64 ORCHIDE (Rolfe). [ Polystachya. 
long ; lip } in. long, 3-lobed, cuneate at the base, front lobe broad, 
obtuse, crenulate ; . gide lobes oblong, obtuse and slightly falcate ; 
disc slightly corrugated and with a pair of erect papillz near the 
base ; eyes) stout, over half as long as the dorsal sepal. Bolus in 
Journ. Linn. Soe. xxv. 186 ; Durand & rahe be ee Fl. Afr. v 
36 ; Kranal, in Reichb. f. Xen. Orch. iii. 72, t. 237, fig. 
Eastern ReGIon: Natal; near the Tugela River, Gerrard, 1812! 
2. P. tricruris (Reichb. f. in Flora, 1867, 118) ; stems slightly 
thickened at the base, 2—5 in. long, 3—4-leaved ; leaves lanceolatie- 
oblong to cuneate-oblong, obliquely and hore bilobed at the apex, 
cuneate at t the oe coriaceous, 3 n. long, }- aps in. broad ; arity 
in. long, m aera ered, slightly See sai bbanhed ar in, 
long ; bracts iahgplic bata, long-acuminate, +, in. long ; pedicels 
1_} in. long ; dorsal sepal ovate-oblong, shortly acuminate, concave, 
jy in. long; lateral sepals triangular, s sie acuminate, 1-1 in 
long ; petals subspathulate-oblong, apiculate, ,45 in. long; lip }—} in. 
long, 3-lobed, cuneate below ; front lobe sabodbienlae crenulate, 
shortly bilobed ; side lobes shortly oblong, subobtuse ; disc wholly 
pubescent, and with a prominent rounded keel ie from the 
middle to the base ; column short, less than half as long as the 
dorsal se a Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv 186 ; Durand & 
Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 37. 
Eastern Reaton: Natal; near the Tugela River, Gerrard, 1813 ! 
Reichenbach described this cies gid ‘om. BE eng. Sanderson 
” the type 
being at Kew, but the only spec answering to the description ‘i is from 
Gerrard, and it is believed that it is Secoarenily atieibated to the former collector. 
3. P. similis (Reichb. f. Otia Bot. Hamb. ii. 112); stems tufted, 
narrowly fusiform, 1-2} in. long, 2—5-leaved ; leaves oblong or 
elliptic- oblong g, unequa ally and minutely nected cuneate at the a 
coriaceous 2-5 i in. long, }—-1} in. broad ; scapes 6-10 in. high, erect, 
rather stout, often somewhat branched abave: slightly puber aeas, 
with 2 or 3 narrow sheaths below; racemes or panicle-branches 
4-1} in. long, 10—-15-flowered ; bracts deltoid-triangular, acute or 
crenulate, obtuse ; side lobes broadly oblong, obtuse, very short ; 
dise slightly verrucose ; column isi about half as long as the 
dorsal sepal. Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 186, and Te. Orch. 
Austr.-Afr. ii. t. 33; Durand & sein, Cinesiioel t: Fi. Afr. v 37. 
Pete REGION : Pion land ; mou the mouth of St. Johns River, 
, Flanagan in Herb. Bolus, 2551, "3732! "Natal ; Klip Fontein, Saunders, 
i: Riet Valley, ping "Rathbone ! Tongaat, Mrs. K, Saunders in Herb. Bolus , 6117, 
