long-er than the ovary ; sepals oblong- spreading-deflexed 1 "4 cm. 

 long ; petals like the sepals in shape but a little narrower, and 

 connate for less than half their length ; lip galeate, mouth con- 

 tracted, carinate at the back, apex free shortly reflexed, spurs 

 cylindrical, a little shorter than the ovary ; foot of the column 

 elongate arcuate-deflexed ; rostellum transversely oblong, Hlobed, 

 the intermediate lobe a little longer than the others, triangular 

 acute ; stigmatiferous lobe transversely oblong about equal to the 

 rostellum, subretuse. 



Described from many dried and living specimens. It is one of 

 the commonest of the orchids growing round Cape Town and 

 varies in colour from a yellow to a deep orange-red. 



