TAB. 98. 



Tribe Neottie.^:. 



Sub-tribe CORYMBIE.'E. 



Genus CORYMBIS. 



Corymbis Welwitschii, Reich, f. in Flora (1865), p. 183.— 

 Herba terrestris erecta g-labra, 0*9- 1-8 met. alta ; caulis substrictus 

 foliosus ; folia caulina adscendentia elliptico-lanceolata acuminata, 

 basi in petiolum vag^inantem attenuata, subplicata, marg-inibus 

 minute crenulatis, nervis primariis 8-9, subtus prominentibus, ad 

 2"' cm. long"a, 6 cm. lata ; paniculae axillares, subcorymboide?e 

 laxe 4-12florae ; bracteae ovato-lanceolatte acuminatae 1-1 "8 cm. 

 long-ae ; sepala demum patentia elong-ato-linearia acuta 6*5 cm. 

 long-a ; petala sepalis simillima sed apice paullo latiora, alba ; 

 labellum erectum petalis sub conforme, apice ovatum acuminatum ; 

 columna elong"ata teres, per totam longitudinem labelli incumbens, 

 G cm. long-a. {Ex exempli, plur. exsiccalis sub num. 8703.) 



Hab. : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : In swampy 

 shady places near the mouth of the St. John's or Umzimvubu 

 River, approx. alt. oO met., fl. Feb., H. G. Flanagan (No. 870.'} in 

 my herb.). 



Plate 98. Fig"- 1, upper portion of lip, x2 ; 2, upper portion 

 of column, front view, x4, a, anther, g, gfland, /-, rostellum, 

 .s, stig-ma, />, poUinia ; 8, ditto, back view ; 4, pollinia, front 

 view, x4 ; .'), ditto, back view ; fi, sketch of whole plant, reduced. 



An erect terrestrial g^labrous herb, 0*9-1 -8 met. hig-h ; stem 

 rather straig^ht leafy ; leaves cauline ascending; elliptic-lanceolate 

 acuminate, narrowed at base into a sheathing- petiole, somewhat 

 plicate, minutely crenulate on the margins, primary nerves 8-9, 

 prominent beneath, up to 25 cm. long, 6 cm. broad ; panicles 

 axillary subcorymbose, laxly 4-12flowered ; bracts ovate-lanceolate 

 acuminate, 1-1 '8 cm. long-; sepals spreading- elongate-linear 

 acute g-reen <)"5 cm. long- ; petals very like the sepals, but a little 

 broader at the apex, white ; lip erect like the petals, ovate at the 

 apex, acuminate ; column elongate terete, incumbent on the lip, 

 G cm. long. 



Described from sever-al dried specimens, and from notes made 

 on the living plant. 



