TAB. 96. 



Tribe Ofhkydk.^^:. 



Sub-tribe DlSE^. 



Genus ScHizODiUM. 



Schizodium bifidum, Reidicnbach fil. in Flora (1883), p. 460. 

 — Herba erecta gracilis glaberrima, 8-28 cm. alta ; folia radicalia 

 3-5 patentia lanceolato-spathulata acuta, 0-8-1 -5 cm. long-a ; 

 scapus valde flexuosus rig-idus politus, vaginis 3-4 erectis acutis 

 foliaceis distanter vestitus ; bracteaj cucullatce, pedicellis paullo 

 breviores ; sepala lateralia porrecta oblonga acuta, 0*7-l'2 cm. 

 long a ; sepalum impar erectum oblongum subacutum concavum, 

 0'5-0*9 cm. longum, dorso in calcar rectum patens vel rarius 

 apicem versus adscendens, cylindricum apice inflatum interdum 

 obscure bifid., 0-4-0*6 cm. longum productum ; petala erecta 

 ligulata, apice inaqualiter bidentata basi antice ampliata mar- 

 ginibus fimbriatis, 0"o-0*4 cm. longfa ; labellum subpanduriforme, 

 hypochilio adscendente concavo, mesochilio ovato, in epichilium 

 rostratum involutum abrupte deflexum desinente. {Ex exempli, 

 plur. vtv. exsiccatisqiie.) — Satyrium bifidum, Thunb. Prodr. PL 

 Cap. (1794 \ p. 5 ; Disa bifida, Swartz. in Kongl. Vet. Acad. 

 HandL, vol. y.^\. (1800), p. 212; Scflizodium obtusatum, Lindl., 

 Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1838), p. 360; 5. longipetalum, LindL, ibid, 

 p. 359 {not of KransL) ; S, rigidum, Lindl. ibid., p. 360. 



Hab, : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : Sandy flats 

 near Wynberg, alt. 15-30 met., fl. Aug.-Oct., Ecklon 6^ Zeyher, 

 R. Schlechter, 1551 ; damp sandy places, Muizenberg^, alt. 370 

 met., fl. July-Aug-., Bolus, 7037 and in Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 

 173; Table Mt., alt. 545-660 met., fl. Aug.-Oct., R. Schlechter, 

 1314 ; mountain slopes, near Sir Lowry's Pass, alt., 180 met., fl. 

 July, R. Schlechter, 1144; mountains above Dutoitskloof, alt. 

 610-915 met., fl. Oct., Drege ; hills near Swellendam, fl. Oct., 

 R. Schlechter. 



Plate 96. Fig. 1, flower, side view ; 2, one of the lateral 

 sepals ; 3, spur ; 4, lip, side view ; 5, ditto, oblique view ; 

 6, petals in situ ; 7, column and petal ; 8, one of the petals ; 

 9, one of the pollinia — all variously magnified. 



An erect slender very glabrous herb, 8-28 cm. high ; leaves 

 radical 3-5, spreading lanceolate spathulate acute, 0*8-1 '5 cm. 



