near petal and stigmatiferous processes removed ; o, anther, ros- 

 tellum and stigmatiferous processes ; 6, one of the petals ; 7, one 

 of the pollinia with caudicle and gland. 



An erect, glabrous, robust herb, 2;j-50 cm. high ; leaves 

 ascending imbricate ovate-oblong acute, sheathing at base, 7-15 

 cm. long, passing gradually into the cucullate sheaths ; racemes 

 few — or densely many-flowered, 10-20 cm. long ; flowers ascend- 

 ing long-pedicellate, 10-20 cm. long ; bracts ovate-oblong, rather 

 more than half as long as the pedicellate ovary ; sepals spreading, 

 or the lateral at length reflexed, concave semi-obovate subacute 

 1"7 cm. long, odd sepal oblong obtuse, 1 '4 cm. long; petals 

 bipartite, segments narrow-linear, posterior adhering to and as 

 long as the odd sepal, anterior free arcuate-incurved, twice as 

 long ; lip bipartite, segments narrow-linear, the lateral as long as 

 the odd sepal, intermediate a little longer, produced at base into a 

 pendulous spur, inflated and clavate at the apex, as long as the 

 ovary and pedicel ; clinandrium ovate obtuse ; rostellum :-5partite, 

 tlie intermediate segment sublanceolate, 0*2 cm. long, the arms 

 bearing the caudicles of the pollinia projecting forward, 6 times 

 longer than the intermediate segment ; pollinia spheroidal, glands 

 minute ; stigmatiferous processes as long as the arms of the 

 rostellum, hollowed at the apex ; ovary and pedicel arcuate- 

 incurved, H-'j cm. long. 



Described from several dried specimens and a living plant 

 collected at Bester's Vlei, from which the drawing was made. 



