TAB. 100. 



Tribe Ophkydk.k. 

 Sub-tribe Cokycie.k. 

 Genus Ptekygodium. 



Pterygodium deflexum, Bolus in Trans. S. Afi\ Philosoph. 

 Soc, vol. xvi. (11J05), pari 2, p. lol. — Herba erecta y:labra, 

 12-20 cm. alta ; caulis validus subflexuosus, foliatiis ; folia J:-(), 

 erecto-patentia, e basi lata, vaginante membraiiacea linearia 

 acuminata, (5-10 cm. long-a, superiora sensim minora; spica sub- 

 laxe, 5-20flora, 4-7 cm. longa, 2'3-2-7 cm. diam., floribus erecto- 

 patentibus ; bracteai ovataj acuta membranacea venosa^, medio 

 transverse plicato-constrict^e, floribus paullo breviores ; sepala 

 lateralia antica, in laminam late ovatam deflexo-patentem 0*75 cm. 

 longam coalita, lobis obtusis, marginibus leviter inflexis ; sepalum 

 impar obcuneato-oblongum obtusissimum, 0"8 cm. longum, cum 

 petalis adhcerentibus, saccum efformans, ore suborbiculari, 1) cm. 

 lata, basi bene gibbosum, ultra apicem ovarii productum ; labellum 

 e basi cuneata unguiculatum, subreniforme, bilobum, 0*5 cm. 

 longum, apice 0*6 cm. latum, lobis divaricato-patentibus obtusis, 

 appendice erecta carnosa lineari, apice biloba, lobis subulatisi 

 acuniinatis curvis abrupte deflexis, floris basin fere attingentibus. 

 [Ex exempli, pluribus vivis.) 



Hab. . South-western Region ; Cape Colony : District 

 Clanwilliam, open hillsides, Koudeberg, near Wupperthal, alt. circ. 

 762 met., fl. Oct., Bolus, 8660. 



Plate 100. I'^ig- 1, flower, front view; 2, ditto, side view; 

 3, odd sepal ; 4, side sepals, the two united ; 5, one of the petals ; 

 6, column and lip, side view ; 7, ditto, back view ; 8, lip, with 

 part of column, front view ; 9, one of the pollinia — all variously 

 magnified. 



An erect glabrous herb, 12-20 cm. high ; stem stout, sub- 

 flexuous, leafy ; leaves 4-6, erect-spreading linear acuminate, 

 broader and sheathing at base, 6-10 cm. long, the upper ones 

 becoming gradually smaller ; spike somewhat laxly 5-20flowered, 

 4-7 cm. long, 2-3-2-7 cm. diam., flowers erect-spreading ; bracts 

 ovate acute, membranous veined, transversely plicate, constricted 

 In the middle, a little shorter than the flowers ; lateral sepals 



