Polystachya. | ORCHIDEA (Rolfe). 65 
and without precise locality, Sanderson! Delagoa Bay ; at Masinga, Schlechter, 
12138 ! 
4. P. Sandersoni (Harv. Thes. Cap. ii. 49, t. 177) ; soton erect, 
slender above, somewhat thickened at the base, about 2 in. long, 
2-leaved or rarely 3-leaved, with 3 or 4 spathaceous imbricate 
oe Npe below ; leaves linear-oblong, subobtuse, 33—5 in. long, about 
broad, somewhat narrowed and conduplicate towards the base ; 
. erect, somewhat flattened and with 1 or 2 narrow sheaths 
low, about in. long, sometimes branched, softly pubescent 
throughout ; raceme or panicle loosel any-flowered ; [ ac 
aspen about 1 in. long, dorsal narrower and rather shorter than 
the lateral ; soley linear ubepsirults or sary broader ee & 
a” 
Bol : 
“sn — 8 Orch dante dee ii. t. 31; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. 
Afi 
Coast Recion : Komgha Diy. ; near niin Flanagan. 
ASTERN REGION: Teauskel : near Kent. Miss Pegler, 203. al ; 
Umtwalumi River, Ken! Sanderson, 895! Attorlife, 600 ft. ; F sadcoik 134! 
and without precise locality, Senilienet 1016! 1041! Zululand; Eshowe 
acwe 
5. P. coor hep stems tufted, erect, cylindric, 3-6 in. 
long, 2-leaved he apex, with n — sheaths sca leaves 
oblong, AS ang y Pe 241-3 in. ong, 3-3 in d: scapes 
erect, 2-3 in. long, 3—5-flowered, a 2 or 3 narrow sheaths 
s-¢ in. long; pedicels 4 in. long we lium-sized, 
brownish-gree or br ow nist pay ; dorsal sepal ovate-oblong, 
eet 4 sil 3, in. long eral sepals broadly triangular, subob “s 
2 in. long ; petals narrowly subspathulate, “gear nearly } 
long ; a spathulate, over } in. long, with a broad claw ; limb 
broad ly ovate, subobtuse, somewhat undulate 4 in. broad ; dise 
with a quadrate erect callus below the middle of the limb ; oobi mn 
Yery short and broad, foot i in. long ; capsules elliptic-oblong, with 
prominent angles, 1 in. long 
_ Eastern Recion ; Natal ; dian 2500 ft., Sanderson, 823! 
transvaalensis (Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xx. Beibl. 50, 
28); ; Nas creeping, with short internodes ; penta approxi. 
eam ¢ylindric, narrowed towards the apex, 3 in. long, with 2 
- 4cuminate shea ths below, 2—3-leaved ; ste narrowly — 
_— Mequall y 2lobed at the apex, 1-3} in. long, }-} in. broad ; scapes 
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