TAB. 97. 



Tribe Ophryde^.. 



Sub-tribe Habenarie^.. 



Genus Huttoxj^.a. 



Huttonaea fimbriata, Rcichh., fil. in Flora (18G7), p. 110. 

 — Herba erecta gracilis g-labra, 18-80 cm. alta ; caulis debilis 

 subflexiiosus, distanter bifoliatus ; folia caulina patentia cordato- 

 ovata acuminata long-e petiolata, petiolo vag'inante, nervis primariis 

 8-5, 4-7 cm. longa ; spica oblong"a sub dense G-11 flora, 3-6 cm. 

 long-a, floribus erecto-patentibus ; bractea^ lanceolatae acuminata, 

 ovariis subcequilong-ae ; sepala lateralia patentia elliptica ob- 

 tusissima, breviter ung-uiculata, lacerato-serrulata, petalis basi 

 adhcerentia, 0'5 cm. longfa ; sepalum impar ovato-Ianceolatum 

 lacerato-serrulatum, 0*4 cm. long^um ; petala late obovata, basin 

 versus saccata unguiculata, marg-ine alte fimbriata, 0"5 cm. longa ; 

 labellum-patenti-deflexum cuneato-flabelliforme, basi saccatum 

 margine alte fimbriatum, petalis sequilongum ; anthera oblonga 

 obtusissima. {Ex exenipl. um'co vivo pluribtisque cxsiccaiis.) — 

 Hallachia fimbriata, Harvey, Thesaurus Capc?isis, vol. ii. (1863), 

 Utb. 102. 



Hab. : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : Shady places 

 near Zuurbergen, between Griqualand East and Natal, alt. approx. 

 1310 met., fl. Feb., R. Schlechtcr, 6G14 ! ; in thick bush, Kwenkwe 

 Mt., district Maclear, between Elliot and Maclear, approx. alt. 

 1580 met., fl. Jan., Bohis^ 8774. Natal : without precise locality, 

 Mrs. J. R. Satindcrs ! R. Hallack. 



Plate 97. Fig, 1, flower, front view ; 2, lip and column, side 

 view ; 3, one of the lateral sepals ; 4, odd sepal ; 5, column, 

 viewed from above— all variously magnified. 



An erect slender glabrous herb, IS-oO cm. high ; stem weak 

 subflexuous, distantly bifoliate ; leaves cauline spreading cordate- 

 ovate acuminate, long petiolate, petiole sheathing, primary nerves 

 3-5, 4-7 cm. long; spike oblong, rather densely 6-llflowered, 

 3-6 cm. long, flowers erect-spreading ; bracts lanceolate acuminate, 

 about as long as the ovary ; lateral sepals spreading elliptical, 

 very obtuse, shortly unguiculate lacerate-serrulate, adhering to 



