TABB. 94, 95. 



Tribe Ophkyde.-e. 



Sub-tribe Dise.e. 



Genus Schizodium. 



Schizodium rigidum, Lindley, Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1838), 

 p. 360. — Herba erecta gracilis glabra, 8-25 cm. alta ; folia 4-7 

 radicalia patentia spathulato-lanceolata acuta vel obtusa, mar- 

 g"inibus s^epe undulatis, 1-2 "5 cm. longa ; scapus flexuosus rigidus 

 tenuis politus, vaginis 2-4 distantibus erectis acutis foliaceis 

 vestitus ; racemus l-4florus, floribus adscendentibus ; bracteae 

 erectce cucullatee ovataj acutte, pedicellis paullo longiores ; sepala 

 lateralia porrecto-deflexa oblonga obtusa vel subacuta, 0'9-l*5 cm. 

 longa ; sepalum impar erectum, concavum oblongum acutum, 

 dorso in calcar apicem versus adscendens cylindricum obtusum, 

 1*1-1 '2 cm. long-um productum ; petala erecta oblonga, basi antice 

 ampliata, apice inajqualiter dentata, 0*7-1 cm. longa ; labellum 

 subpanduriforme patenti-deflexum, hypochilio erecto concave, 

 mesochilio ampliato undulato, in epichilium filiforme rostratum 

 abrupte deflexum producto. {Ex exemplL plur. vivis. exsiccatisque.) 



Hab- : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : In sandy 

 dunes near Constantia, near Cape Town, alt. 60 met., fl. 

 Sept., A. Bodkin (No. 7019 in my herb.) ; near Sir Lowry's Pass, 

 alt. 120 met., fl. July, R. Schlechter, 1175 ! and Bolus, 7481 ; hills 

 near Swellendam, fl. Aug., P. Borcherds (No. 6275 in my herb.). 



Plate 94. Fig. 1, flower, front view ; 2, petals and lip, in 

 situ ; 8, lip, back view ; 4, one of the petals ; 5, petals and 

 column, front view ; 6, odd sepal ; 7, column, front view ; 8, ditto, 

 side view ; 9, one of the pollinia — all variously magnified. 



Plate 95. Fig"- 1> flower, side view ; 2, ditto, front view ; 

 8, odd sepal ; 4, lip ; 5, petals and column, front view ; 6, ditto, 

 side view, one petal removed ; 7, one of the petals ; 8, one of the 

 pollinia — all variously magnified. 



An erect slender glabrous herb, 8-25 cm. high ; leaves 4-7, 

 radical spreading spathulate, lanceolate acute or obtuse, marg-ins 

 often undulate, 1-2*5 cm. long ; scape flexuous rigid wiry polished, 



