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Coast Recion : Worcester Div. ; mountains near De Liefde, 2000-3000 ft., 
hi 1253c! Cape Div. ; Cape Flats i, Polat, 3929, partly ! sandy places near 
debosch, under 100 ft., Bolus, 7022, partly ! and in Ma cOwan & Bolus, Herb. 
Wolley 13! 
Wynberg an ! 
Schlechter, Muizenberg Mountains, Wolle ey-Dod, 784! Simonstown, Wolley-Dod, 
1814! Stellenbosch Div. ; near Somerset West, Ecklon & Zeyher, 17! ! Hottentots 
land, Prior! Cal i i 
land, Prior 8, raster 108! Caledon ; ver, 
Penther, 267, 270! near Genadendal, Prior! Villiers Dorp, Grey ! Swellendam 
iv. ; Grootvaders Bosch, Zeyher, 1581, ly! Riversdale Div. ; Gauritz River, 
Penther, 312. Knysna Div. ; rTa iver, under 1000 ft., wy. karoge 
.; Ka R 
Port Elizabeth Div. ; Port Elizabeth, Mrs. Holland, no Var. om 
Diy. Bo 
under 100 ft., Bolus, 702 rtly! Var.y: Mossel Bay Div. ; between Pik 
River and Duyker r River, “Burchell 6369 ! 
The plants included here were Bene by pester sd to three distinct species. 
Dr. Bolus, however, remarks that var. 8 (H. harveiana, Lindl.) grows with the 
type, and he is satisfied that a is no specific difference between them e 
type has large ¢ hyaline scales the leaves, while var. 8 is pu escent, 
but there is an intermediat e two are al ed in several of th 
form. mix 
gatherings. Var. y (Monotris secunda, Lindl.) rests upon the original specimen 
see by Burchell ina somewhat different locality, and should be re-c e-collected. 
specimen is somewhat pumice ie and I am not satisfied about the difference 
welled upon for its separation 
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long, 1- nerves petals faleate linear, obtuse, about if lin. or 
somewhat fleshy ; ; lip about as long as the petals, rather fleshy, 
shortly 5-lobed ; " Jobes oblong, obtuse, the outer pair very short ; 
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spur curved, stoutly cylindrical, obtuse, about ha long as the 
limb ; co stout, ut long as th Bolus in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv Ane in Trans. S. Afr. Phil. Soc. v. 115, t. 24, 
excl. syn, Lian f. (not “of Hoo ‘): H. his pidula, Durand & Schinz, 
Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 70, partly ; siege in > Oite Bot. Zeitschr. 1898, 
443, partly ; coteagh neg Gen. et Sp. i. 579, partly, and in Ann. 
Nat. evens aie n, 1. O. hispida, Thunb. Prodr. 4, excl. syn. 
Linn. f.; Fl. Cap. ed. Schult excl. syn. Linn. f. Habenaria hispida, 
Spreng. Tent. yon 27, part 
Sout reaper ee a 2 ste (the type) from Herb. Caley in 
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Coast REGION: of Table Mountain and on rocks on the 
Western side eS Biv casey’ lower plateau of Table Mountain, above 
Kl , 2400 ft.; Bolus, 7034! Risener, Schlechter, 482; Wasi Vley, 
