98 ORCHIDEZ (Rolfe), [ Holothric. 
**Petals Eirlobed at ithe Senne : 
Flowers 
t dim 
capes ithowt sh 
Flowers 2-3 lin. aoe lip 5-7-lobed ae ... (20) multisecta. 
eed 3-4 lin. long ; lip 8-9-lobed ne ... (21) Seopularia. 
Scapes bearing several narrow sheaths: 
Flowers about 4 in. long bie ns .-. (22) schlechteriana. 
Flowers about thi in. long... .- (23) grandiflora. 
Flowers dimorphic ; petals and lip of the i tired vitioaband 
divided into very et filiform segmen .. (24) Burchellii. 
1. H. exilis (Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 283) ; plant 1-} ft. high, 
with 2 small ovoid tubers; leaves 1 or 2, orbicular or ovate; 
obtuse, flat, somewhat fleshy, pilose with long hairs, |} in. long; 
scapes 1—} ft. high, sense _ with long spreading hairs, with- 
out sheaths ; racemes 3-2 in. ong, usually lax, secund; bracts 
ovate, a pert about | lin cen 2 3 pedicels longer than the bracts ; ; 
: Vv 
lanceolate, obtuse, somewhat fleshy above, about 1 lin ae ; lip 
about as long as the petals, 3-lobed, with very short membranous 
obtuse side lobes and a linear osppune front lobe; spur samaie 
Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soe. xv. 189 ; Du ral & "ching, Conspect. Fl. 
Aft. ¥. 10; Schlechter in “Oust. Bot. Zeitschr. 1898, 443; Krénal. 
Orch. Gen. et Sp. i. 574, and in Ann. Naturhist. Hofmus. Wien, xx. 1. 
, exilis, t var. typica, Schlechter ¢ in Oest. Bot. Zeitschr. 1298, 444, 
k. 8, brachylabris age ie tics Austr.-Afr. i. t. 14, fig. A); lip entire, 
oste, pith a linear obtuse lechter in Oest Shey Zeitschr. 1898, 444; 
Krénzl. Orch. Gen. et Sp. i ord. i. brachylabris, S m Linnea, xix. po 
Bolus i in Journ, Linn, Soc, xxv. 189; Durand & Sching, ¢ Com oan Fl, Afr. v 
oast Recon: Cape Div Table untain, 2500 ft, Schlec 
Riversdale Div.; near - Hooters lg "Burchell, o738/1 ‘sehlciter, 246I. 
George Div. ; hills near George, hes ft. sia tga bany Div. ; Cold 
stream, hear Gihanantien. 2200 Glas. Pag Ga 6237! and in 
€ : ; 
. 
t iten Div. 
Uitenhage, Zeyher e ! ny Div. ; Coldstream, near Grahamstown, 2200 ft., 
Glass in MacOwan us, Herb. Norm. Austr.-Afr., 1370, partly ! 
H. brachylabris, daees is clearly only a variety, for it has been found with the 
type in several localities, and forms intermediate in the structure of the lip also 
occur, 
2. H. villosa (Lindl. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 207); plant 
3-1 ft. high, with two ovoid tubers; leaves 2, unequal, broadly 
cxvaciis or ovate-orbicular, obtuse or subacute, soinetines eg “ 
the base, }-1} in. long, villous with very long hairs ; scapes }—1 
high, villous with very long spreading hairs, without sabe 
