TAB. 93. 



Tribe Ol'HKYDK.K. 



Sub-tribe DiSK.K. 

 Genus Schizodh'M. 



Schizodium inflexum, LimU., Gen. &- Sp. Orch. (1838), 

 p^ 360. — Heiba erecta gracillima glaberrima, 15-27 cm. alta ; 

 folia 4-7, radicalia patentia obovato-oblong^a acuta undulata, 

 l-5-2-5cm. long-a ; scapus rig-idus tenuissimus politus, in g-enere 

 minime flexuosus, vag-inis ;)-.") dislantibus erectis acutis sub- 

 herbaceis vestitus ; racemus laxe 2-4florus, floribus erectis ; 

 bractea; ovato-lanceolataj acut;e vel acuminatje, subcucullatie, 

 pedicellis paullo longiores ; sepala lateralia porrecta oblonga 

 obtusa, 0-7-0-9 cm. longa ; sepalum impar erectum concavum, 

 O-ij cm. long-um, dorso in calcar rectum horizontale cylindricum 

 obtusissimum, lateraliter subcompressum, 0-6-0-8 cm. longum, 

 productum ; petala erecta oblonga, apice ina^qualiter bidenticulata ; 

 basi antice ampliata, sepalo impari paullo breviores ; labellum 

 deflexum subpanduriforme, liypochilio adscendente concavo, me- 

 sochilio convexo ampliato ovato, antice in epichilio involuto 

 filit'ormi abrupte deflexo desinens. [Ex cxcmpl. unico vivo 

 plunbusque exsiccatis.)—Disa illflexa, Miind. ex LindL, Gen. S- 

 sp. Orch. (1838), ^.360. 



Hab, : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : Damp places, 

 summit of Table Mt., alt. 730-1066 met., fl. Dec, Bo/ns, 3882, 

 Wolley Bod, 2125 ! ; Winterhoeksberg, Tulbagh, fl. Oct., A. Bolus ; 

 near Houw Hoek, Caledon, alt. 610 met., fl. Oct., R. Schkchter, 

 5488; Garcia's Pass, Riversdale, alt. 430 met., fl. Oct., Bolus, 

 E. Galpin, 4626! ; Krakadouw, Clanwilliam, alt. 915 met., fl. Oct., 

 A. Bodkin! ; Zwartberg Pass, alt. 1676 met., fl. Dec, Bolus, 

 11647 ; mountains near Montagu Pass, Rehmann, 29. 



Plate 93. I'^ig- 1» flower, front view; 2, odd sepal; 3, lip; 

 4, petals, and column, front view ; 5, column, side view. 



An erect very slender glabrous herb, 10-27 cm. high ; leaves 

 4-7 radical, spreading, obovate-oblong, acute, undulate 1-0-2-5 cm. 

 long ; scape rigid wiry, polished less flexuous than any other 

 species in the genus, furnished with 3-5 distant erect acute, sub- 

 herbaceous sheaths; raceme laxly 2-4flowered, flowers erect; bract 



