90 ORCHIDE (Rolfe). | Schizochilus. 
densely spicate, subsecund, yellow or white; bracts narrow, shorter than the 
flowers. 
sp epecet! 11, all but the Rhodesian S. Cecili, Rolfe, limited to extra- 
ae South Afric 
pals bis a lon a 
‘Bpikea e or less elongated or narrow : 
an roarkedly 3- Dobe 
4 lin 
limb of the lp ; disc 
with a colts fe ‘wal tubercle .. .. (1) Zeyheri. 
Spur ings as long as - limb of the lip 5 aise 
sent ge rt keel and two minute basal ; 
tub es .. (2) Sandersoni. 
Leaves ep ie fecad . (3) strictus. 
Lip Serta 3-lobed ; disc with hen narrow hesal 
kee . (4) trilobus. 
Spikes eda: 23 in. or more waa” oe ay be 5) flexuosus, 
Sepals nt, lin. long 
Scapes 1-14 ft. high nee 
Haceme ee wers orange : sa rather 
Sent “a himb of the lip .. (6) Rehmanni. 
HE rather dense ; flow wlita ; Spur seared 
one- eighth as long as the } limb of the lip . (7) transvaalensis. 
eprint 6-10 in. high ; leaves several : 
es 2-6 lin. broad . abe eee ... (8) Bulbinella. 
ie 14-2 lin. br oe: 
Spikes ont and broad ;- spur Was nts as 
lon ia limb of the lip .. (9) angustifolius. 
rites more elongated or narrow ; a, half : as 
as the limb of the lip ; .. (10) Gerrardi. 
. 8. Zeyheri (Sond. in Linnea, xix. 78); plant 3-1} ft. high, 
wake 2 ovoid tubers; leaves 3-8, radical or mibradicak, linear or 
linear-oblong, obtuse or subacute, 144 in. long, 2-6 lin. broad ; 
scapes }-14 ft. high, with 3 to 6 lanceolate sheaths ; racemes oblong, 
lanceolate, acuminate, 4-1} ong; flowers yellow or rarely 
porcelain-white with a yellow lip; sepals ovate-oblong, subobtuse 
or apiculate, over } in. long, prominently 3-nerved ; petals narrowly 
ovate, acute, more than half as long as the sepa als, l-nerved ; lip 
about as long as the sepals, pubescent, 3-lobed ; side lobes falcate- 
oblong, semiovate, subobtuse ; front lobe linear-oblong, obtuse or 
subacute, about twice as long. as he side lobes ; disc with a small 
Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. a "205, and Ie. Orch. Austr.-Afr. i. t. 18 
(exel. Sanderson pt Wood, 478); ‘Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. 
Afr. v. 116. Brachycorythis Ze eyheri, Reichb. f. in Flora, 1867, 117. 
Platanthera Zeyheri, Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xx. Beibl. 50, 12. 
Coast Reaion: Fort Beaufort Div. ; Winterberg Range, Zeyher! Mrs. ode 
31! 240! 518! Stockenstrom Div. ; in marshes at the summit of Elands Be 
