TAB. 92. 



Tribe Ophryde.*:. 



Sub-tribe DiSE.-t:. 



Genus SCHizoDii'M. 



Schizodium flexuosum.LzndL, Gen.&Sp. Orch. (1888),/. 859. 

 — Herba gracilis erecta g-laberrima, 15-82 cm. alta ; folia 8-6, radicalia 

 patentia spathulato-oblong-a vel subovata acuta vel obtusa, basi in 

 petiolum vag-inantem angustata, 1-2 cm. longa ; scapus tenuis 

 rigidus politus basi precipue valde flexuosus, vaginis 8-6, foliaceis 

 erectis distantibus vestitus ; racemus laxe 2-6florus, floribus in 

 genere maximis, erectis ; bracteae ovato-lanceolat^e acut^ sub- 

 cucullatai herbacea^, pedicellum paullo superantes ; sepala lateralia 

 patentia, late obovata, obtusissima, I'l cm. longa ; sepalum 

 inipar erectum, suborbiculare, marginibus subito reflexis, basi in 

 calcar recurvum, 0-3 cm. longum productum ; petala erecta e basi 

 oblique ovata linearia subobtusa, sepalo impari suba^qualia ; 

 labellum subpanduriforme porrectum, hypochilio concavo abbre- 

 viato, mesochilio ampliato undulato, epichilio rostrato deflexo 

 acuminato ; rostellum erectum. {Ex exempl. unico vivo pluribiisqiie 

 cxsiccatis.) — Orchis flexuosa, Linn. Spec. Plant. (1764), 1881 ; 

 Satyrium ffexuosum, Thunb. Prodr. PL Cap. (1791), p. 5 ; Disa 

 flexuosa, Swarts in Kongl. Vet. Acad. Hand!, xxi, (1800), p. 212. 



Hab. : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : Sandy downs 

 between Cape Town and Wynberg, alt. 15-80 met., Ecklon & 

 Zeyher, A. Bodkin \ near Paarl, alt. 120 met., fl. Oct., MacOwan, 

 in Herb. Norm. Aust.-A/r., 172!; damp places between Groene 

 Kloof and Malmesbury, alt. 120 met., fl. Oct., Bolus, 1332; near 

 Hopefield, alt., 15 met., fl, Sept., R. Schlechter, 5309 ; mountains 

 near the Tulbagh waterfall, alt. 185 met., fl. Aug., R. Schlechter \ 

 mountain slopes, Hex R. Valley, alt. 486 met., fl. Oct., W. Tyson, 

 642 ! ; near Nieuwoudtville, Calvinia, fl. Sept., C. L. Leipoldt, 928 ! 



Plate 92. Fig. 1, flower, side view; 2,2, petals; 8, side 

 sepals and lip, front view ; 4, petals and column, front view ; 

 5, column, side view ; 6, ditto, front view ; 7, one of the pollinia. 



An erect slender very glabrous herb, 15-32 cm. high ; leaves 

 3-6, radical, spreading, spathulate-oblong or subovate acute or 

 obtuse, narrowed at the base into a sheathing petiole, 1-2 cm. 



