Liparis.| ORCHIDE& (Rolfe). 9 
broad, undulate, membranous, with 5 to 7 prominent nerves ; scapes 
25-8 in. high ; racemes lax, about 4—1 haa ered ; bracts acuminate 
from a broad amplexicaul rat 1} in, lon ; pedicels i in. long ; 
dorsal sepal narrowly linear-oblong, oO use, | - in, ith rey 0- 
lute margins ; lateral sepals falcate-oblong, Sy ‘twisted, } in 
long ; petals linear, obtuse, }—} in. g, ‘with r argins ; 
column east . in. Soa. Ridl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 270 
Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 181, and Ie. Orch. Austr.-Afr. i. t. 
shee é Faia Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 8; Rolfe in Dyer, Fl. Ti ay 
Sout ‘eek without Heep, gle Saunders 
Coast Region: Alb in intain woods, sir atl MacOwan, 
heck Yn se ! Moustains Gt Kaffraria, Mrs. Barber 
N ReGion: Transkei; in crevices of rocks, in shade at Fort Bowke er, 
Siete “hod | Kreilis sgh Ranber’ Natal, Wood, 5585! Zululand ; Ingoma, 
ecay trees, rene 1556 
Also in Tropical Afric 
L. Gerrardi (Reichb. f. in oa ime 118); cage Bit short, 
slightly swollen ; leaves radi cal, o 4, sheathin the base, 
long ; pedicels 3-5 lin. long; dorsal sepal oblong-lanceolate, acute, 
A in. long ; lateral sepals obliquely oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, } 
n. long ; petals linear, subobtuse, | in. long ; lip ovate-su uborbicular, 
column stout, slightly curved, 4 in. long. Ridl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
xxii. 275 ; Bolus in ia Linn. Soc. xxv. 181; Durand & Schinz, 
Conspect. Fl. Afr. 
EASTERN REGION: te: stati ! 
Bolus (Journ. Linn. Soc, xxv. 181) includes Liparis gh diode Reichb. f. 
_ Flora, 1885, 543, as doubtfully South African, but i ost certainly occurs 
outside our limits. It was described in a paper on pate chids, and, although 
mits. oro on 
no habi A i = Sta : oon y came from that region, for its affinity is with a 
II. MEGACLINIUM, Lindl. 
Dorsal sepal free, erect or spreading, longer than the bangyiar- 
xed 
narr 
at the base, recurved above, entire or denticulate at the base, rarely 
somewhat 3-lobed. Column short, broadly dilated and winged at 
both sides, terminating above in acute or rounded teeth; base pro- 
