1836). — Herba terrestris erecta 10-36 cm. alta ; 

 tubera plura fasciculata oblong-a ; folia 6-10, radicalia rosulata 

 patentia oblonga acuta vel lanceolata, basin versus attenuata, 

 marginibus undulatis, maculata, 2"5-ll cm. longa ; scapus strictus, 

 cum ovariis, scaberulus, 3-5 vaginis lanceolatis acuminatis macu- 

 latis prgeditus ; spica oblong"a sublaxe multiflora, 2'5-14 cm, longa; 

 bractese plerumque ovario breviores ; sepala ovata obtusa, cum 

 petalis oblongis, marg-inibus serrulato-fimbriata vel ciliata, 0'5 cm. 

 longa ; labellum circuitu obovato-oblongum, apice 3fidum, laciniis 

 acutis, intermedio angustiore, ecalcaratum, 0"9 cm. longum ; 

 columna brevis obtusa ; staminodia erecta falcata obtusa lateribus 

 columnae adnata; pollinia erecta, caudiculis brevibus, glandulis 

 discretis orbicularibus, granulis magnis laxis ; rostellum breve 

 latiusculumque. {Ex exeniplari unico vivo pliiribiisqiie siccatis.) — 

 Harv. Thes. Cap. t. 56. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 5872. 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : southern face of 

 Signal Hill, Grahamstown, alt. 730 met., fl. Aug., E. E. Galpin, 

 56 ! valley near Kentani, alt. 450 met., fl. April, Alice Pegler, 

 275!; Zuurberg Mts., Griqualand East, alt. 1070 met., fl. Feb., 

 W. Tyson, 1683 !— Natal : Wood, 858 !— Trans- Vaal : Houtbosch, 

 A. Rehmann, 5856! near Barberton, fl. Feb., W. Culver, 23! 



Plate 41. Fig. 1, flower, side view; 2, ditto, front view; 

 3, odd sepal ; 4, 4, petals ; 5, lip ; 6, column, with portion of lip 

 and one petal ; 7, 9, column, front view ; 8, 10, ditto, side view ; 

 11, one of the pollinia with caudicle and gland. 



An erect terrestrial herb, 10-36 cm. high ; tubers several fascicu- 

 late, oblong ; leaves 6-10 radical rosulate spreading oblong acute 

 or lanceolate, attenuate at base, margins undulate, spotted, 2'5-ll 

 cm. long ; scape straight, as u^ell as the ovaries, scaberulous, 

 furnished with 3-5 lanceolate acuminate spotted sheaths ; spike 

 oblong sublaxly many-flowered, 2-5-14 cm. long; bracts usually 



