364 CXXII. ORCniDACEiE. 



A small Orcliid, with 2 roundisli, glaorous, radical leaves ; a nude, re- 

 versely hairy scape, glabrous above, ending in a spike of 4-5 flowers. 

 Open flowers ^ in. across. — Found by Drege between Mierenkastul and 

 Zwartdooru river. 



19. STENOGLOTTIS, Lindl. 



Sepals converging, free, subequal, the medial concave. Pe- 

 tals thinner, like the lateral sepals. Labellum posterior, spur- 

 less, lobed, free. Anther erect ; the cells divergent at base ; 

 glands of the pollinia nude, hidden behind the rostellum. 

 Rostellum minute, 3-toothed, slightly saccate on each side at 

 base ; lower lip of stigma long and tongue-shaped. — Lindl. in 

 Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. p. 210 ; Harv. Thes. t. 56. 



An herb, with many radical leaves, and a bracteate scape ending in a 

 lax spike of yellow ? flowers. — Found in the Eastern district and at Natal. 



20. SCHIZOCHILUS, Sond. 



Sepals erect, free, equal. Petals erect, free, very delicate, 

 much smaller than the sepals. Labellum adnate to the column, 

 spurred, fleshy, 3-fid. Anther erect, hooded, with parallel 

 cells. Stigma hollow. — Sond. in Linn. xix. p. 78. 



Herbs, with leafy stems, and spiked, yeUow or white flowers. — Perhaps 

 2 species, found in Eastern district and Natal. 



21. BARTHOLINA, E. Br. 



Perianth ringent. Calyx tubular at base, secund, with 

 equal segments. Petals parallel with the sepals, falcate. 

 Labellum spurred, expanded, large ; 3-lobed, the medial lobe 

 multifid, the lateral 3-fid ; all the lacinia? filiform. Anther 

 erect, elongate, with parallel, cucuUate lobes. Pollinia small, 

 on very long, channelled caudicles ; the glands hidden under 

 the hoods of the anthers. — Lindl. Orch. p. 333. 



Small and most elegant Orchids, with a single, reniform, haiiy, radical 

 leaf ; and a 1-flowered nude stem. Petals white, tinged with violet. La- 

 bellum very large in proportion, with a rounded outline, cloven into many 

 slender, comb-like lobules, of a violet colour. — 1 or 2 species, in the Western 

 district. 



22. SATYRIUM, Sw. 



Perianth ringent, the lower lip formed by the subsimilar 

 sepals and petals ; the upper lip formed by the helmet-shaped, 

 2-spurred or 2-saccate posterior labellum. Column sessile or 

 elongate. Anther resupinatc ; the cells parallel or divergent. 

 Glands nude, separate. Stigma 2-labiate, the upper lip much 

 larger than the lower. — Lindl. Orch. p. 335. 



Herbs with leafy or many-slicalhed stems, and spicate, often liandsome, 

 orange pink crimoon or greenish flowers. — Many Cape species, dispersed. 



