12 ORCHIDE (Rolfe). | Acrolophia. 
IV. ACROLOPHIA, Ptitz. 
Sepals subequal, free, subconnivent or spreading, the lateral not 
adnate to the foot of the colu umn. Petals like the sepals or a little 
Terrestrial herbs ; stems leafy at the base, not thickened into rhizomes; roots 
thick and fleshy ; leaves in a more or less distichous basal tuft, narrow, coriaceous 
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erect, usually loosely paniculate, racemose in A. ustulata; flowers sma’ 
medium-sized, usually lax ; bracts small or narrow. 
RIB. Species 9, mostly limited to the south-west corner of the Cape 
a and oahu te ‘removed from the oe ett of the moist sea breezes. 
rs from Lulophia in the terminal Sa leafy stems, which are not 
Faroe into tubers ; the very fleshy roots, and the coriaceous eer istent leaves. 
It includes Lulophia s section Desciscentes, Lindl. Gen, and Sp. Orch. 184, 
Lip spurred or saceate at the 
— an horns : sito hi in. long ; front lobe 
aor ample ae lobes... wes Je .-- (1) micrantha. 
Lip with obscure bg no side lol 
Lip — with a Sbtatelstide beneath near 
the base. . (2) cochlearis. 
Lip spreading without a constriction beneath ... (3) Bolusii. 
Anther 2 sa ; sepals vai! ~2 in. long; front 
lobe of ef not cochleat ne a 
ggrrntnicsiect h nerves of ‘ise with stout 
papille : (4) tristis. 
Capsule F satu nads nerves of dise with slender 
papill (5) spheerocarpa. 
Flowers cabmenbeanos nerves of ii hk 
barbate ee a sey oes -.. (6) lunata. 
Sepals é in. ie: 
Peta! se dise of Sch sey barbate ; — 
coloured ' (7) lamellata. 
Petals acuminate ; dive of #5. slighty barat 
bracts coloured (8) comosa. 
Lip neither spurred nor saceate ... ae one »-- (9) ustulata. 
